Lhokseumawe climate

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Lhokseumawe is warmest in June, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 24 °C. November is the wettest month (339 mm) and February the driest (102 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Lhokseumawe averages 2,259 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.

Indonesia · population 200,876 · 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 June 30 °C
Coldest month January 24 °C
Driest month February 102 mm
Wettest month November 339 mm
Least cloud February 74 % cloud
Hottest on record April 32 °C
Coldest on record February 21 °C
Warmest sea May 30 °C

What to expectLhokseumawe through the year

Lhokseumawe changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 28 and 30 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.

Counted across a normal year, 365 days a year reach 25 °C, 57 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 32 °C, in April.

Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 339 mm against 102 mm in February — 3.3 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Lhokseumawe is warmest in May at 30 °C and coldest in January at 28 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	28.0 °C	154 mm	77 %
February	28.6 °C	102 mm	74 %
March	29.2 °C	130 mm	76 %
April	29.4 °C	176 mm	84 %
May	29.8 °C	189 mm	87 %
June	29.9 °C	135 mm	83 %
July	29.6 °C	137 mm	85 %
August	29.4 °C	156 mm	86 %
September	29.1 °C	195 mm	89 %
October	28.5 °C	263 mm	91 %
November	28.0 °C	339 mm	92 %
December	27.7 °C	283 mm	87 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	28.0 °C	23.8 °C	25.7 °C	30.4 °C	21.7 °C	31	0
February	28.6 °C	23.9 °C	26.1 °C	30.4 °C	20.8 °C	28	0
March	29.2 °C	24.4 °C	26.6 °C	31.5 °C	21.9 °C	31	4
April	29.4 °C	25.0 °C	26.9 °C	32.3 °C	22.9 °C	30	7
May	29.8 °C	25.3 °C	27.2 °C	32.2 °C	23.4 °C	31	12
June	29.9 °C	25.2 °C	27.3 °C	32.1 °C	23.1 °C	30	14
July	29.6 °C	24.8 °C	27.0 °C	31.5 °C	22.4 °C	31	9
August	29.4 °C	24.8 °C	26.8 °C	31.7 °C	22.7 °C	31	6
September	29.1 °C	24.6 °C	26.5 °C	31.3 °C	22.8 °C	30	3
October	28.5 °C	24.4 °C	26.1 °C	31.0 °C	22.6 °C	31	1
November	28.0 °C	24.1 °C	25.7 °C	30.0 °C	22.4 °C	30	0
December	27.7 °C	23.9 °C	25.6 °C	30.2 °C	21.5 °C	31	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	154 mm	21	12 h/day	77 %	86 %	14 km/h	28.3 °C
February	102 mm	18	12 h/day	74 %	86 %	13 km/h	28.7 °C
March	130 mm	21	12 h/day	76 %	86 %	13 km/h	29.3 °C
April	176 mm	25	12 h/day	84 %	87 %	11 km/h	29.8 °C
May	189 mm	24	12 h/day	87 %	86 %	11 km/h	30.2 °C
June	135 mm	19	12 h/day	83 %	85 %	10 km/h	30.2 °C
July	137 mm	20	12 h/day	85 %	85 %	11 km/h	30.0 °C
August	156 mm	22	12 h/day	86 %	85 %	11 km/h	29.9 °C
September	195 mm	24	12 h/day	89 %	86 %	11 km/h	29.5 °C
October	263 mm	28	12 h/day	91 %	88 %	11 km/h	29.2 °C
November	339 mm	28	12 h/day	92 %	89 %	12 km/h	28.7 °C
December	283 mm	26	12 h/day	87 %	88 %	13 km/h	28.4 °C

How Lhokseumawe 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
Lhokseumawe	30 °C	24 °C	2,259 mm	365
Langsa · Indonesia	30 °C	23 °C	2,115 mm	364
Banda Aceh · Indonesia	30 °C	24 °C	2,224 mm	364
Binjai · Indonesia	31 °C	21 °C	3,209 mm	363
Sunggal · Indonesia	30 °C	22 °C	3,176 mm	364
Medan · Indonesia	30 °C	22 °C	3,278 mm	364
Percut · Indonesia	30 °C	23 °C	3,221 mm	364

Where Lhokseumawe ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia year-round	24th of 50	29 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world year-round	25th of 50	29 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in March	30th of 50	29 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in May	30th of 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in May	32nd of 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in July	34th of 50	30 °C

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QuestionsCommon questions about Lhokseumawe’s climate

When is the best time to visit Lhokseumawe?

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

How hot does Lhokseumawe get?

In June, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 57 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 32 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 24 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Lhokseumawe?

November, averaging 339 mm over 28 days with rain. The driest month is February with 102 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,259 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 Lhokseumawe 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
Data point: 5.180°, 97.151° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
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.