Climate averages 1991–2020
Mataram weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Mataram: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.0 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes August a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Selong (46 km away). In August its highs average 28.7°C, 1.5°C cooler than Mataram, with 8.1 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Mataram ranks joint 77th of 200 for the warmest August highs and 12th of 200 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 200 cities is 29.5°C; Mataram is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 30.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 5.0 mm to 15 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
Mataram climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 248 | 27.6 | 12.613 h |
| February | 28.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 215 | 25.4 | 12.412 h |
| March | 28.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 218 | 25.5 | 12.212 h |
| April | 29.5°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 159 | 18.8 | 11.912 h |
| May | 29.9°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 48 | 7.9 | 11.712 h |
| June | 29.8°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 29 | 4.6 | 11.612 h |
| July | 29.6°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 17 | 2.8 | 11.712 h |
| August, selected | 30.2°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 5.0 | 1.2 | 11.812 h |
| September | 30.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 15 | 2.1 | 12.012 h |
| October | 31.0°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 47 | 7.3 | 12.312 h |
| November | 30.0°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 157 | 19.3 | 12.512 h |
| December | 28.6°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 266 | 26.9 | 12.613 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
- Selong in AugustIndonesia · 46 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.1°C · 8.1 mm rain
- Klungkung in AugustIndonesia · 79 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 22.7°C · 27 mm rain
- Ubud in AugustIndonesia · 94 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 21.4°C · 30 mm rain
- Denpasar in AugustIndonesia · 99 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 23.0°C · 28 mm rain
- Sukawati in AugustIndonesia · 118 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 21 mm rain
- Singaraja in AugustIndonesia · 125 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.7°C · 14 mm rain
- Banjar, Indonesia in AugustIndonesia · 134 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.3°C · 18 mm rain
- Negara in AugustIndonesia · 167 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 23.3°C · 6.4 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 Mataram) is explained once on the Mataram year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.