Climate averages 1991–2020
Solok weather
in October.
A warm, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Solok: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 181 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Padang (38 km away). In October its highs average 28.0°C, about as warm as Solok, with 397 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Solok ranks joint 178th of 200 for the warmest October highs and joint 110th of 200 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 200 cities is 30.1°C; Solok is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 27.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 181 mm to 255 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Padang in OctoberIndonesia · 38 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 397 mm rain
- Pariaman in OctoberIndonesia · 63 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 22.6°C · 481 mm rain
- Bukittinggi in OctoberIndonesia · 63 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 18.7°C · 461 mm rain
- Payakumbuh in OctoberIndonesia · 65 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.4°C · 252 mm rain
- Sungai Penuh in OctoberIndonesia · 162 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 20.0°C · 313 mm rain
- Pekanbaru in OctoberIndonesia · 170 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.1°C · 241 mm rain
- Padangsidempuan in OctoberIndonesia · 287 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.3°C · 310 mm rain
- Dumai in OctoberIndonesia · 288 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 308 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.