Palembang weather by month & the best time to visit
🇮🇩 Indonesia · city break · tropical rainforest climate
The best time to visit Palembang is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 75/100), with September and July close behind. Palembang averages about 1,905 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 30°C / 86°F and roughly 79 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,905
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 75/100
- Rain / year
- 2,450 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Population
- 1.8M
- Elevation
- 11 m
When is the best time to visit Palembang?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Palembang is August, then September and July. The dullest month is January (62/100, 244 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Palembang?
Palembang gets a moderate 1,905 hours of sunshine a year. Conditions barely change through the year — only 13 Sunshine Score points separate August from January. It ranks #114 of 119 destinations in Indonesia for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,183 hours. The year's 2,450 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62 | 29° / 84°F | 23° / 73°F | 244 mm | 9 |
| February | 62 | 29° / 84°F | 23° / 73°F | 228 mm | 9 |
| March | 62 | 29° / 84°F | 23° / 73°F | 313 mm | 10 |
| April | 62 | 30° / 86°F | 24° / 75°F | 278 mm | 10 |
| May | 62 | 30° / 86°F | 24° / 75°F | 178 mm | 9 |
| June | 65 | 29° / 84°F | 23° / 73°F | 134 mm | 8 |
| July | 70 | 29° / 84°F | 22° / 72°F | 110 mm | 8 |
| August | 75 | 30° / 86°F | 22° / 72°F | 79 mm | 9 |
| September | 72 | 30° / 86°F | 22° / 72°F | 98 mm | 9 |
| October | 62 | 30° / 86°F | 23° / 73°F | 191 mm | 8 |
| November | 62 | 30° / 86°F | 23° / 73°F | 291 mm | 9 |
| December | 62 | 29° / 84°F | 23° / 73°F | 306 mm | 9 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Pangkal Pinang Indonesia · 180 km · best in Aug · 1,963 h sun/yr
- Jambi Indonesia · 182 km · best in Jun · 1,826 h sun/yr
- Bandar Lampung Indonesia · 267 km · best in Aug · 2,256 h sun/yr
- Bengkulu Indonesia · 283 km · best in Jan · 1,985 h sun/yr
- Tanjung Pandan Indonesia · 340 km · best in Aug · 2,006 h sun/yr
- Jakarta Indonesia · 419 km · best in Aug · 2,107 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Talang Gudang-Sumatra Island Indonesia · 101 km · 2,162 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Muara Bungo Indonesia · 318 km · 1,958 h sun/yr · best in Jun
Head-to-head
How Palembang compares month by month: Palembang vs Bandar Lampung · Palembang vs Jambi · Palembang vs Bengkulu · Palembang vs Pangkal Pinang · all comparisons
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