Climate averages 1991–2020
Padangsidempuan weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Padangsidempuan: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 226 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sibolga (68 km away). In August its highs average 28.9°C, about as warm as Padangsidempuan, with 284 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Padangsidempuan ranks joint 144th of 200 for the warmest August highs and joint 189th of 200 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 200 cities is 29.5°C; Padangsidempuan is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs stay level at 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 226 mm to 236 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Padangsidempuan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.1°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 240 | 24.5 | 12.012 h |
| February | 28.8°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 215 | 21.8 | 12.112 h |
| March | 28.9°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 247 | 26.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.9°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 291 | 26.8 | 12.112 h |
| May | 29.1°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 198 | 22.4 | 12.212 h |
| June | 29.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 126 | 17.3 | 12.212 h |
| July | 28.6°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 167 | 19.6 | 12.212 h |
| August, selected | 28.4°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 226 | 23.4 | 12.212 h |
| September | 28.4°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 236 | 24.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.0°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 310 | 26.2 | 12.112 h |
| November | 27.6°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 367 | 28.0 | 12.112 h |
| December | 27.6°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 335 | 27.5 | 12.012 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.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Sibolga in AugustIndonesia · 68 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.0°C · 284 mm rain
- Rantauprapat in AugustIndonesia · 102 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.9°C · 193 mm rain
- Pematangsiantar in AugustIndonesia · 177 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 20.7°C · 274 mm rain
- Kisaran in AugustIndonesia · 183 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.5°C · 202 mm rain
- Gunungsitoli in AugustIndonesia · 184 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.2°C · 332 mm rain
- Tanjungbalai in AugustIndonesia · 186 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.5°C · 216 mm rain
- Kabanjahe in AugustIndonesia · 210 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 17.3°C · 218 mm rain
- Subulussalam in AugustIndonesia · 210 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.4°C · 238 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 Padangsidempuan) is explained once on the Padangsidempuan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.