Climate averages 1991–2020
Palembang weather
in July.
A hot, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Palembang: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 112 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes July a wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Prabumulih (81 km away). In July its highs average 30.3°C, about as warm as Palembang, with 95 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Palembang ranks joint 55th of 200 for the warmest July highs and 136th of 200 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 200 cities is 29.0°C; Palembang is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 31.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 112 mm to 76 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Prabumulih in JulyIndonesia · 81 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.1°C · 95 mm rain
- Baturaja in JulyIndonesia · 149 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.3°C · 97 mm rain
- Pangkalpinang in JulyIndonesia · 175 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.5°C · 145 mm rain
- Jambi City in JulyIndonesia · 193 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.3°C · 120 mm rain
- Sungailiat in JulyIndonesia · 193 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 24.9°C · 139 mm rain
- Pagar Alam in JulyIndonesia · 207 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.9°C · 173 mm rain
- Lubuklinggau in JulyIndonesia · 213 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.7°C · 129 mm rain
- Metro in JulyIndonesia · 252 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.2°C · 93 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.