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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Jakarta
Jakarta climate by month
Tropical rainforest · AfBest Jun–Aug
Annual mean27°day and night
Seasonal swing1°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation2,512 mm268 wet days a year
6.21° S, 106.85° EElevation 16 mUTC+7 · Western Indonesia Time
When to goJakarta · weather score
Best timeJun–Aug
October: high / low31° / 24°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Jakarta has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af): .
The warmest month is September, when afternoons average 31° and nights 24°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 29° and lows of 24°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 1°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 2,512 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. March is the wettest month (261 mm, 30 wet days) and August the driest (91 mm, 10 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 32% in August to 70% in February.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 31° · September
- Coldest nights
- 23° · July
- Wettest month
- March
- Driest month
- August
- Clearest skies
- August · 32% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 29 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 46 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 29° | 29° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 31° | 31° | 31° | 30° | 29° |
| Average low | 24° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 24° |
| Precipitation | 408 mm | 361 mm | 261 mm | 227 mm | 189 mm | 115 mm | 103 mm | 91 mm | 107 mm | 169 mm | 207 mm | 274 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 28.9 | 27.4 | 29.6 | 27.8 | 24.9 | 17 | 14.5 | 9.8 | 11.9 | 20.3 | 26.9 | 28.6 |
| Cloud cover | 69% | 70% | 64% | 57% | 44% | 35% | 33% | 32% | 39% | 48% | 62% | 68% |
| Daylight | 12h 27 | 12h 18 | 12h 09 | 11h 58 | 11h 50 | 11h 46 | 11h 47 | 11h 54 | 12h 04 | 12h 14 | 12h 24 | 12h 29 |
| Month score | 35 | 34 | 34 | 35 | 40 | 44 | 44 | 52 | 41 | 33 | 32 | 33 |
ivMonth by month
Jakarta in every month
January35
29° / 24°
408 mm · 28.9 wet days
February34
29° / 24°
361 mm · 27.4 wet days
March34
30° / 24°
261 mm · 29.6 wet days
April35
30° / 24°
227 mm · 27.8 wet days
May40
30° / 24°
189 mm · 24.9 wet days
June44
30° / 23°
115 mm · 17 wet days
July44
30° / 23°
103 mm · 14.5 wet days
August52
31° / 23°
91 mm · 9.8 wet days
September41
31° / 24°
107 mm · 11.9 wet days
October33
31° / 24°
169 mm · 20.3 wet days
November32
30° / 24°
207 mm · 26.9 wet days
December33
29° / 24°
274 mm · 28.6 wet days