Climate averages 1991–2020
Padang weather
in July.
A hot, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Padang: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 245 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Solok (38 km away). In July its highs average 28.2°C, about as warm as Padang, with 107 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Padang ranks joint 132nd of 200 for the warmest July highs and 195th of 200 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 200 cities is 29.0°C; Padang is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 245 mm to 319 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Solok in JulyIndonesia · 38 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.0°C · 107 mm rain
- Pariaman in JulyIndonesia · 45 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 23.0°C · 291 mm rain
- Bukittinggi in JulyIndonesia · 71 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 18.4°C · 260 mm rain
- Payakumbuh in JulyIndonesia · 87 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 20.2°C · 145 mm rain
- Sungai Penuh in JulyIndonesia · 169 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.7°C · 192 mm rain
- Pekanbaru in JulyIndonesia · 203 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 124 mm rain
- Padangsidempuan in JulyIndonesia · 286 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.2°C · 167 mm rain
- Dumai in JulyIndonesia · 315 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.9°C · 162 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.