Climate averages 1991–2020
Padang weather
in September.
A hot, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Padang: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 354 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes September a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Solok (38 km away). In September its highs average 28.1°C, about as warm as Padang, with 157 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Padang ranks 166th of 200 for the warmest September highs and 197th of 200 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 200 cities is 30.1°C; Padang is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 354 mm to 397 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Solok in SeptemberIndonesia · 38 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.2°C · 157 mm rain
- Pariaman in SeptemberIndonesia · 45 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 406 mm rain
- Bukittinggi in SeptemberIndonesia · 71 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 18.6°C · 396 mm rain
- Payakumbuh in SeptemberIndonesia · 87 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 20.4°C · 213 mm rain
- Sungai Penuh in SeptemberIndonesia · 169 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 19.8°C · 257 mm rain
- Pekanbaru in SeptemberIndonesia · 203 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.1°C · 195 mm rain
- Padangsidempuan in SeptemberIndonesia · 286 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.3°C · 236 mm rain
- Dumai in SeptemberIndonesia · 315 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 253 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.