Climate averages 1991–2020
Purwokerto weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Purwokerto: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 21.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cilacap (42 km away). In August its highs average 26.8°C, 1.9°C cooler than Purwokerto, with 72 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Purwokerto ranks joint 138th of 200 for the warmest August highs and 93rd of 200 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 200 cities is 29.5°C; Purwokerto is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 54 mm to 90 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
Purwokerto climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 426 | 29.4 | 12.512 h |
| February | 29.5°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 373 | 27.6 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.5°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 336 | 29.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.5°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 243 | 26.1 | 11.912 h |
| May | 29.4°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 148 | 20.2 | 11.812 h |
| June | 28.9°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 92 | 14.6 | 11.712 h |
| July | 28.4°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 68 | 10.6 | 11.712 h |
| August, selected | 28.7°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 54 | 8.3 | 11.912 h |
| September | 29.4°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 90 | 12.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 204 | 20.6 | 12.312 h |
| November | 29.0°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 350 | 27.4 | 12.412 h |
| December | 28.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 390 | 29.0 | 12.513 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
- Cilacap in AugustIndonesia · 42 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 23.1°C · 72 mm rain
- Tarub in AugustIndonesia · 55 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 39 mm rain
- Pemalang in AugustIndonesia · 61 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 57 mm rain
- Tegal in AugustIndonesia · 62 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Kedungwuni in AugustIndonesia · 68 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.5°C · 76 mm rain
- Wonosobo in AugustIndonesia · 74 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 56 mm rain
- Pekalongan in AugustIndonesia · 77 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.9°C · 76 mm rain
- Astanajapura in AugustIndonesia · 96 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 14 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 Purwokerto) is explained once on the Purwokerto year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.