Surakarta weather in April

In April, Surakarta sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 223 mm of rain across 25.4 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 6th-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 6% of the time in April, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of April to 11 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Surakarta's 7th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Surakarta's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
6th warmest
Overnight low
23°
12th coldest
Rainfall
223 mm
25.4 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
5:42 AM – 5:32 PM
Cloud cover
80%
7th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.87 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.0
out of 10

Surakarta is city in Central Java Province, Indonesia.

Density
11,451/km²
people per km²
Founded
1745

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

Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

A typical April day in Surakarta reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 7°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, April runs on par with March and on par with May.

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How April really feels in Surakarta

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 30 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
30
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Surakarta weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 6th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 22°35427.912.42.9
Feb30° / 22°35327.212.22.7
Mar30° / 23°32028.112.12.8
Apr30° / 23°22325.411.83.0
May30° / 23°10716.611.74.1
Jun30° / 22°5910.311.64.8
Jul30° / 21°386.711.65.3
Aug30° / 21°193.811.85.5
Sep31° / 22°405.8124.8
Oct31° / 22°12114.712.23.8
Nov31° / 23°24224.312.32.9
Dec30° / 23°31326.712.42.9

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 82%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Surakarta gets around 223 mm of rain over 25.4 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 84% and peaks near 91% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, April lands in the oppressive band about 93% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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Wind in April

Winds average 4 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in April

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

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 5:43 AM to 5:42 AM, and sunset from 5:39 PM to 5:26 PM.

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Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.87 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.56 kWh/m² to a high of 5.94 kWh/m² in September across the year — April's 4.87 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Surakarta

In seasonPeak

In April, Surakarta sits inside its monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

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

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

Is April a good time to visit Surakarta?

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

3.0
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
4.2
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Surakarta.

What to pack for Surakarta in April

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

In April, Surakarta sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 25 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Surakarta in April

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

The sea at the nearest coast (about 67 km away) is warmest in March at about 29°C and coldest in August near 25°C.

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

24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan29Tropical
Feb29Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr29Tropical
May28Tropical
Jun27Warm
Jul26Warm
Aug25Warm
Sep25Warm
Oct26Warm
Nov28Warm
Dec29Tropical

UV index in Surakarta in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Surakarta peaks around March 13 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 14 at about 7 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeVery highExtremeMar 13UV 14Jun 14UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May8Very high
Jun7Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Surakarta in April

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Surakarta is worst in May — around 54 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.7× the cleanest month (September, 32 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModeratePoorMay 1254 µg/m³Sep 1333 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan43Poor
Feb43Poor
Mar49Poor
Apr52Poor
May54Poor
Jun47Poor
Jul40Poor
Aug34Moderate
Sep32Moderate
Oct36Poor
Nov39Poor
Dec39Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Surakarta?

Surakarta sits at 7.6°S, 110.8°E, 100 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Grogol, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Surakarta

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Surakarta has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 54 m around an average of 102 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 139 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,213 m.

The land around Surakarta is covered by artificial surfaces (85%) within 3 km, cropland (38%), artificial surfaces (30%) and trees (29%) within 16 km, and trees (62%) and cropland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
54 m
16 km
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80 km
3,213 m
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April weather nearby: Grogol 5.0 km · Jaten 8.0 km · Baki 8.0 km · Colomadu 9.0 km · Kartasura 10 km · Ngemplak 13 km · Gatak 15 km · Delanggu 18 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 Surakarta (-7.5561°, 110.8317°, elevation 100 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. 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).