Climate averages 1991–2020
Palembang weather
in January.
A hot, very wet month: the coolest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Palembang: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 248 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes January a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 16 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Prabumulih (81 km away). In January its highs average 29.1°C, about as warm as Palembang, with 242 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Palembang ranks joint 22nd of 200 for the warmest January highs and joint 37th of 200 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 200 cities is 28.2°C; Palembang is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 248 mm to 242 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
Palembang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Prabumulih in JanuaryIndonesia · 81 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.1°C · 242 mm rain
- Baturaja in JanuaryIndonesia · 149 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 305 mm rain
- Pangkalpinang in JanuaryIndonesia · 175 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 289 mm rain
- Jambi City in JanuaryIndonesia · 193 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 239 mm rain
- Sungailiat in JanuaryIndonesia · 193 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 24.5°C · 264 mm rain
- Pagar Alam in JanuaryIndonesia · 207 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 20.4°C · 291 mm rain
- Lubuklinggau in JanuaryIndonesia · 213 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 22.1°C · 312 mm rain
- Metro in JanuaryIndonesia · 252 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.9°C · 228 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.