Pleiku
Elevation 740 m13.97° N, 108.02° E
When to go?
Mean 20 °C, 1 rain day in the month (15 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 22 °C, 1 rain day in the month (12 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 23 °C, 5 rain days in the month (44 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 25 °C, 10 rain days in the month (97 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 29 °C
Mean 25 °C, 20 rain days in the month (196 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 29 °C
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
Mean 25 °C, 24 rain days in the month (218 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 28 °C
- Often rainyrain on 8 days in 10
Mean 25 °C, 28 rain days in the month (323 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 28 °C
- Often rainyrain on 9 days in 10
- Torrential rain12 mm per rain day
Mean 25 °C, 28 rain days in the month (329 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 28 °C
- Often rainyrain on 9 days in 10
- Torrential rain12 mm per rain day
Mean 24 °C, 25 rain days in the month (411 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 8 days in 10
- Torrential rain16 mm per rain day
Mean 24 °C, 17 rain days in the month (304 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 5 days in 10
- Torrential rain18 mm per rain day
Mean 23 °C, 9 rain days in the month (162 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 21 °C, 4 rain days in the month (54 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
The best months are November–March. Avoid April–August (hot, at times often rainy and torrential rain), September–October (often rainy and torrential rain).
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +0.5 °C; in the last ten years by +0.7 °C. Warmest year: 1998 (+1.3 °C), coldest: 1963 (−0.6 °C).
November and March warmed the most (+0.8 and +0.6 °C), September the least (+0.3 °C).
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: no clear trend, dry and wet years alternate as before.