Climate averages 1991–2020
Padangsidempuan weather
in January.
A hot, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Padangsidempuan: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 240 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes January a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sibolga (68 km away). In January its highs average 29.3°C, 1.1°C warmer than Padangsidempuan, with 338 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Padangsidempuan ranks joint 138th of 200 for the warmest January highs and joint 31st of 200 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 200 cities is 28.2°C; Padangsidempuan is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 240 mm to 215 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Sibolga in JanuaryIndonesia · 68 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.9°C · 338 mm rain
- Rantauprapat in JanuaryIndonesia · 102 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.3°C · 231 mm rain
- Pematangsiantar in JanuaryIndonesia · 177 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 20.2°C · 240 mm rain
- Kisaran in JanuaryIndonesia · 183 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 208 mm rain
- Gunungsitoli in JanuaryIndonesia · 184 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.2°C · 284 mm rain
- Tanjungbalai in JanuaryIndonesia · 186 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 23.8°C · 215 mm rain
- Kabanjahe in JanuaryIndonesia · 210 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 17.3°C · 189 mm rain
- Subulussalam in JanuaryIndonesia · 210 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 20.9°C · 329 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.