Climate averages 1991–2020
Payakumbuh weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Payakumbuh: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 20.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 178 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes August a wet month (the 3rd 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 (31 km away). In August its highs average 25.8°C, 2.2°C cooler than Payakumbuh, with 363 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Payakumbuh ranks joint 162nd of 200 for the warmest August highs and 176th of 200 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 200 cities is 29.5°C; Payakumbuh is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs stay level at 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 178 mm to 213 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Bukittinggi in AugustIndonesia · 31 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 18.5°C · 363 mm rain
- Solok in AugustIndonesia · 65 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.1°C · 137 mm rain
- Pariaman in AugustIndonesia · 73 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 382 mm rain
- Padang in AugustIndonesia · 87 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.2°C · 319 mm rain
- Pekanbaru in AugustIndonesia · 121 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.2°C · 157 mm rain
- Sungai Penuh in AugustIndonesia · 221 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 19.7°C · 218 mm rain
- Dumai in AugustIndonesia · 228 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 195 mm rain
- Padangsidempuan in AugustIndonesia · 233 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.2°C · 226 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.