Jambi City climate

Name: Jambi City
Address: ID

Jambi City is warmest in September, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 23 °C. November is the wettest month (296 mm) and August the driest (117 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Jambi City averages 2,490 mm of rain and 364 days above 25 °C.

Indonesia · population 635,101 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month September 31 °C
Coldest month January 23 °C
Driest month August 117 mm
Wettest month November 296 mm
Least cloud June 74 % cloud
Hottest on record October 36 °C
Coldest on record February 20 °C

What to expectJambi City through the year

Jambi City changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 29 and 31 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.

Counted across a normal year, 364 days a year reach 25 °C, 189 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in October.

Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 296 mm against 117 mm in August — 2.5 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	29.0 °C	236 mm	91 %
February	29.7 °C	198 mm	89 %
March	30.1 °C	274 mm	89 %
April	30.1 °C	273 mm	90 %
May	30.1 °C	195 mm	83 %
June	30.1 °C	120 mm	74 %
July	30.0 °C	125 mm	74 %
August	30.9 °C	117 mm	76 %
September	31.1 °C	137 mm	81 %
October	30.7 °C	232 mm	87 %
November	29.6 °C	296 mm	93 %
December	29.0 °C	288 mm	95 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	29.0 °C	23.1 °C	25.4 °C	32.2 °C	21.1 °C	31	7
February	29.7 °C	23.2 °C	25.8 °C	32.5 °C	20.2 °C	28	13
March	30.1 °C	23.4 °C	26.0 °C	33.4 °C	21.8 °C	31	17
April	30.1 °C	23.8 °C	26.2 °C	32.9 °C	22.5 °C	30	17
May	30.1 °C	23.9 °C	26.4 °C	32.4 °C	22.3 °C	31	18
June	30.1 °C	23.7 °C	26.4 °C	33.9 °C	21.3 °C	30	17
July	30.0 °C	23.3 °C	26.1 °C	33.2 °C	21.4 °C	31	16
August	30.9 °C	23.4 °C	26.6 °C	35.1 °C	21.1 °C	31	22
September	31.1 °C	23.5 °C	26.7 °C	35.9 °C	21.4 °C	30	22
October	30.7 °C	23.5 °C	26.4 °C	36.0 °C	21.3 °C	31	20
November	29.6 °C	23.4 °C	25.8 °C	33.8 °C	21.5 °C	30	12
December	29.0 °C	23.3 °C	25.5 °C	32.2 °C	21.9 °C	31	8

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	236 mm	25	12 h/day	91 %	89 %	11 km/h
February	198 mm	23	12 h/day	89 %	87 %	11 km/h
March	274 mm	28	12 h/day	89 %	89 %	8.8 km/h
April	273 mm	29	12 h/day	90 %	91 %	7.8 km/h
May	195 mm	25	12 h/day	83 %	90 %	8.2 km/h
June	120 mm	19	12 h/day	74 %	88 %	8.9 km/h
July	125 mm	18	12 h/day	74 %	86 %	9.7 km/h
August	117 mm	17	12 h/day	76 %	82 %	9.9 km/h
September	137 mm	17	12 h/day	81 %	82 %	9.2 km/h
October	232 mm	25	12 h/day	87 %	86 %	8.4 km/h
November	296 mm	28	12 h/day	93 %	90 %	8.1 km/h
December	288 mm	28	12 h/day	95 %	90 %	9.6 km/h

How Jambi City compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Jambi City	31 °C	23 °C	2,490 mm	364
Palembang · Indonesia	32 °C	23 °C	2,410 mm	365
Lubuklinggau · Indonesia	30 °C	22 °C	2,794 mm	364
Pangkalpinang · Indonesia	30 °C	24 °C	2,843 mm	365
Bengkulu · Indonesia	29 °C	23 °C	2,926 mm	362
Tanjung Pinang · Indonesia	29 °C	25 °C	2,308 mm	365
Batam · Indonesia	29 °C	25 °C	2,313 mm	364

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Jambi City.

QuestionsCommon questions about Jambi City’s climate

When is the best time to visit Jambi City?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, February, December sit closest to 20 °C on average, September is the warmest month and August the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Jambi City get?

In September, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 189 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 23 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Jambi City?

November, averaging 296 mm over 28 days with rain. The driest month is August with 117 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,490 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Jambi City rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.