Climate averages 1991–2020
Payakumbuh weather
in April.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Payakumbuh: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 20.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 268 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bukittinggi (31 km away). In April its highs average 26.2°C, 1.9°C cooler than Payakumbuh, with 385 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Payakumbuh ranks joint 167th of 200 for the warmest April highs and joint 122nd of 200 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 200 cities is 29.0°C; Payakumbuh is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 268 mm to 199 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
Payakumbuh climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.7°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 250 | 27.1 | 12.112 h |
| February | 27.3°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 199 | 24.0 | 12.112 h |
| March | 27.8°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 248 | 27.6 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 28.0°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 268 | 28.0 | 12.112 h |
| May | 28.4°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 199 | 25.8 | 12.112 h |
| June | 28.4°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 135 | 21.4 | 12.112 h |
| July | 28.1°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 145 | 21.6 | 12.112 h |
| August | 28.0°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 178 | 23.3 | 12.112 h |
| September | 27.9°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 213 | 25.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.7°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 252 | 27.6 | 12.112 h |
| November | 27.1°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 326 | 27.8 | 12.112 h |
| December | 26.7°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 292 | 27.6 | 12.112 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
- Bukittinggi in AprilIndonesia · 31 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 19.2°C · 385 mm rain
- Solok in AprilIndonesia · 65 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.5°C · 209 mm rain
- Pariaman in AprilIndonesia · 73 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.3°C · 413 mm rain
- Padang in AprilIndonesia · 87 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.8°C · 350 mm rain
- Pekanbaru in AprilIndonesia · 121 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 233 mm rain
- Sungai Penuh in AprilIndonesia · 221 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 20.4°C · 329 mm rain
- Dumai in AprilIndonesia · 228 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.1°C · 249 mm rain
- Padangsidempuan in AprilIndonesia · 233 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.8°C · 291 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 Payakumbuh) is explained once on the Payakumbuh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.