Padang, Indonesia climate

Af Tropical rainforest

Padang has a remarkably steady tropical climate (Tropical rainforest, Köppen Af). The hottest month is May with an average daily high near 89°F, while the coldest is October averaging around 73°F at night. Around 57 inches of precipitation falls each year, peaking in December (8.2 inches) and easing off in September (2.6 inches).

☀️ All year

Hot

Daytime highs near 89°F most of the year.

About 54 days a year above 90 °F

🌙 Nights

Stays warm

Even the coolest nights stay near 73°F.

🌧️ Rain

Wet

About 57 in of rain a year.

Wettest in December

⛅ Sky & trend

Often grey

Overcast skies dominate much of the year.

+0.6 °F vs 50 years ago

Temperature & precipitation

Daily high–low temperature range with the monthly average, plus monthly precipitation · 1991–2020 normals · hover a month for the exact figures

Clear vs cloudy days

Share of days each month that are clear, partly cloudy or cloudy · 1991–2020 · hover a month for the day counts

Padang climate normals (1991–2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°F)	88	88	88	89	89	88	88	87	87	87	87	87
Avg temp (°F)	81	81	81	81	82	81	80	80	80	80	80	80
Avg low (°F)	73	73	74	74	74	73	72	73	73	73	73	73
Precipitation (in)	6.9	2.9	5.6	4.5	3.6	4.3	2.7	4.6	2.6	3.0	7.7	8.2

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°F)	88	88	88	89	89	88
Avg temp (°F)	81	81	81	81	82	81
Avg low (°F)	73	73	74	74	74	73
Precipitation (in)	6.9	2.9	5.6	4.5	3.6	4.3

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°F)	88	87	87	87	87	87
Avg temp (°F)	80	80	80	80	80	80
Avg low (°F)	72	73	73	73	73	73
Precipitation (in)	2.7	4.6	2.6	3.0	7.7	8.2

How often — frequency of weather events

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with measurable rain (days)	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	3	4	3
Days with high ≥ 90°F (days)	5	7	7	6	8	5	3	2	2	3	2	3

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Days with measurable rain (days)	2	1	2	2	2	1
Days with high ≥ 90°F (days)	5	7	7	6	8	5

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with measurable rain (days)	1	2	2	3	4	3
Days with high ≥ 90°F (days)	3	2	2	3	2	3

Sky & atmosphere

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	87	85	85	85	80	75	75	80	84	88	91	91
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.8	1	2	0.6	0.3	0.1	—	0.1
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	4	4	5	5	7	10	9	7	6	4	2	2
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	27	24	26	25	23	19	20	23	24	27	28	29
Relative humidity (%)	87	86	87	88	87	87	87	87	87	88	89	89
Wind speed (mph)	2.7	2.6	2.7	2.6	2.5	2.6	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cloud cover (%)	87	85	85	85	80	75
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.8	1
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	4	4	5	5	7	10
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	27	24	26	25	23	19
Relative humidity (%)	87	86	87	88	87	87
Wind speed (mph)	2.7	2.6	2.7	2.6	2.5	2.6

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	75	80	84	88	91	91
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	2	0.6	0.3	0.1	—	0.1
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	9	7	6	4	2	2
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	20	23	24	27	28	29
Relative humidity (%)	87	87	87	88	89	89
Wind speed (mph)	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 23 years of daily observations at Padang/tabing, a weather station, about 7 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

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