Padang climate

Name: Padang
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Padang is warmest in February, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 23 °C. November is the wettest month (505 mm) and June the driest (204 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Padang averages 4,020 mm of rain and 364 days above 25 °C.

Indonesia · population 942,938 · 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 February 29 °C
Coldest month August 23 °C
Driest month June 204 mm
Wettest month November 505 mm
Least cloud July 75 % cloud
Hottest on record February 34 °C
Coldest on record September 20 °C
Warmest sea May 30 °C

What to expectPadang through the year

Padang changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 28 and 29 °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, 44 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 505 mm against 204 mm in June — 2.5 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Padang is warmest in May at 30 °C and coldest in October at 29 °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	28.8 °C	329 mm	88 %
February	29.2 °C	269 mm	86 %
March	29.1 °C	300 mm	88 %
April	28.8 °C	348 mm	90 %
May	29.2 °C	302 mm	83 %
June	29.1 °C	204 mm	76 %
July	28.6 °C	255 mm	75 %
August	28.4 °C	327 mm	81 %
September	28.3 °C	358 mm	85 %
October	28.0 °C	403 mm	91 %
November	27.9 °C	505 mm	94 %
December	28.2 °C	420 mm	93 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	28.8 °C	23.2 °C	25.8 °C	31.9 °C	21.1 °C	31	5
February	29.2 °C	23.4 °C	26.1 °C	34.4 °C	20.8 °C	28	8
March	29.1 °C	23.6 °C	26.2 °C	32.2 °C	21.3 °C	31	7
April	28.8 °C	23.8 °C	26.1 °C	32.8 °C	22.0 °C	30	4
May	29.2 °C	24.0 °C	26.5 °C	32.4 °C	20.8 °C	31	6
June	29.1 °C	23.6 °C	26.3 °C	32.3 °C	21.3 °C	30	6
July	28.6 °C	23.1 °C	25.8 °C	31.6 °C	20.8 °C	31	3
August	28.4 °C	23.0 °C	25.6 °C	31.4 °C	21.1 °C	31	2
September	28.3 °C	23.1 °C	25.5 °C	31.9 °C	20.4 °C	30	1
October	28.0 °C	23.2 °C	25.4 °C	31.1 °C	21.1 °C	31	1
November	27.9 °C	23.2 °C	25.3 °C	34.2 °C	21.3 °C	30	1
December	28.2 °C	23.3 °C	25.5 °C	32.2 °C	21.2 °C	31	2

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	329 mm	23	12 h/day	88 %	86 %	11 km/h	29.3 °C
February	269 mm	20	12 h/day	86 %	86 %	11 km/h	29.6 °C
March	300 mm	25	12 h/day	88 %	87 %	11 km/h	29.9 °C
April	348 mm	25	12 h/day	90 %	89 %	9.9 km/h	30.0 °C
May	302 mm	21	12 h/day	83 %	87 %	9.9 km/h	30.1 °C
June	204 mm	18	12 h/day	76 %	86 %	10 km/h	29.9 °C
July	255 mm	20	12 h/day	75 %	87 %	10 km/h	29.7 °C
August	327 mm	23	12 h/day	81 %	88 %	11 km/h	29.5 °C
September	358 mm	24	12 h/day	85 %	89 %	11 km/h	29.2 °C
October	403 mm	26	12 h/day	91 %	89 %	11 km/h	28.9 °C
November	505 mm	27	12 h/day	94 %	90 %	11 km/h	28.9 °C
December	420 mm	25	12 h/day	93 %	88 %	11 km/h	28.9 °C

How Padang 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
Padang	29 °C	23 °C	4,020 mm	364
Pekanbaru · Indonesia	30 °C	23 °C	2,490 mm	364
Padangsidempuan · Indonesia	29 °C	21 °C	2,929 mm	353
Dumai · Indonesia	30 °C	23 °C	2,861 mm	365
Jambi City · Indonesia	31 °C	23 °C	2,490 mm	364
Bengkulu · Indonesia	29 °C	23 °C	2,926 mm	362
Lubuklinggau · Indonesia	30 °C	22 °C	2,794 mm	364

Where Padang ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in February	4th of 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in March	4th of 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in March	4th of 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in February	5th of 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in January	10th of 50	29 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in January	14th of 50	29 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Padang.

QuestionsCommon questions about Padang’s climate

When is the best time to visit Padang?

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

How hot does Padang get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 44 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

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

Which month is wettest in Padang?

November, averaging 505 mm over 27 days with rain. The driest month is June with 204 mm. The year as a whole averages 4,020 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 Padang 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: -0.949°, 100.354° (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.