Padangsidempuan climate — normals and trends
Padangsidempuan (Indonesia) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.3 °C and it receives 2,681 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 (23.0 °C on average) and the coldest is October (22.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Padangsidempuan averages 0 frost days, 17 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 293 rainy days per year.
Padangsidempuan has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.7 °C (on 22 August 1981) and the coldest 13.4 °C (on 30 September 1973).
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
PadangsidempuanNorth Sumatra
- coords
- 1.38°, 99.27°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
22.3°C
Average daily high
27.4°C
Average daily low
19.0°C
Annual rainfall
2,681mm
Sunshine / day
9.1h
Mean relative humidity
89%
Average peak wind
8.6km/h
Seasonal range
1.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
17 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
293 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
32.0 °C
Average feels-like low
21.7 °C
Average peak gust
31.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
65 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.86 · 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
33.7 °C
22 August 1981
Coldest day
13.4 °C
30 September 1973
Wettest day
212 mm
22 April 2008
Windiest day
22.8 km/h
17 January 1959
Strongest gust
76.0 km/h
6 June 2012
Hottest feels-like
38.8 °C
12 March 2020
Coldest feels-like
13.6 °C
30 September 1973
Sunniest day
12.0 h
26 July 1969
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 27.5 °C | +0.3 °C | 422 mm | +208 mm |
| Feb | 28.1 °C | +0.3 °C | 207 mm | +13 mm |
| Mar | 28.1 °C | +0.2 °C | 295 mm | +52 mm |
| Apr | 28.5 °C | +0.5 °C | 332 mm | +76 mm |
| May | 28.9 °C | +0.8 °C | 82 mm | -98 mm |
| Jun | 28.8 °C | +0.8 °C | 90 mm | -26 mm |
| Jul | 28.3 °C | +0.7 °C | 76 mm | -72 mm |
| Aug | 28.5 °C | +1.2 °C | 163 mm | -25 mm |
| Sep | 27.7 °C | +0.6 °C | 205 mm | -31 mm |
| Oct | 28.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 240 mm | -46 mm |
| Nov | 25.9 °C | -0.8 °C | 522 mm | +200 mm |
| Dec | 27.0 °C | +0.2 °C | 434 mm | +135 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Padangsidempuan?
Padangsidempuan has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.3 °C and it receives 2,681 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Padangsidempuan?
The hottest day measured in Padangsidempuan between 1940 and 2025 was 22 August 1981, reaching 33.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Padangsidempuan?
The coldest day measured in Padangsidempuan between 1940 and 2025 was 30 September 1973, at 13.4 °C.
Does it snow in Padangsidempuan?
Almost never: Padangsidempuan sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Padangsidempuan warmed?
Yes: Padangsidempuan warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Padangsidempuan?
The wettest day measured in Padangsidempuan between 1940 and 2025 was 22 April 2008, with 212 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Padangsidempuan?
The windiest day measured in Padangsidempuan between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1959, with winds reaching 22.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Padangsidempuan?
The warmest month in Padangsidempuan is May (23.0 °C on average); the coldest is October (22.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Padangsidempuan?
Padangsidempuan receives on average 2,681 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 293 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Padangsidempuan?
Padangsidempuan gets on average 9.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,322 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Padangsidempuan?
Yes: Padangsidempuan has on average 65 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Padangsidempuan?
In Padangsidempuan, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.8 °C on 12 March 2020, and the lowest was 13.6 °C on 30 September 1973.
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