Surakarta weather in August

In August, Surakarta sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 19 mm of rain across 3.8 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 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Surakarta's 1st-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Surakarta's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
4th warmest
Overnight low
21°
1st coldest
Rainfall
19 mm
3.8 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
5:48 AM – 5:33 PM
Cloud cover
55%
1st clearest
Wind
8 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
5.5 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.5
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 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 Surakarta 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 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 Surakarta

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 10 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
10
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.

Surakarta 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
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 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 31% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 40%.

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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Surakarta gets around 19 mm of rain over 3.8 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 12% and peaks near 15% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in August

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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 66% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 78% of them.

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Wind in August

Winds average 8 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 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 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:53 AM to 5:41 AM, and sunset from 5:33 PM to 5:32 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
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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 5.5 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 — August's 5.5 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Surakarta

In seasonPeak

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

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 August a good time to visit Surakarta?

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

5.5
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
7.7
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Surakarta in August

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

In August, Surakarta sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Surakarta in August

The nearest coast averages about 25°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 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 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 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.

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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 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 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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August 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).