Climate averages 1991–2020

Sibolga weather
in July.

A hot, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 29.1°C Daytime mean, July
Average low 23.2°C Night-time mean, July
Rainfall 193 mm 19 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Sibolga · average highYear overview

July is a hot month in Sibolga: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 193 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Padangsidempuan (68 km away). In July its highs average 28.6°C, about as warm as Sibolga, with 167 mm of rain.

Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Sibolga ranks joint 104th of 200 for the warmest July highs and 185th of 200 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 200 cities is 29.0°C; Sibolga is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 193 mm to 284 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 20253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 5500

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Sibolga, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 29.3°C22.9°C22.9°C33826.712.012 h
February 29.7°C23.0°C23.0°C31323.912.112 h
March 29.6°C23.1°C23.1°C36127.412.112 h
April 29.4°C23.4°C23.4°C35726.712.212 h
May 29.7°C23.8°C23.8°C26021.612.212 h
June 29.6°C23.6°C23.6°C15917.312.212 h
July, selected 29.1°C23.2°C23.2°C19319.112.212 h
August 28.9°C23.0°C23.0°C28422.812.212 h
September 28.8°C23.0°C23.0°C29323.212.112 h
October 28.5°C22.8°C22.8°C42726.112.112 h
November 28.3°C22.7°C22.7°C50727.612.012 h
December 28.6°C22.8°C22.8°C43327.612.012 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

July in nearby cities

Distance from Sibolga

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 limits

How 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.