Climate averages 1991–2020
Purwokerto weather
in January.
A hot, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Purwokerto: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 426 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes January a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 30 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cilacap (42 km away). In January its highs average 28.0°C, 1.2°C cooler than Purwokerto, with 315 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Purwokerto ranks joint 27th of 200 for the warmest January highs and 177th of 200 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 200 cities is 28.2°C; Purwokerto is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 426 mm to 373 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Cilacap in JanuaryIndonesia · 42 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 24.8°C · 315 mm rain
- Tarub in JanuaryIndonesia · 55 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 473 mm rain
- Pemalang in JanuaryIndonesia · 61 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.8°C · 425 mm rain
- Tegal in JanuaryIndonesia · 62 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.3°C · 393 mm rain
- Kedungwuni in JanuaryIndonesia · 68 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.4°C · 410 mm rain
- Wonosobo in JanuaryIndonesia · 74 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 20.0°C · 560 mm rain
- Pekalongan in JanuaryIndonesia · 77 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 410 mm rain
- Astanajapura in JanuaryIndonesia · 96 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 270 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.