Climate averages 1991–2020
Solok weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Solok: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 137 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes August a wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Padang (38 km away). In August its highs average 28.4°C, about as warm as Solok, with 319 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Solok ranks joint 156th of 200 for the warmest August highs and 157th of 200 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 200 cities is 29.5°C; Solok is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 137 mm to 157 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
Solok climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.9°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 194 | 24.7 | 12.212 h |
| February | 27.5°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 151 | 20.9 | 12.112 h |
| March | 27.9°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 180 | 24.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.9°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 209 | 25.6 | 12.112 h |
| May | 28.4°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 153 | 22.5 | 12.112 h |
| June | 28.4°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 97 | 18.1 | 12.112 h |
| July | 28.2°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 107 | 19.1 | 12.112 h |
| August, selected | 28.2°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 137 | 21.2 | 12.112 h |
| September | 28.1°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 157 | 23.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.7°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 181 | 25.2 | 12.112 h |
| November | 27.0°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 255 | 26.1 | 12.212 h |
| December | 26.8°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 228 | 25.4 | 12.212 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
- Padang in AugustIndonesia · 38 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.2°C · 319 mm rain
- Pariaman in AugustIndonesia · 63 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 382 mm rain
- Bukittinggi in AugustIndonesia · 63 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 18.5°C · 363 mm rain
- Payakumbuh in AugustIndonesia · 65 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.3°C · 178 mm rain
- Sungai Penuh in AugustIndonesia · 162 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 19.7°C · 218 mm rain
- Pekanbaru in AugustIndonesia · 170 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.2°C · 157 mm rain
- Padangsidempuan in AugustIndonesia · 287 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.2°C · 226 mm rain
- Dumai in AugustIndonesia · 288 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 195 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 Solok) is explained once on the Solok year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.