Climate averages 1991–2020
Padang weather
in January.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Padang: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 315 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes January a very wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Solok (38 km away). In January its highs average 26.9°C, 1.9°C cooler than Padang, with 194 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Padang ranks joint 67th of 200 for the warmest January highs and joint 103rd of 200 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 200 cities is 28.2°C; Padang is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 315 mm to 265 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Padang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 28.8°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 315 | 23.1 | 12.212 h |
| February | 29.3°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 265 | 20.1 | 12.112 h |
| March | 29.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 284 | 24.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.8°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 350 | 25.2 | 12.112 h |
| May | 29.2°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 291 | 21.5 | 12.112 h |
| June | 29.1°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 210 | 18.5 | 12.112 h |
| July | 28.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 245 | 20.3 | 12.112 h |
| August | 28.4°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 319 | 23.6 | 12.112 h |
| September | 28.3°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 354 | 24.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 397 | 26.5 | 12.112 h |
| November | 27.9°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 481 | 27.0 | 12.212 h |
| December | 28.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 387 | 25.7 | 12.212 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- Solok in JanuaryIndonesia · 38 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 20.7°C · 194 mm rain
- Pariaman in JanuaryIndonesia · 45 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.9°C · 357 mm rain
- Bukittinggi in JanuaryIndonesia · 71 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 315 mm rain
- Payakumbuh in JanuaryIndonesia · 87 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 20.3°C · 250 mm rain
- Sungai Penuh in JanuaryIndonesia · 169 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 20.1°C · 340 mm rain
- Pekanbaru in JanuaryIndonesia · 203 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.7°C · 210 mm rain
- Padangsidempuan in JanuaryIndonesia · 286 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.1°C · 240 mm rain
- Dumai in JanuaryIndonesia · 315 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.4°C · 201 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Padang) is explained once on the Padang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.