Climate averages 1991–2020
Palembang weather
in April.
A hot, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Palembang: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 273 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Prabumulih (81 km away). In April its highs average 30.1°C, about as warm as Palembang, with 281 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Palembang ranks joint 10th of 200 for the warmest April highs and joint 129th of 200 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 200 cities is 29.0°C; Palembang is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 30.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 273 mm to 183 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Palembang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 248 | 28.2 | 12.312 h |
| February | 29.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 242 | 25.2 | 12.212 h |
| March | 30.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 299 | 29.2 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 30.2°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 273 | 28.5 | 12.012 h |
| May | 30.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 183 | 25.1 | 12.012 h |
| June | 30.1°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 119 | 19.3 | 12.012 h |
| July | 30.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 112 | 17.2 | 12.012 h |
| August | 31.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 76 | 13.8 | 12.012 h |
| September | 31.9°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 84 | 12.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 31.8°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 173 | 19.3 | 12.212 h |
| November | 30.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 287 | 26.9 | 12.212 h |
| December | 29.4°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 300 | 29.1 | 12.312 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
April in nearby cities
- Prabumulih in AprilIndonesia · 81 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.5°C · 281 mm rain
- Baturaja in AprilIndonesia · 149 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.1°C · 285 mm rain
- Pangkalpinang in AprilIndonesia · 175 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.5°C · 335 mm rain
- Jambi City in AprilIndonesia · 193 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.8°C · 276 mm rain
- Sungailiat in AprilIndonesia · 193 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.9°C · 301 mm rain
- Pagar Alam in AprilIndonesia · 207 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 20.7°C · 308 mm rain
- Lubuklinggau in AprilIndonesia · 213 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.2°C · 293 mm rain
- Metro in AprilIndonesia · 252 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.3°C · 215 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 Palembang) is explained once on the Palembang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.