Climate averages 1991–2020
Sibolga weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Sibolga: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 427 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Padangsidempuan (68 km away). In October its highs average 28.0°C, about as warm as Sibolga, with 310 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Sibolga ranks joint 156th of 200 for the warmest October highs and 197th of 200 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 200 cities is 30.1°C; Sibolga is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 427 mm to 507 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Padangsidempuan in OctoberIndonesia · 68 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.3°C · 310 mm rain
- Rantauprapat in OctoberIndonesia · 124 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.8°C · 299 mm rain
- Gunungsitoli in OctoberIndonesia · 139 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 471 mm rain
- Pematangsiantar in OctoberIndonesia · 139 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 20.6°C · 375 mm rain
- Subulussalam in OctoberIndonesia · 143 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.3°C · 419 mm rain
- Kabanjahe in OctoberIndonesia · 155 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 17.2°C · 308 mm rain
- Kisaran in OctoberIndonesia · 167 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.3°C · 316 mm rain
- Tanjungbalai in OctoberIndonesia · 177 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.1°C · 333 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.