Climate averages 1991–2020
Rantauprapat weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Rantauprapat: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 22.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 193 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tanjungbalai (96 km away). In August its highs average 29.7°C, 0.9°C cooler than Rantauprapat, with 216 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Rantauprapat ranks joint 56th of 200 for the warmest August highs and 178th of 200 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 200 cities is 29.5°C; Rantauprapat is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 193 mm to 257 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Rantauprapat climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 231 | 27.1 | 12.012 h |
| February | 29.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 184 | 24.0 | 12.012 h |
| March | 30.0°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 228 | 27.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 254 | 28.4 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.3°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 212 | 26.5 | 12.212 h |
| June | 30.5°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 150 | 20.7 | 12.212 h |
| July | 30.7°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 158 | 21.3 | 12.212 h |
| August, selected | 30.6°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 193 | 24.5 | 12.212 h |
| September | 30.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 257 | 26.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.6°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 299 | 28.5 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 344 | 29.2 | 12.012 h |
| December | 28.6°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 323 | 28.9 | 12.012 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
August in nearby cities
- Tanjungbalai in AugustIndonesia · 96 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.5°C · 216 mm rain
- Kisaran in AugustIndonesia · 101 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.5°C · 202 mm rain
- Padangsidempuan in AugustIndonesia · 102 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.2°C · 226 mm rain
- Sibolga in AugustIndonesia · 124 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.0°C · 284 mm rain
- Pematangsiantar in AugustIndonesia · 128 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 20.7°C · 274 mm rain
- Tebingtinggi in AugustIndonesia · 156 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.6°C · 163 mm rain
- Dumai in AugustIndonesia · 185 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 195 mm rain
- Kabanjahe in AugustIndonesia · 186 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 17.3°C · 218 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 Rantauprapat) is explained once on the Rantauprapat year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.