Climate averages 1991–2020
Payakumbuh weather
in October.
A warm, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Payakumbuh: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 20.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 252 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bukittinggi (31 km away). In October its highs average 25.6°C, 2.1°C cooler than Payakumbuh, with 461 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Payakumbuh ranks joint 178th of 200 for the warmest October highs and 157th of 200 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 200 cities is 30.1°C; Payakumbuh is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 252 mm to 326 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Bukittinggi in OctoberIndonesia · 31 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 18.7°C · 461 mm rain
- Solok in OctoberIndonesia · 65 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.2°C · 181 mm rain
- Pariaman in OctoberIndonesia · 73 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 22.6°C · 481 mm rain
- Padang in OctoberIndonesia · 87 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 397 mm rain
- Pekanbaru in OctoberIndonesia · 121 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.1°C · 241 mm rain
- Sungai Penuh in OctoberIndonesia · 221 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 20.0°C · 313 mm rain
- Dumai in OctoberIndonesia · 228 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 308 mm rain
- Padangsidempuan in OctoberIndonesia · 233 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.3°C · 310 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.