Climate averages 1991–2020
Sibolga weather
in April.
A hot, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Sibolga: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 357 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Padangsidempuan (68 km away). In April its highs average 28.9°C, 0.5°C cooler than Sibolga, with 291 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Sibolga ranks joint 93rd of 200 for the warmest April highs and 183rd of 200 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 200 cities is 29.0°C; Sibolga is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 357 mm to 260 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
Sibolga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 338 | 26.7 | 12.012 h |
| February | 29.7°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 313 | 23.9 | 12.112 h |
| March | 29.6°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 361 | 27.4 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 29.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 357 | 26.7 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 260 | 21.6 | 12.212 h |
| June | 29.6°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 159 | 17.3 | 12.212 h |
| July | 29.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 193 | 19.1 | 12.212 h |
| August | 28.9°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 284 | 22.8 | 12.212 h |
| September | 28.8°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 293 | 23.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.5°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 427 | 26.1 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 507 | 27.6 | 12.012 h |
| December | 28.6°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 433 | 27.6 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Padangsidempuan in AprilIndonesia · 68 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.8°C · 291 mm rain
- Rantauprapat in AprilIndonesia · 124 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 254 mm rain
- Gunungsitoli in AprilIndonesia · 139 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.6°C · 360 mm rain
- Pematangsiantar in AprilIndonesia · 139 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.0°C · 249 mm rain
- Subulussalam in AprilIndonesia · 143 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.8°C · 368 mm rain
- Kabanjahe in AprilIndonesia · 155 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.7°C · 230 mm rain
- Kisaran in AprilIndonesia · 167 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.8°C · 233 mm rain
- Tanjungbalai in AprilIndonesia · 177 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.8°C · 233 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 Sibolga) is explained once on the Sibolga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.