Padangpanjang climate — normals and trends
Padangpanjang (Indonesia) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.7 °C and it receives 3,195 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is May (22.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (21.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Padangpanjang averages 0 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 314 rainy days per year.
Padangpanjang has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 31.2 °C (on 11 March 2020) and the coldest 12.4 °C (on 8 September 1967).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
PadangpanjangWest Sumatra
- coords
- -0.46°, 100.41°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
21.7°C
Average daily high
26.6°C
Average daily low
18.5°C
Annual rainfall
3,195mm
Sunshine / day
9.1h
Mean relative humidity
88%
Average peak wind
5.8km/h
Seasonal range
1.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
314 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
31.2 °C
Average feels-like low
20.9 °C
Average peak gust
28.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
19 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.85 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
31.2 °C
11 March 2020
Coldest day
12.4 °C
8 September 1967
Wettest day
178 mm
25 August 2019
Windiest day
15.9 km/h
28 February 1963
Strongest gust
75.6 km/h
5 January 2017
Hottest feels-like
37.2 °C
14 March 1978
Coldest feels-like
12.0 °C
8 September 1967
Sunniest day
12.0 h
3 February 1949
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 26.4 °C | +0.3 °C | 399 mm | +122 mm |
| Feb | 27.2 °C | +0.5 °C | 192 mm | -45 mm |
| Mar | 27.2 °C | +0.3 °C | 318 mm | +19 mm |
| Apr | 27.5 °C | +0.5 °C | 367 mm | +68 mm |
| May | 28.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 136 mm | -86 mm |
| Jun | 28.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 95 mm | -62 mm |
| Jul | 27.5 °C | +0.7 °C | 151 mm | -27 mm |
| Aug | 27.2 °C | +0.6 °C | 267 mm | +32 mm |
| Sep | 26.9 °C | +0.4 °C | 328 mm | +45 mm |
| Oct | 27.8 °C | +1.5 °C | 175 mm | -133 mm |
| Nov | 26.0 °C | -0.1 °C | 593 mm | +232 mm |
| Dec | 26.4 °C | +0.5 °C | 464 mm | +126 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Padangpanjang?
Padangpanjang has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.7 °C and it receives 3,195 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Padangpanjang?
The hottest day measured in Padangpanjang between 1940 and 2025 was 11 March 2020, reaching 31.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Padangpanjang?
The coldest day measured in Padangpanjang between 1940 and 2025 was 8 September 1967, at 12.4 °C.
Does it snow in Padangpanjang?
Almost never: Padangpanjang sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Padangpanjang warmed?
Yes: Padangpanjang warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Padangpanjang?
The wettest day measured in Padangpanjang between 1940 and 2025 was 25 August 2019, with 178 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Padangpanjang?
The windiest day measured in Padangpanjang between 1940 and 2025 was 28 February 1963, with winds reaching 15.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Padangpanjang?
The warmest month in Padangpanjang is May (22.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (21.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Padangpanjang?
Padangpanjang receives on average 3,195 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 314 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Padangpanjang?
Padangpanjang gets on average 9.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,322 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Padangpanjang?
Yes: Padangpanjang has on average 19 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Padangpanjang?
In Padangpanjang, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.2 °C on 14 March 1978, and the lowest was 12.0 °C on 8 September 1967.
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