Climate averages 1991–2020
Bengkulu weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Bengkulu: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 188 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 59 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lubuklinggau (87 km away). In August its highs average 30.0°C, 1.8°C warmer than Bengkulu, with 117 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Bengkulu ranks joint 156th of 200 for the warmest August highs and 177th of 200 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 200 cities is 29.5°C; Bengkulu is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 188 mm to 197 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Lubuklinggau in AugustIndonesia · 87 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.1°C · 117 mm rain
- Pagar Alam in AugustIndonesia · 112 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 19.9°C · 159 mm rain
- Baturaja in AugustIndonesia · 214 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 22.6°C · 84 mm rain
- Sungai Penuh in AugustIndonesia · 217 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 19.7°C · 218 mm rain
- Prabumulih in AugustIndonesia · 222 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 79 mm rain
- Jambi City in AugustIndonesia · 287 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 115 mm rain
- Palembang in AugustIndonesia · 292 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 76 mm rain
- Metro in AugustIndonesia · 367 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.3°C · 68 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.