Tebingtinggi weather in January

In January, Tebingtinggi sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 169 mm of rain across 23.9 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 7th-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 4% of the time in January, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 48 min at the start of January to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Tebingtinggi's 5th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tebingtinggi's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
10th warmest
Overnight low
24°
1st coldest
Rainfall
169 mm
23.9 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
6:38 AM – 6:27 PM
Cloud cover
83%
5th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
4.84 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.0
out of 10

Tebingtinggi is subdistrict in Tebing Tinggi City, North Sumatra, Indonesia.

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 Tebingtinggi 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 Tebingtinggi

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.

Tebingtinggi weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 10th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 24°16923.911.83.0
Feb31° / 24°12919.711.93.0
Mar32° / 24°14822.2122.7
Apr32° / 25°18325.912.12.3
May32° / 25°20325.812.12.3
Jun32° / 24°13720.812.22.7
Jul32° / 24°14320.612.22.9
Aug32° / 24°16322.612.12.7
Sep31° / 24°23827.2122.4
Oct31° / 24°28428.911.92.4
Nov31° / 24°29828.811.82.5
Dec30° / 24°25826.811.82.8

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 85%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11090
21189
31189
41288
51288
61387
71387
81486
91486
101486
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Tebingtinggi gets around 169 mm of rain over 23.9 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 77% and peaks near 81% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
181
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680
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1179
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1678
1778
1878
1977
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2176
2275
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2673
2773
2872
2972
3072
3171

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 54% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
105248
205248
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505347
605347
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805446
905446
1005545
1115445
1215544
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1515643
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2015544
2115544
2205644
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2805446
2905446
3005446
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Wind in January

Winds average 6 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 min at the start of January to 11 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:32 AM to 6:41 AM, and sunset from 6:21 PM to 6:32 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.86:326:21
211.86:336:21
311.86:336:22
411.86:336:22
511.86:346:23
611.86:346:23
711.86:356:24
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1911.86:396:29
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.84 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.24 kWh/m² to a high of 5.52 kWh/m² in March across the year — January's 4.84 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.5Bright
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275.0Bright
285.1Bright
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305.1Bright
315.1Bright
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Tebingtinggi

In seasonPeak

None of Tebingtinggi's seasonal hazards are active in January. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Tebingtinggi sits in the North Indian Ocean cyclone zone; the season peaks May and October–November.

Cyclone
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Tebingtinggi?

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

3.0
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
4.4
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Tebingtinggi.

What to pack for Tebingtinggi in January

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

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

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Tebingtinggi in January

The nearest coast averages about 29°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 24 km away) is warmest in June at about 30°C and coldest in January near 29°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan29Tropical
Feb29Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr30Tropical
May30Tropical
Jun30Tropical
Jul30Tropical
Aug30Tropical
Sep30Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec29Tropical

UV index in Tebingtinggi in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Tebingtinggi peaks around February 21 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeFeb 21UV 14Jun 21UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec10Extreme

Air quality in Tebingtinggi 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 Tebingtinggi is worst in October — around 40 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModeratePoorModerateOct 1039 µg/m³Dec 1729 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan31Moderate
Feb35Moderate
Mar38Poor
Apr36Poor
May34Moderate
Jun33Moderate
Jul33Moderate
Aug34Moderate
Sep39Poor
Oct40Poor
Nov31Moderate
Dec29Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Tebingtinggi?

Tebingtinggi sits at 3.3°N, 99.2°E, 24 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Pekan Bahapal, 24 km away.

Topography around Tebingtinggi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tebingtinggi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 41 m around an average of 25 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 115 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,175 m.

The land around Tebingtinggi is covered by trees (53%) and artificial surfaces (39%) within 3 km, trees (76%) within 16 km, and trees (53%) and water (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
41 m
16 km
115 m
80 km
2,175 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswatermangroves
January weather nearby: Pekan Bahapal 24 km · Perbaungan 35 km · Pematangsiantar 42 km · Percut 47 km · Deli Tua 57 km · Medan 62 km · Kisaran 63 km · Sunggal 67 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 Tebingtinggi (3.3285°, 99.1625°, elevation 24 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).