Prabumulih weather in January

In January, Prabumulih sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 245 mm of rain across 27.6 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in January, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 12 min at the start of January to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Prabumulih's 11th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Prabumulih's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
12th warmest
Overnight low
24°
3rd coldest
Rainfall
245 mm
27.6 wet days
Daylight
12 h 12 min
6:07 AM – 6:18 PM
Cloud cover
91%
11th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
4.74 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.6
out of 10

Prabumulih is city in South Sumatra Province, Indonesia.

Density
245/km²
people per km²
Founded
2001

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month.

A typical January day in Prabumulih reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Prabumulih

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Prabumulih weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 24°24527.612.22.6
Feb31° / 24°24325.112.12.5
Mar32° / 24°30428.9122.3
Apr32° / 24°28128.211.92.2
May32° / 24°1712411.82.7
Jun32° / 24°10118.411.83.2
Jul32° / 24°9516.211.83.4
Aug33° / 24°7913.211.93.1
Sep34° / 24°9713.2122.8
Oct33° / 24°20919.912.12.5
Nov32° / 24°29726.812.22.3
Dec31° / 24°29128.512.22.5

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 4% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 96%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1397
2397
3397
4496
5496
6397
7397
8397
9397
10496
11496
12496
13496
14595
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31397

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Prabumulih gets around 245 mm of rain over 27.6 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 89% and peaks near 91% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
191
291
391
491
591
691
791
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1590
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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the oppressive band about 75% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
17426
27426
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Wind in January

Winds average 8 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
148calm
158calm
168calm
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188calm
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208calm
218calm
228calm
238calm
248calm
258calm
268calm
278calm
288calm
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308calm
318calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 12 min at the start of January to 12 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:00 AM to 6:12 AM, and sunset from 6:12 PM to 6:21 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.26:006:12
212.26:016:13
312.26:016:13
412.26:026:13
512.26:026:14
612.26:036:14
712.26:036:15
812.26:046:15
912.26:046:15
1012.26:046:16
1112.26:056:16
1212.26:056:16
1312.26:066:17
1412.26:066:17
1512.26:076:17
1612.26:076:18
1712.26:076:18
1812.26:086:18
1912.26:086:19
2012.26:096:19
2112.26:096:19
2212.26:096:19
2312.26:106:20
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2512.26:106:20
2612.26:116:20
2712.26:116:20
2812.26:116:21
2912.26:116:21
3012.26:126:21
3112.16:126:21

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.74 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.51 kWh/m² to a high of 5.74 kWh/m² in September across the year — January's 4.74 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.6Bright
24.6Bright
34.6Bright
44.7Bright
54.7Bright
64.7Bright
74.7Bright
84.7Bright
94.7Bright
104.8Bright
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284.7Bright
294.7Bright
304.7Bright
314.7Bright
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Prabumulih?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

2.6
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
3.8
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Prabumulih.

What to pack for Prabumulih in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Prabumulih sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 28 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Prabumulih in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Prabumulih peaks around February 19 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 14 at about 9 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeFeb 19UV 15Jul 14UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov10Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Prabumulih in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Prabumulih is worst in October — around 80 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.0× the cleanest month (January, 27 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorUnhealthyPoorModerateOct 1377 µg/m³Jan 1727 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan27Moderate
Feb28Moderate
Mar32Moderate
Apr32Moderate
May32Moderate
Jun31Moderate
Jul32Moderate
Aug38Poor
Sep68Unhealthy
Oct80Unhealthy
Nov47Poor
Dec28Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Prabumulih?

Prabumulih sits at 3.4°S, 104.2°E, 51 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Indralaya, 53 km away.

Topography around Prabumulih

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Prabumulih.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Prabumulih has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 45 m around an average of 49 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 80 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 826 m.

The land around Prabumulih is covered by trees (71%) and artificial surfaces (27%) within 3 km, trees (95%) within 16 km, and trees (88%) within 80 km.

3 km
45 m
16 km
80 m
80 km
826 m
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January weather nearby: Indralaya 53 km · Tanjungagung 73 km · Baturaja 78 km · Palembang 81 km · Lahat 86 km · Pagar Alam 127 km · Lubuklinggau 153 km · Kotabumi 171 km

Indonesia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 29% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$5,060
2025
Happiness
5.6 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
30%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.3
per 100k, 2022
Road deaths
11.3
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 471
Religion
Muslim 87%Protestant 8%Roman Catholic 3%Hindu 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Prabumulih (-3.4345°, 104.2306°, elevation 51 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).