Salatiga weather in August

In August, Salatiga sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 32 mm of rain across 5.2 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

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 Salatiga's 1st-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Salatiga's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
4th warmest
Overnight low
21°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
32 mm
5.2 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
5:49 AM – 5:35 PM
Cloud cover
56%
1st clearest
Wind
6 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
5.59 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.6
out of 10

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical August day in Salatiga reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 1°C cooler than September.

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How August really feels in Salatiga

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

August sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Salatiga weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 4th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 22°50230.212.43.0
Feb28° / 22°47327.812.22.9
Mar29° / 22°43030.1122.8
Apr29° / 22°2762711.83.0
May30° / 22°12618.911.74.1
Jun30° / 21°7612.111.64.9
Jul30° / 21°488.711.65.4
Aug30° / 21°325.211.85.6
Sep31° / 21°537.3124.8
Oct31° / 22°14816.512.23.8
Nov30° / 22°31325.312.33.0
Dec29° / 22°46729.212.42.9

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 30% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 42%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Salatiga gets around 32 mm of rain over 5.2 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 17% and peaks near 21% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the muggy band about 50% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 61% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
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Wind in August

Winds average 6 km/h in August.

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

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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 5:54 AM to 5:43 AM, and sunset from 5:34 PM to 5:34 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.75:545:34
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311.75:535:35
411.75:535:35
511.75:535:35
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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 5.59 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.52 kWh/m² to a high of 6.02 kWh/m² in September across the year — August's 5.59 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Salatiga

In seasonPeak

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

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

Salatiga's monsoon runs November–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is August a good time to visit Salatiga?

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

5.6
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
7.6
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Salatiga in August

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

In August, Salatiga sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Salatiga 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 52 km away) is warmest in May at about 30°C and coldest in February 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
Jun29Tropical
Jul29Tropical
Aug29Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov30Tropical
Dec30Tropical

UV index in Salatiga in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Salatiga peaks around March 16 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 14 at about 7 (high).

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

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May8Very high
Jun7High
Jul10Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Salatiga 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 Salatiga is worst in April — around 58 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.7× the cleanest month (September, 34 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorApr 2158 µg/m³Sep 1134 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan48Poor
Feb46Poor
Mar54Poor
Apr58Unhealthy
May57Unhealthy
Jun51Poor
Jul42Poor
Aug35Moderate
Sep34Moderate
Oct37Poor
Nov42Poor
Dec42Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Salatiga?

Salatiga sits at 7.3°S, 110.5°E, 571 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Ambarawa, 13 km away.

Topography around Salatiga

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Salatiga has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 258 m around an average of 586 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,042 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,293 m.

The land around Salatiga is covered by trees (51%) and artificial surfaces (41%) within 3 km, trees (69%) within 16 km, and trees (57%) and cropland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
258 m
16 km
3,042 m
80 km
3,293 m
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August weather nearby: Ambarawa 13 km · Ungaran 23 km · Boyolali 25 km · Mranggen 34 km · Magelang 34 km · Ngemplak 35 km · Muntilan 35 km · Mertoyudan 36 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 Salatiga (-7.3319°, 110.4928°, elevation 571 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).