Climate averages 1991–2020
Padangsidempuan weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: one of the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Padangsidempuan: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 21.3°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 335 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sibolga (68 km away). In December its highs average 28.6°C, 0.9°C warmer than Padangsidempuan, with 433 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Padangsidempuan ranks joint 160th of 200 for the warmest December highs and joint 107th of 200 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 200 cities is 28.4°C; Padangsidempuan is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 335 mm to 240 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Sibolga in DecemberIndonesia · 68 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.8°C · 433 mm rain
- Rantauprapat in DecemberIndonesia · 102 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.5°C · 323 mm rain
- Pematangsiantar in DecemberIndonesia · 177 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 20.5°C · 315 mm rain
- Kisaran in DecemberIndonesia · 183 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 23.1°C · 298 mm rain
- Gunungsitoli in DecemberIndonesia · 184 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 24.0°C · 399 mm rain
- Tanjungbalai in DecemberIndonesia · 186 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 333 mm rain
- Kabanjahe in DecemberIndonesia · 210 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 17.4°C · 298 mm rain
- Subulussalam in DecemberIndonesia · 210 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.1°C · 395 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.