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Last and first frost dates in Pekanbaru

Indonesia

Pekanbaru had no frost in 2016–2025, so crops are planted by warmth and rain rather than by frost dates.

Last spring frostnone in ten years
First autumn frostnone in ten years

Median of 2016–2025 for the 25 km grid cell of the city: the last day at or below 0 °C in spring and the first in autumn (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo). In a cold year a frost can come a week or two later — Greenly warns 48 hours ahead.

There is no frost season here: crops are planted by warmth and rain rather than by frost dates.

When the soil warms up in Pekanbaru

The day the top 7 cm of soil first averages each temperature over a week, median of 2016–2025 (ERA5 via Open-Meteo).

SoilDate
5 °Calready in the first week of January
10 °Calready in the first week of January
15 °Calready in the first week of January
18 °Calready in the first week of January

Frost dates near Pekanbaru

CityDistanceLast spring frostFirst autumn frost
Padang203 km——
Batam297 km——
Medan461 km——
Palembang536 km——
Bandar Lampung787 km——

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Pekanbaru

Within 15 km of Pekanbaru OpenStreetMap lists 1 farm-supply shop, 1 plant nursery, 34 markets and 4 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026). The nearest market to the city centre is Pasar Dupa Pekanbaru, 2 km away.

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Pekanbaru by month

Average weather in Pekanbaru over 2016–2025: the warmest month is July. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: January–December (29.4–31.1 °C). Months that average 30 °C or more by day: March–November (30.3–31.1 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 22.9 °C. About 3060 mm of rain falls in a year, on 288 days; November is the wettest month (353 mm) and July the driest (152 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy days
January29.422.924726
February29.922.922022
March30.423.230226
April30.623.633428
May30.82424926
June30.623.617820
July31.123.615218
August3123.420522
September30.823.321923
October30.923.427723
November30.323.335327
December29.723.232427

Average of the daily highs and lows, rain per month and days with at least 1 mm (ERA5 via Open-Meteo, the same grid cell as the frost dates).