Bekasi weather in August

In August, Bekasi sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 38 mm of rain across 8.3 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 42 min at the start of August to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Bekasi's 1st-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bekasi's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
23°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
38 mm
8.3 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
6:02 AM – 5:50 PM
Cloud cover
54%
1st clearest
Wind
7 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
5.9 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.5
out of 10

Bekasi is city in West Java Province, Indonesia.

Density
12,581/km²
people per km²
Founded
1997

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month.

A typical August day in Bekasi reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

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How August really feels in Bekasi

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Bekasi weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 3rd-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 24°33129.112.32.8
Feb30° / 24°3092712.22.7
Mar30° / 24°27929.4122.6
Apr31° / 24°21826.511.92.7
May31° / 24°12421.211.73.3
Jun31° / 24°8315.311.63.9
Jul31° / 23°6411.711.74.4
Aug31° / 23°388.311.84.5
Sep32° / 24°5711.4123.9
Oct32° / 24°1442012.13.1
Nov31° / 24°24526.812.32.6
Dec30° / 24°28727.612.42.7

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 25% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 41%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16139
26238
36238
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126139
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Bekasi gets around 38 mm of rain over 8.3 wet days in August, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 27% and peaks near 34% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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2128
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the oppressive band about 79% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
121790
221781
322771
422771
522771
622771
722771
821781
921781
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Wind in August

Winds average 7 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 min at the start of August to 11 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:06 AM to 5:56 AM, and sunset from 5:50 PM to 5:48 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.76:065:50
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411.76:065:50
511.76:065:50
611.76:055:50
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.9 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.78 kWh/m² to a high of 6.34 kWh/m² in September across the year — August's 5.9 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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286.1Intense
296.1Intense
306.1Intense
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Bekasi

In seasonPeak

None of Bekasi's seasonal hazards are active in August. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Bekasi sits in the South Indian Ocean cyclone belt; the season peaks January–March.

Bekasi's rainy season runs November–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Cyclone
Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Bekasi?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.5
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
6.8
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Bekasi for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Bekasi in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Bekasi sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Bekasi in August

The nearest coast averages about 29°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 42 km away) is warmest in May at about 30°C and coldest in January near 29°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan29Tropical
Feb29Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr30Tropical
May30Tropical
Jun30Tropical
Jul29Tropical
Aug29Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov30Tropical
Dec29Tropical

UV index in Bekasi in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bekasi peaks around March 16 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 14 at about 6 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 16UV 15Nov 14UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr10Extreme
May9Very high
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep10Very high
Oct9Very high
Nov6High
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Bekasi in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Bekasi is worst in May — around 69 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyMay 1268 µg/m³Jan 2248 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan48Poor
Feb48Poor
Mar62Unhealthy
Apr68Unhealthy
May69Unhealthy
Jun65Unhealthy
Jul58Unhealthy
Aug59Unhealthy
Sep64Unhealthy
Oct68Unhealthy
Nov69Unhealthy
Dec50Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Bekasi?

Bekasi sits at 6.2°S, 107.0°E, 18 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Utan, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Bekasi

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Bekasi.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bekasi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 32 m around an average of 19 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 79 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,001 m.

The land around Bekasi is covered by artificial surfaces (87%) within 3 km, artificial surfaces (66%) within 16 km, and water (35%) and trees (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
32 m
16 km
79 m
80 km
3,001 m
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August weather nearby: Utan 8.0 km · Jakarta 16 km · Cileungsir 18 km · Cikarang 18 km · Depok 26 km · Sawangan 30 km · Pamulang 30 km · Citeureup 30 km

Indonesia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 29% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$5,060
2025
Happiness
5.6 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
30%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.3
per 100k, 2022
Road deaths
11.3
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 471
Religion
Muslim 87%Protestant 8%Roman Catholic 3%Hindu 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Bekasi (-6.2349°, 106.9896°, elevation 18 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).