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 32°C, while the coldest is December averaging around 23°C at night. Around 1986 mm of precipitation falls each year, peaking in December (262 mm) and easing off in July (105 mm).

☀️ All year

Hot

Daytime highs near 32°C most of the year.

🌙 Nights

Stays warm

Even the coolest nights stay near 23°C.

🌧️ Rain

Very wet

About 1986 mm 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 (°C)	31	31	31	31	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	30
Avg temp (°C)	27	27	27	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	23	23	23	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
Precipitation (mm)	175	153	173	174	142	126	105	128	128	182	238	262

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°C)	31	31	31	31	32	32
Avg temp (°C)	27	27	27	28	28	27
Avg low (°C)	23	23	23	24	24	23
Precipitation (mm)	175	153	173	174	142	126

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	31	31	31	31	31	30
Avg temp (°C)	27	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	23	23	23	23	23	23
Precipitation (mm)	105	128	128	182	238	262

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 (m/s)	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.6	1.6	1.8	2.0	2.3	2.4	2.2	2.0	2.1

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 (m/s)	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.6	1.6	1.8

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 (m/s)	2.0	2.3	2.4	2.2	2.0	2.1

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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