Pekanbaru weather by month & the best time to visit
🇮🇩 Indonesia · city break · tropical rainforest climate
The best time to visit Pekanbaru is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 62/100), with February and March close behind. Pekanbaru averages about 1,944 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 29°C / 84°F and roughly 224 mm of rain in January.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,944
- Sunniest month
- January
- Peak score
- 62/100
- Rain / year
- 2,863 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Population
- 1.2M
- Elevation
- 37 m
When is the best time to visit Pekanbaru?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Pekanbaru is January, then February and March. The dullest month is January (62/100, 224 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Pekanbaru?
Pekanbaru gets a moderate 1,944 hours of sunshine a year. Conditions barely change through the year — only 0 Sunshine Score points separate January from January. It ranks #109 of 119 destinations in Indonesia for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,183 hours. The year's 2,863 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 | 224 mm | 9 |
| February | 62 | 29° / 84°F | 23° / 73°F | 162 mm | 9 |
| March | 62 | 29° / 84°F | 23° / 73°F | 272 mm | 10 |
| April | 62 | 29° / 84°F | 24° / 75°F | 289 mm | 10 |
| May | 62 | 29° / 84°F | 24° / 75°F | 213 mm | 9 |
| June | 62 | 29° / 84°F | 23° / 73°F | 169 mm | 9 |
| July | 62 | 29° / 84°F | 23° / 73°F | 164 mm | 9 |
| August | 62 | 29° / 84°F | 23° / 73°F | 184 mm | 9 |
| September | 62 | 29° / 84°F | 23° / 73°F | 236 mm | 9 |
| October | 62 | 29° / 84°F | 23° / 73°F | 292 mm | 9 |
| November | 62 | 29° / 84°F | 23° / 73°F | 351 mm | 9 |
| December | 62 | 28° / 82°F | 23° / 73°F | 307 mm | 8 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Padang (Katapiang) Indonesia · 189 km · best in Jan · 1,936 h sun/yr
- Kuala Lumpur Malaysia · 256 km · best in Feb · 2,124 h sun/yr
- Johor Bahru Malaysia · 280 km · best in Feb · 1,839 h sun/yr
- Subang Malaysia · 297 km · best in Jan · 2,038 h sun/yr
- Singapore Singapore · 300 km · best in Feb · 1,839 h sun/yr
- Batam Indonesia · 306 km · best in Feb · 2,051 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Dumai Indonesia · 128 km · 1,848 h sun/yr · best in Feb
- Malacca Malaysia · 220 km · 2,008 h sun/yr · best in Feb
- Muara Bungo Indonesia · 237 km · 1,958 h sun/yr · best in Jun
Head-to-head
How Pekanbaru compares month by month: Pekanbaru vs Kuala Lumpur · Pekanbaru vs Padang (Katapiang) · Pekanbaru vs Johor Bahru · all comparisons
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