Climate averages 1991–2020
Palembang weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Palembang: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 76 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Prabumulih (81 km away). In August its highs average 31.6°C, 0.6°C warmer than Palembang, with 79 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Palembang ranks joint 39th of 200 for the warmest August highs and joint 120th of 200 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 200 cities is 29.5°C; Palembang is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 31.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 76 mm to 84 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Prabumulih in AugustIndonesia · 81 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 79 mm rain
- Baturaja in AugustIndonesia · 149 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 22.6°C · 84 mm rain
- Pangkalpinang in AugustIndonesia · 175 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.6°C · 106 mm rain
- Jambi City in AugustIndonesia · 193 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 115 mm rain
- Sungailiat in AugustIndonesia · 193 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 25.0°C · 105 mm rain
- Pagar Alam in AugustIndonesia · 207 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 19.9°C · 159 mm rain
- Lubuklinggau in AugustIndonesia · 213 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.1°C · 117 mm rain
- Metro in AugustIndonesia · 252 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.3°C · 68 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.