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Medan weather by month

Medan runs from about 25°C in November to 27°C in May, with November the wettest month at 600 mm.

warmest month

May

27°C

coolest month

November

25°C

wettest month

November

600 mm

worst air month

August

37 µg/m³

The whole year, month by month.

Monthly climate normals for Medan
MonthAvg tempRainSunPM2.5
January26°C442 mm238 h33
February26°C233 mm295 h32
March27°C214 mm286 h34
April27°C363 mm245 h31
May27°C443 mm225 h28
June27°C318 mm268 h28
July27°C153 mm287 h35
August26°C535 mm267 h37
September26°C436 mm255 h34
October26°C566 mm257 h34
November25°C600 mm198 h33
December26°C450 mm217 h30

About 3,038 hours of sun a year. Roughly 329 rainy days a year.

These are long-run climate normals, not a forecast. A given year can sit well outside them. PM2.5 is a global model: near the coast it counts sea salt as fine particulate and reads high against ground stations, sometimes by a factor of two. Use the shape of the year, not the absolute number.

where these numbers come from

  • · Temperature, rainfall and sunshine: ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis climate normals via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0), fetched once and stored.
  • · PM2.5: Copernicus CAMS reanalysis, monthly means. Modelled, not station readings; near coasts CAMS counts sea salt as PM2.5 and reads high.

Last reviewed 2026-05-24. Full method, licences and the list of sources we rejected are on the methodology page.