Region · Indonesia
Where to stay in North Sumatra
This guide covers 33 destinations in North Sumatra, a first-level administrative division of Indonesia, with 436 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Deli Serdang, Medan and Asahan. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Kualanamu International Airport (KNO).
- Destinations in this guide
- 33
- Places to stay
- 436
- Main airport
- KNOKualanamu International Airport
- Currency
- IDRrupiah
- Time zone
- Asia/Jakarta
Destinations
Destinations in North Sumatra
Every destination in this guide in North Sumatra, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
| Destination | Population | Places to stay | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medan | 2,109,330 | 326 | KNO · 23 km |
| Samosir | 141,780 | 29 | KNO · 112 km |
| Karo | 279,470 | 17 | LSR · 57 km |
| Pematangsiantar | 278,055 | 14 | KNO · 78 km |
| Deli Serdang | 2,114,627 | 12 | KNO · 10 km |
| Tebing Tinggi | 169,786 | 6 | KNO · 47 km |
| Langkat | 1,027,414 | 5 | LSR · 57 km |
| Tanjungbalai | 165,763 | 5 | KNO · 127 km |
| Toba | 168,596 | 4 | FLZ · 100 km |
| Simalungun | 855,591 | 3 | KNO · 83 km |
| North Tapanuli | 278,897 | 3 | FLZ · 54 km |
| Padangsidimpuan | 225,544 | 3 | FLZ · 47 km |
| Sibolga | 94,971 | 3 | FLZ · 24 km |
| Batu Bara | 346,764 | 2 | KNO · 90 km |
| Binjai | 269,053 | 2 | KNO · 43 km |
| South Nias | 289,876 | 1 | GNS · 65 km |
| Dairi | 272,000 | 1 | LSR · 71 km |
| Asahan | 1,038,554 | KNO · 78 km | |
| Serdang Bedagai | 635,362 | KNO · 35 km | |
| Labuhanbatu | 414,417 | ||
| Mandailing Natal | 403,894 | FLZ · 95 km | |
| North Labuhanbatu | 384,982 | FLZ · 120 km | |
| South Labuhanbatu | 314,856 | FLZ · 143 km | |
| Central Tapanuli | 310,962 | FLZ · 45 km | |
| South Tapanuli | 264,108 | FLZ · 46 km | |
| North Padang Lawas | 263,062 | FLZ · 88 km | |
| Padang Lawas | 233,933 | FLZ · 114 km | |
| Humbang Hasundutan | 191,856 | FLZ · 90 km | |
| North Nias | 144,011 | GNS · 46 km | |
| Gunungsitoli | 137,104 | GNS · 16 km | |
| Nias | 132,329 | GNS · 16 km | |
| Pelabuhan Belawan | 109,554 | KNO · 26 km | |
| West Nias | 90,395 | GNS · 18 km |
Where to stay
Hotels in North Sumatra
436 hotels in North Sumatra recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed; the 30 best known are shown, by the number of Wikipedia editions that cover them. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
| Hotel | Where | Opened |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Inna Medan | Medan | 1898 |
| Adimulia Hotel Medan | Medan | |
| Airangga Home Stay Syariah Berastagi RedPartner | Karo | |
| Alpha Inn Hotel Medan | Medan | |
| Amani House Syariah | Medan | |
| Apollo Inn | Deli Serdang | |
| Aquino Marito Homestay RedPartner | Toba | |
| Ayola Grand Singgie | Tanjungbalai | |
| Bambu River Guest House Tangkahan | Langkat | |
| Bernard Guest House & Resto RedPartner | Samosir | |
| Bobotel Gatot Subroto Medan | Medan | |
| Bua Guest House | Medan | |
| CAMAR GUEST HOUSE SYARIAH | Medan | |
| Cambridge Hotel Medan | Medan | 2007 |
| Capital O 1709 Simalungun City Hotel | Simalungun | |
| Capital O 2023 Medan Ville Hotel | Medan | |
| Carolina Transit RedPartner | Medan | |
| Christina Guest House Samosir RedPartner | Samosir | |
| Collection O 90050 Raz Hotel And Convention Syariah | Medan | |
| Cordela Hotel Medan | Medan | |
| Cordela Inn Millenium Medan | Medan | |
| D&D Guest House & Café Syariah | Medan | |
| Danau Toba International Cottage | Samosir | |
| Danau Toba International Hotel | Medan | |
| Dazhong Backpackers Hostel | Medan | |
| De Paris Hotel | Medan | |
| De'Tonga Hotel | Medan | |
| Deli Homestay RedPartner | Medan | |
| Deli Hotel | Medan | |
| Depari Hotel Medan | Medan |
When to go
Best time to visit North Sumatra
From the climate of 33 destinations in North Sumatra with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. No month is comfortable in any of them by this measure.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 33 | 32 °C | 230 mm |
| February | 0 of 33 | 32 °C | 173 mm |
| March | 0 of 33 | 32 °C | 223 mm |
| April | 0 of 33 | 32 °C | 198 mm |
| May | 0 of 33 | 33 °C | 201 mm |
| June | 0 of 33 | 32 °C | 183 mm |
| July | 0 of 33 | 32 °C | 180 mm |
| August | 0 of 33 | 32 °C | 226 mm |
| September | 0 of 33 | 32 °C | 293 mm |
| October | 0 of 33 | 32 °C | 324 mm |
| November | 0 of 33 | 31 °C | 293 mm |
| December | 0 of 33 | 31 °C | 303 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. 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
Airports serving North Sumatra
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in North Sumatra name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
KNO · Kualanamu International Airport
FLZ · Dr. Ferdinand Lumban Tobing Airport
GNS · Binaka Airport
LSR · Alas Leuser Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in North Sumatra, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in Indonesia
Nearby
Regions near North Sumatra
Other regions of Indonesia with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.