Padangsidempuan climate

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Padangsidempuan is warmest in May, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 21 °C. November is the wettest month (360 mm) and June the driest (129 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Padangsidempuan averages 2,929 mm of rain and 353 days above 25 °C.

Indonesia · population 243,843 · 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 May 29 °C
Coldest month January 21 °C
Driest month June 129 mm
Wettest month November 360 mm
Least cloud June 84 % cloud
Hottest on record August 34 °C
Coldest on record June 17 °C

What to expectPadangsidempuan through the year

Padangsidempuan 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, 353 days a year reach 25 °C, 36 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 360 mm against 129 mm in June — 2.8 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	28.0 °C	241 mm	90 %
February	28.6 °C	214 mm	87 %
March	28.8 °C	241 mm	89 %
April	28.8 °C	278 mm	92 %
May	29.0 °C	192 mm	89 %
June	28.9 °C	129 mm	84 %
July	28.5 °C	171 mm	84 %
August	28.2 °C	230 mm	89 %
September	28.3 °C	230 mm	91 %
October	27.9 °C	315 mm	94 %
November	27.5 °C	360 mm	96 %
December	27.5 °C	329 mm	94 %

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	20.9 °C	23.8 °C	31.3 °C	16.9 °C	30	1
February	28.6 °C	21.0 °C	24.2 °C	32.9 °C	17.7 °C	28	3
March	28.8 °C	21.3 °C	24.3 °C	31.8 °C	18.4 °C	30	4
April	28.8 °C	21.6 °C	24.4 °C	31.8 °C	19.3 °C	30	4
May	29.0 °C	21.8 °C	24.8 °C	32.4 °C	17.1 °C	31	6
June	28.9 °C	21.4 °C	24.6 °C	32.6 °C	16.8 °C	30	6
July	28.5 °C	21.0 °C	24.2 °C	32.8 °C	18.2 °C	30	4
August	28.2 °C	21.0 °C	24.0 °C	34.4 °C	18.0 °C	30	3
September	28.3 °C	21.2 °C	24.0 °C	31.9 °C	18.9 °C	29	3
October	27.9 °C	21.2 °C	23.8 °C	32.2 °C	19.3 °C	29	1
November	27.5 °C	21.2 °C	23.6 °C	33.4 °C	18.9 °C	28	0
December	27.5 °C	21.2 °C	23.7 °C	31.0 °C	18.9 °C	29	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	241 mm	24	12 h/day	90 %	90 %	9.2 km/h
February	214 mm	22	12 h/day	87 %	89 %	9.1 km/h
March	241 mm	26	12 h/day	89 %	90 %	8.6 km/h
April	278 mm	26	12 h/day	92 %	91 %	7.9 km/h
May	192 mm	22	12 h/day	89 %	90 %	8.8 km/h
June	129 mm	17	12 h/day	84 %	88 %	9.4 km/h
July	171 mm	19	12 h/day	84 %	89 %	9.8 km/h
August	230 mm	24	12 h/day	89 %	90 %	9.5 km/h
September	230 mm	23	12 h/day	91 %	90 %	9.1 km/h
October	315 mm	26	12 h/day	94 %	91 %	9.0 km/h
November	360 mm	28	12 h/day	96 %	93 %	8.6 km/h
December	329 mm	27	12 h/day	94 %	92 %	8.5 km/h

How Padangsidempuan 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
Padangsidempuan	29 °C	21 °C	2,929 mm	353
Pematangsiantar · Indonesia	28 °C	20 °C	3,293 mm	352
Tanjungbalai · Indonesia	30 °C	24 °C	3,111 mm	365
Dumai · Indonesia	30 °C	23 °C	2,861 mm	365
Perbaungan · Indonesia	30 °C	23 °C	2,632 mm	364
Percut · Indonesia	30 °C	23 °C	3,221 mm	364
Medan · Indonesia	30 °C	22 °C	3,278 mm	364

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Padangsidempuan’s climate

When is the best time to visit Padangsidempuan?

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, May is the warmest month and June the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Padangsidempuan get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 36 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 21 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Padangsidempuan?

November, averaging 360 mm over 28 days with rain. The driest month is June with 129 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,929 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 Padangsidempuan 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.