Climate averages 1991–2020
Pekanbaru weather
in April.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Pekanbaru: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 233 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes April 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 April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Payakumbuh (121 km away). In April its highs average 28.0°C, 2.2°C cooler than Pekanbaru, with 268 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Pekanbaru ranks joint 10th of 200 for the warmest April highs and joint 85th of 200 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 200 cities is 29.0°C; Pekanbaru is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 233 mm to 191 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
Pekanbaru climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.0°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 210 | 24.2 | 12.112 h |
| February | 29.6°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 159 | 21.3 | 12.112 h |
| March | 30.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 213 | 26.1 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 30.2°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 233 | 27.8 | 12.112 h |
| May | 30.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 191 | 24.9 | 12.112 h |
| June | 30.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 131 | 19.6 | 12.212 h |
| July | 30.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 124 | 19.0 | 12.112 h |
| August | 30.4°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 157 | 22.0 | 12.112 h |
| September | 30.3°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 195 | 23.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.1°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 241 | 27.0 | 12.112 h |
| November | 29.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 298 | 27.9 | 12.112 h |
| December | 28.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 263 | 26.8 | 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
- Payakumbuh in AprilIndonesia · 121 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.8°C · 268 mm rain
- Dumai in AprilIndonesia · 128 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.1°C · 249 mm rain
- Bukittinggi in AprilIndonesia · 150 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 19.2°C · 385 mm rain
- Solok in AprilIndonesia · 170 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.5°C · 209 mm rain
- Pariaman in AprilIndonesia · 194 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.3°C · 413 mm rain
- Padang in AprilIndonesia · 203 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.8°C · 350 mm rain
- Malacca in AprilMalaysia · 207 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 25.2°C · 206 mm rain
- Muar in AprilMalaysia · 211 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.9°C · 203 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 Pekanbaru) is explained once on the Pekanbaru year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.