North Sumatra · Indonesia
Padang Lawas travel guide
Padang Lawas is a city in North Sumatra, Indonesia, home to about 234,000 people.
- Nearest airport
- FLZ114 km · Dr. Ferdinand Lumban Tobing Airport
- Currency
- IDRrupiah
- Time zone
- Asia/Jakarta
- Language
- Indonesian
About
About Padang Lawas
Padang Lawas is a regency in the North Sumatra province of Indonesia. It covers an area of 3,912.18 km2, and had a population of 226,807 at the 2010 Census and 261,011 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as of mid 2025 was 285,704 (comprising 143,305 males and 142,399 females).
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When to go
The best time to visit Padang Lawas
Padang Lawas has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. May is the warmest month, with average highs of 34 °C; January is the wettest, with about 342 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Padang Lawas: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Dr. Ferdinand Lumban Tobing Airport (FLZ), about 114 km from the city centre in a straight line.
FLZ · Dr. Ferdinand Lumban Tobing Airport
Questions
Padang Lawas: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Padang Lawas?
Padang Lawas has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. May is the warmest month, with average highs of 34 °C; January is the wettest, with about 342 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Padang Lawas?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Dr. Ferdinand Lumban Tobing Airport (FLZ), about 114 km from the city centre in a straight line.
What currency is used in Padang Lawas?
rupiah (IDR).
Nearby
Destinations near Padang Lawas
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.