Sungai Penuh climate — normals and trends
Sungai Penuh (Indonesia) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.0 °C and it receives 3,228 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 (20.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (19.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Sungai Penuh averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 312 rainy days per year.
Sungai Penuh 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 29.8 °C (on 20 March 2024) and the coldest 12.2 °C (on 16 November 1942).
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
Sungai PenuhJambi
- coords
- -2.06°, 101.39°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
20.0°C
Average daily high
24.4°C
Average daily low
17.1°C
Annual rainfall
3,228mm
Sunshine / day
9.2h
Mean relative humidity
88%
Average peak wind
5.4km/h
Seasonal range
1.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
312 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
27.9 °C
Average feels-like low
19.1 °C
Average peak gust
26.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.5 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
29.8 °C
20 March 2024
Coldest day
12.2 °C
16 November 1942
Wettest day
208 mm
1 February 1995
Windiest day
18.3 km/h
19 June 2013
Strongest gust
72.0 km/h
5 January 2017
Hottest feels-like
34.7 °C
6 March 2016
Coldest feels-like
11.9 °C
16 November 1942
Sunniest day
12.1 h
31 January 1949
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 24.2 °C | +0.3 °C | 367 mm | +49 mm |
| Feb | 25.0 °C | +0.7 °C | 225 mm | -61 mm |
| Mar | 25.1 °C | +0.5 °C | 318 mm | +0 mm |
| Apr | 25.3 °C | +0.4 °C | 363 mm | +60 mm |
| May | 26.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 186 mm | -28 mm |
| Jun | 25.4 °C | +0.5 °C | 196 mm | +37 mm |
| Jul | 25.0 °C | +0.5 °C | 232 mm | +64 mm |
| Aug | 25.1 °C | +0.7 °C | 285 mm | +72 mm |
| Sep | 24.7 °C | +0.4 °C | 366 mm | +108 mm |
| Oct | 25.8 °C | +1.5 °C | 255 mm | -36 mm |
| Nov | 24.8 °C | +0.7 °C | 296 mm | -49 mm |
| Dec | 24.4 °C | +0.5 °C | 382 mm | +26 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sungai Penuh?
Sungai Penuh has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.0 °C and it receives 3,228 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sungai Penuh?
The hottest day measured in Sungai Penuh between 1940 and 2025 was 20 March 2024, reaching 29.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sungai Penuh?
The coldest day measured in Sungai Penuh between 1940 and 2025 was 16 November 1942, at 12.2 °C.
Does it snow in Sungai Penuh?
Almost never: Sungai Penuh sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Sungai Penuh warmed?
Yes: Sungai Penuh warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sungai Penuh?
The wettest day measured in Sungai Penuh between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 1995, with 208 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sungai Penuh?
The windiest day measured in Sungai Penuh between 1940 and 2025 was 19 June 2013, with winds reaching 18.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sungai Penuh?
The warmest month in Sungai Penuh is May (20.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (19.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Sungai Penuh?
Sungai Penuh receives on average 3,228 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 312 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sungai Penuh?
Sungai Penuh gets on average 9.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,358 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Sungai Penuh?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Sungai Penuh.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sungai Penuh?
In Sungai Penuh, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.7 °C on 6 March 2016, and the lowest was 11.9 °C on 16 November 1942.
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