Climate averages 1991–2020
Padang weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Padang: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 397 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Solok (38 km away). In October its highs average 27.7°C, about as warm as Padang, with 181 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Padang ranks joint 172nd of 200 for the warmest October highs and 195th of 200 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 200 cities is 30.1°C; Padang is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 397 mm to 481 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Solok in OctoberIndonesia · 38 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.2°C · 181 mm rain
- Pariaman in OctoberIndonesia · 45 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 22.6°C · 481 mm rain
- Bukittinggi in OctoberIndonesia · 71 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 18.7°C · 461 mm rain
- Payakumbuh in OctoberIndonesia · 87 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.4°C · 252 mm rain
- Sungai Penuh in OctoberIndonesia · 169 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 20.0°C · 313 mm rain
- Pekanbaru in OctoberIndonesia · 203 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.1°C · 241 mm rain
- Padangsidempuan in OctoberIndonesia · 286 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.3°C · 310 mm rain
- Dumai in OctoberIndonesia · 315 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 308 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.