Climate averages 1991–2020

Pariaman weather
in August.

A hot, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.

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

Average high 28.4°C Daytime mean, August
Average low 22.8°C Night-time mean, August
Rainfall 382 mm 25 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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August is a hot month in Pariaman: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 382 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average August day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Bukittinggi (44 km away). In August its highs average 25.8°C, 2.6°C cooler than Pariaman, with 363 mm of rain.

Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Pariaman ranks joint 144th of 200 for the warmest August highs and 200th of 200 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 200 cities is 29.5°C; Pariaman is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.

From August to September, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 382 mm to 406 mm.

The annual picture

August 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. 20253035 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 6000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Pariaman climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Pariaman, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 28.8°C22.9°C22.9°C35725.012.212 h
February 29.2°C23.1°C23.1°C30722.112.112 h
March 29.0°C23.1°C23.1°C35126.512.112 h
April 28.9°C23.3°C23.3°C41327.012.112 h
May 29.2°C23.6°C23.6°C33722.712.112 h
June 29.1°C23.5°C23.5°C23619.712.112 h
July 28.7°C23.0°C23.0°C29121.412.112 h
August, selected 28.4°C22.8°C22.8°C38224.612.112 h
September 28.2°C22.7°C22.7°C40625.112.112 h
October 28.0°C22.6°C22.6°C48127.812.112 h
November 27.9°C22.6°C22.6°C58928.012.112 h
December 28.2°C22.8°C22.8°C45327.412.212 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

Distance from Pariaman

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 Pariaman) is explained once on the Pariaman year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.