Climate averages 1991–2020

Padangsidempuan weather
in April.

A hot, very wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 28.9°C Daytime mean, April
Average low 21.8°C Night-time mean, April
Rainfall 291 mm 27 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Padangsidempuan · average highYear overview

April is a hot month in Padangsidempuan: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 21.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 291 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average April day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Sibolga (68 km away). In April its highs average 29.4°C, 0.5°C warmer than Padangsidempuan, with 357 mm of rain.

Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Padangsidempuan ranks joint 131st of 200 for the warmest April highs and joint 145th of 200 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 200 cities is 29.0°C; Padangsidempuan is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.

From April to May, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 291 mm to 198 mm.

The annual picture

April in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 1520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 4000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Padangsidempuan climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Padangsidempuan, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 28.1°C21.1°C21.1°C24024.512.012 h
February 28.8°C21.2°C21.2°C21521.812.112 h
March 28.9°C21.5°C21.5°C24726.512.112 h
April, selected 28.9°C21.8°C21.8°C29126.812.112 h
May 29.1°C22.0°C22.0°C19822.412.212 h
June 29.1°C21.6°C21.6°C12617.312.212 h
July 28.6°C21.2°C21.2°C16719.612.212 h
August 28.4°C21.2°C21.2°C22623.412.212 h
September 28.4°C21.3°C21.3°C23624.212.112 h
October 28.0°C21.3°C21.3°C31026.212.112 h
November 27.6°C21.3°C21.3°C36728.012.112 h
December 27.6°C21.3°C21.3°C33527.512.012 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.

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April in nearby cities

Distance from Padangsidempuan

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Padangsidempuan) is explained once on the Padangsidempuan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.