Bengkulu, Indonesia climate

Af Tropical rainforest

Bengkulu has a remarkably steady tropical climate (Tropical rainforest, Köppen Af). The hottest month is May with an average daily high near 89°F, while the coldest is December averaging around 74°F at night. Around 78 inches of precipitation falls each year, peaking in December (10.3 inches) and easing off in July (4.1 inches).

☀️ All year

Hot

Daytime highs near 89°F most of the year.

🌙 Nights

Stays warm

Even the coolest nights stay near 74°F.

🌧️ Rain

Very wet

About 78 in of rain a year.

Wettest in December

⛅ Sky & trend

Often grey

Overcast skies dominate much of the year.

Temperature & precipitation

Daily high–low temperature range with the monthly average, plus monthly precipitation · 1991–2020 normals · hover a month for the exact figures

Hours of sunshine per day

Estimated sunny hours each month — daylight length × clear-sky fraction · 1991–2020 monthly cloud cover (NASA POWER)

Bengkulu climate normals (1991–2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°F)	87	88	89	89	89	89	88	88	88	88	87	87
Avg temp (°F)	81	81	81	82	82	81	81	80	80	81	81	80
Avg low (°F)	74	74	74	75	75	74	73	73	73	74	74	74
Precipitation (in)	6.9	6.0	6.8	6.9	5.6	5.0	4.1	5.0	5.0	7.2	9.4	10.3

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°F)	87	88	89	89	89	89
Avg temp (°F)	81	81	81	82	82	81
Avg low (°F)	74	74	74	75	75	74
Precipitation (in)	6.9	6.0	6.8	6.9	5.6	5.0

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°F)	88	88	88	88	87	87
Avg temp (°F)	81	80	80	81	81	80
Avg low (°F)	73	73	73	74	74	74
Precipitation (in)	4.1	5.0	5.0	7.2	9.4	10.3

Sky & atmosphere

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	90	89	87	84	77	72	72	72	76	85	91	92
Relative humidity (%)	86	86	86	86	85	84	84	83	83	84	87	88
Wind speed (mph)	4.3	4.2	4.0	3.6	3.7	3.9	4.4	5.1	5.3	4.8	4.4	4.6

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cloud cover (%)	90	89	87	84	77	72
Relative humidity (%)	86	86	86	86	85	84
Wind speed (mph)	4.3	4.2	4.0	3.6	3.7	3.9

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	72	72	76	85	91	92
Relative humidity (%)	84	83	83	84	87	88
Wind speed (mph)	4.4	5.1	5.3	4.8	4.4	4.6

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 27 years of daily observations at Fatmawati Soekarno, a weather station, about 11 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

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