Climate averages 1991–2020
Purwokerto weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Purwokerto: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 204 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 16 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cilacap (42 km away). In October its highs average 27.4°C, 2.2°C cooler than Purwokerto, with 221 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Purwokerto ranks joint 124th of 200 for the warmest October highs and 123rd of 200 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 200 cities is 30.1°C; Purwokerto is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 204 mm to 350 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Cilacap in OctoberIndonesia · 42 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 23.8°C · 221 mm rain
- Tarub in OctoberIndonesia · 55 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.8°C · 171 mm rain
- Pemalang in OctoberIndonesia · 61 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 231 mm rain
- Tegal in OctoberIndonesia · 62 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.8°C · 103 mm rain
- Kedungwuni in OctoberIndonesia · 68 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.8°C · 293 mm rain
- Wonosobo in OctoberIndonesia · 74 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 19.7°C · 239 mm rain
- Pekalongan in OctoberIndonesia · 77 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 293 mm rain
- Astanajapura in OctoberIndonesia · 96 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 75 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.