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When to go to Pekanbaru
When to go
What the averages say
No month in Pekanbaru is both between 18°C and 32°C on average and under 150 mm of rain.
- Wet months (150 mm of rain or more): January to December.
- Humid months (a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more): January to December.
- The warmest month is March (29°C) and the coolest December (28°C). The wettest is November (351 mm) and the driest February (162 mm); about 2,863 mm of rain falls in a year.
How these sentences are worded
Each sentence is written from the figures by fixed rules, and says no more than they do. Mild to warm: a mean daily high from 18°C up to 32°C. Hot: 32°C or more. Cool: 10°C up to 18°C. Cold: under 10°C. Dry: under 50 mm of rain in the month; wet: 150 mm or more. Humid: a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more. A month is described as good for going when it is mild to warm and not wet.
The year at a glance
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
- JanWet
- FebWet
- MarWet
- AprWet
- MayWet
- JunWet
- JulWet
- AugWet
- SeptWet
- OctWet
- NovWet
- DecWet
Month by month
Every month in Pekanbaru
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28°C | 23°C | 224 mm | 90% | 90% | 4.4 | 23°C | Wet |
| February | 29°C | 23°C | 162 mm | 89% | 85% | 4.6 | 24°C | Wet |
| March | 29°C | 23°C | 272 mm | 90% | 85% | 4.9 | 27°C | Wet |
| April | 29°C | 24°C | 289 mm | 91% | 86% | 5 | 31°C | Wet |
| May | 29°C | 24°C | 213 mm | 91% | 82% | 4.8 | 35°C | Wet |
| June | 29°C | 23°C | 169 mm | 91% | 78% | 4.8 | 37°C | Wet |
| July | 29°C | 23°C | 164 mm | 90% | 78% | 4.8 | 39°C | Wet |
| August | 29°C | 23°C | 184 mm | 89% | 80% | 4.8 | 39°C | Wet |
| September | 29°C | 23°C | 236 mm | 90% | 85% | 4.6 | 37°C | Wet |
| October | 29°C | 23°C | 292 mm | 90% | 89% | 4.7 | 34°C | Wet |
| November | 29°C | 23°C | 351 mm | 91% | 93% | 4.6 | 29°C | Wet |
| December | 28°C | 23°C | 307 mm | 92% | 93% | 4.3 | 25°C | Wet |
The Dubai column is Dubai's mean daily high, for comparison.
Modelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.
When to go nearby
When to go nearby
- Dumai128 kmGood for going: February
- Padang203 kmNo month mild to warm and not wet
- Malacca207 kmGood for going: February
- Muar211 kmGood for going: February
- Seremban252 kmGood for going: February
- Iskandar Puteri261 kmGood for going: February
- Kluang268 kmGood for going: February
- Mukim Pulai272 kmGood for going: February
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