Climate averages 1991–2020
Padang weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Padang: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 291 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Solok (38 km away). In May its highs average 28.4°C, 0.8°C cooler than Padang, with 153 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Padang ranks joint 124th of 200 for the warmest May highs and 194th of 200 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 200 cities is 29.2°C; Padang is level with that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 291 mm to 210 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Solok in MayIndonesia · 38 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.6°C · 153 mm rain
- Pariaman in MayIndonesia · 45 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 337 mm rain
- Bukittinggi in MayIndonesia · 71 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 19.3°C · 315 mm rain
- Payakumbuh in MayIndonesia · 87 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.0°C · 199 mm rain
- Sungai Penuh in MayIndonesia · 169 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.5°C · 239 mm rain
- Pekanbaru in MayIndonesia · 203 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 191 mm rain
- Padangsidempuan in MayIndonesia · 286 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.0°C · 198 mm rain
- Dumai in MayIndonesia · 315 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.3°C · 224 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.