Climate averages 1991–2020
Bengkulu weather
in April.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Bengkulu: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 235 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lubuklinggau (87 km away). In April its highs average 29.1°C, 0.5°C warmer than Bengkulu, with 293 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Bengkulu ranks joint 146th of 200 for the warmest April highs and 90th of 200 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 200 cities is 29.0°C; Bengkulu is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 235 mm to 209 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Bengkulu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 284 | 26.1 | 12.312 h |
| February | 28.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 250 | 22.1 | 12.212 h |
| March | 28.6°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 244 | 24.0 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 28.6°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 235 | 24.8 | 12.012 h |
| May | 29.0°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 209 | 23.0 | 11.912 h |
| June | 28.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 160 | 19.0 | 11.912 h |
| July | 28.3°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 159 | 19.2 | 11.912 h |
| August | 28.2°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 188 | 18.9 | 12.012 h |
| September | 28.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 197 | 20.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.9°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 255 | 23.9 | 12.212 h |
| November | 27.7°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 348 | 27.2 | 12.312 h |
| December | 27.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 328 | 26.6 | 12.312 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Lubuklinggau in AprilIndonesia · 87 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.2°C · 293 mm rain
- Pagar Alam in AprilIndonesia · 112 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 20.7°C · 308 mm rain
- Baturaja in AprilIndonesia · 214 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.1°C · 285 mm rain
- Sungai Penuh in AprilIndonesia · 217 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 20.4°C · 329 mm rain
- Prabumulih in AprilIndonesia · 222 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.5°C · 281 mm rain
- Jambi City in AprilIndonesia · 287 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.8°C · 276 mm rain
- Palembang in AprilIndonesia · 292 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 273 mm rain
- Metro in AprilIndonesia · 367 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.3°C · 215 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Bengkulu) is explained once on the Bengkulu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.