Climate averages 1991–2020
Payakumbuh weather
in February.
A warm, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Payakumbuh: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 20.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 199 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes February a very wet month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bukittinggi (31 km away). In February its highs average 25.8°C, 1.5°C cooler than Payakumbuh, with 281 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Payakumbuh ranks joint 171st of 200 for the warmest February highs and joint 35th of 200 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 200 cities is 28.4°C; Payakumbuh is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 27.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 199 mm to 248 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Bukittinggi in FebruaryIndonesia · 31 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 18.7°C · 281 mm rain
- Solok in FebruaryIndonesia · 65 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.8°C · 151 mm rain
- Pariaman in FebruaryIndonesia · 73 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.1°C · 307 mm rain
- Padang in FebruaryIndonesia · 87 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.5°C · 265 mm rain
- Pekanbaru in FebruaryIndonesia · 121 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.9°C · 159 mm rain
- Sungai Penuh in FebruaryIndonesia · 221 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 20.1°C · 300 mm rain
- Dumai in FebruaryIndonesia · 228 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.6°C · 125 mm rain
- Padangsidempuan in FebruaryIndonesia · 233 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.2°C · 215 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.