Climate averages 1991–2020
Pekanbaru weather
in February.
A hot, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Pekanbaru: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 22.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 159 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes February a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Payakumbuh (121 km away). In February its highs average 27.3°C, 2.3°C cooler than Pekanbaru, with 199 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Pekanbaru ranks joint 21st of 200 for the warmest February highs and joint 18th of 200 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 200 cities is 28.4°C; Pekanbaru is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 159 mm to 213 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Payakumbuh in FebruaryIndonesia · 121 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 20.4°C · 199 mm rain
- Dumai in FebruaryIndonesia · 128 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.6°C · 125 mm rain
- Bukittinggi in FebruaryIndonesia · 150 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 18.7°C · 281 mm rain
- Solok in FebruaryIndonesia · 170 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.8°C · 151 mm rain
- Pariaman in FebruaryIndonesia · 194 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.1°C · 307 mm rain
- Padang in FebruaryIndonesia · 203 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.5°C · 265 mm rain
- Malacca in FebruaryMalaysia · 207 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.4°C · 77 mm rain
- Muar in FebruaryMalaysia · 211 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.2°C · 75 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.