Medan
IndonesiaAf
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About
Medan is the capital and largest city of the Indonesian province of North Sumatra. The nearby Strait of Malacca, Port of Belawan, and Kualanamu International Airport make Medan a regional hub and multicultural metropolis, acting as a financial centre for Sumatra and a gateway to the western part of Indonesia.
Wikipedia →Summary excerpted from the Wikipedia article Medan, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Text may be clipped or paraphrased to fit this page.
The next week in Medan
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Showers
32° / 24°
13.7 mm
Sun
Thunderstorm
32° / 25°
7.9 mm
UV Very high
Mon
Drizzle
32° / 24°
4.9 mm
UV Moderate
Tue
Showers
31° / 24°
11.1 mm
UV High
Wed
Thunderstorm
32° / 24°
17.7 mm
UV High
Thu
Thunderstorm
32° / 24°
4.8 mm
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
32° / 21°
Typical high / low
6 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
12.3h
07:12 – 19:29local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Medan
2 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Kualanamu International Airport (KNO) at 22 km.
Getting around Medan
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- City flag source →
Public domain, Medan City.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.