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 32°C, while the coldest is October averaging around 23°C at night. Around 1438 mm of precipitation falls each year, peaking in December (209 mm) and easing off in September (67 mm).

☀️ All year

Hot

Daytime highs near 32°C most of the year.

About 54 days a year above 32 °C

🌙 Nights

Stays warm

Even the coolest nights stay near 23°C.

🌧️ Rain

Wet

About 1438 mm of rain a year.

Wettest in December

⛅ Sky & trend

Often grey

Overcast skies dominate much of the year.

+0.4 °C 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 (°C)	31	31	31	31	32	31	31	31	31	30	30	31
Avg temp (°C)	27	27	27	27	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	23	23	23	23	23
Precipitation (mm)	174	74	143	114	92	109	68	118	67	76	195	209

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°C)	31	31	31	31	32	31
Avg temp (°C)	27	27	27	27	28	27
Avg low (°C)	23	23	23	23	23	23
Precipitation (mm)	174	74	143	114	92	109

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	31	31	31	30	30	31
Avg temp (°C)	27	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	22	23	23	23	23	23
Precipitation (mm)	68	118	67	76	195	209

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 ≥ 32°C (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 ≥ 32°C (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 ≥ 32°C (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 (m/s)	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.1	1.1	1.2	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.3

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 (m/s)	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.1	1.1

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 (m/s)	1.2	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.3

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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