Climate averages 1991–2020

Padangsidempuan weather
in September.

A hot, very wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.

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

Average high 28.4°C Daytime mean, September
Average low 21.3°C Night-time mean, September
Rainfall 236 mm 24 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Padangsidempuan · average highYear overview

September is a hot month in Padangsidempuan: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 21.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 236 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes September a very wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average September day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Sibolga (68 km away). In September its highs average 28.8°C, about as warm as Padangsidempuan, with 293 mm of rain.

Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Padangsidempuan ranks joint 161st of 200 for the warmest September highs and 178th of 200 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 200 cities is 30.1°C; Padangsidempuan is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.

From September to October, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 236 mm to 310 mm.

The annual picture

September 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 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, selected 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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September 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.