Climate averages 1991–2020
Pekanbaru weather
in July.
A hot, wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Pekanbaru: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 124 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes July a wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Payakumbuh (121 km away). In July its highs average 28.1°C, 2.1°C cooler than Pekanbaru, with 145 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Pekanbaru ranks joint 41st of 200 for the warmest July highs and joint 141st of 200 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 200 cities is 29.0°C; Pekanbaru is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 124 mm to 157 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Payakumbuh in JulyIndonesia · 121 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 20.2°C · 145 mm rain
- Dumai in JulyIndonesia · 128 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.9°C · 162 mm rain
- Bukittinggi in JulyIndonesia · 150 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 18.4°C · 260 mm rain
- Solok in JulyIndonesia · 170 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.0°C · 107 mm rain
- Pariaman in JulyIndonesia · 194 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 23.0°C · 291 mm rain
- Padang in JulyIndonesia · 203 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 245 mm rain
- Malacca in JulyMalaysia · 207 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 25.3°C · 185 mm rain
- Muar in JulyMalaysia · 211 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 25.1°C · 175 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.