Climate averages 1991–2020
Sungai Penuh weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Sungai Penuh: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 19.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 218 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Solok (162 km away). In August its highs average 28.2°C, 1.4°C warmer than Sungai Penuh, with 137 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Sungai Penuh ranks joint 184th of 200 for the warmest August highs and joint 187th of 200 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 200 cities is 29.5°C; Sungai Penuh is 2.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 26.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 218 mm to 257 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
Sungai Penuh climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.6°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 340 | 27.9 | 12.212 h |
| February | 27.1°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 300 | 24.5 | 12.212 h |
| March | 27.1°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 325 | 27.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.2°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 329 | 27.9 | 12.112 h |
| May | 27.5°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 239 | 25.8 | 12.012 h |
| June | 27.2°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 177 | 22.1 | 12.012 h |
| July | 26.7°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 192 | 22.5 | 12.012 h |
| August, selected | 26.8°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 218 | 24.2 | 12.012 h |
| September | 26.9°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 257 | 24.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 26.7°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 313 | 26.7 | 12.212 h |
| November | 26.4°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 379 | 27.8 | 12.212 h |
| December | 26.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 372 | 28.0 | 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
- Solok in AugustIndonesia · 162 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.1°C · 137 mm rain
- Padang in AugustIndonesia · 169 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.2°C · 319 mm rain
- Pariaman in AugustIndonesia · 213 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 382 mm rain
- Lubuklinggau in AugustIndonesia · 214 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.1°C · 117 mm rain
- Bengkulu in AugustIndonesia · 217 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.1°C · 188 mm rain
- Payakumbuh in AugustIndonesia · 221 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.3°C · 178 mm rain
- Bukittinggi in AugustIndonesia · 225 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 18.5°C · 363 mm rain
- Jambi City in AugustIndonesia · 252 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 115 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 Sungai Penuh) is explained once on the Sungai Penuh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.