Yogyakarta weather in April

In April, Yogyakarta sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 291 mm of rain across 27 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-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 Yogyakarta's 7th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Yogyakarta's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
1st warmest
Overnight low
23°
12th coldest
Rainfall
291 mm
27 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
5:44 AM – 5:34 PM
Cloud cover
80%
7th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.02 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.9
out of 10

Yogyakarta is city in Yogyakarta Province, Indonesia.

Density
11,560/km²
people per km²
Founded
1756

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 Yogyakarta 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 28°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 Yogyakarta

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.

Yogyakarta weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 1st-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 23°33628.912.42.9
Feb29° / 23°30226.512.32.8
Mar30° / 23°33528.612.12.8
Apr30° / 23°2912711.82.9
May30° / 23°15020.211.63.9
Jun29° / 22°10915.211.64.8
Jul28° / 21°599.911.66.0
Aug28° / 21°40711.76.7
Sep28° / 21°6610.2125.6
Oct29° / 22°18820.312.24.1
Nov29° / 23°35227.512.43.0
Dec29° / 23°37728.212.43.0

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 11% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 83%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Yogyakarta gets around 291 mm of rain over 27 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 89% and peaks near 94% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Humidity in April

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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 82% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Wind in April

Winds average 5 km/h in April, the calmest month.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 5 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 5:45 AM to 5:44 AM, and sunset from 5:41 PM to 5:28 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 5.02 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.66 kWh/m² to a high of 5.92 kWh/m² in September across the year — April's 5.02 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Yogyakarta

In seasonPeak

In April, Yogyakarta sits inside its cyclone and rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

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

Yogyakarta's rainy season runs October–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 April a good time to visit Yogyakarta?

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

2.9
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
4.0
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Yogyakarta.

What to pack for Yogyakarta in April

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

In April, Yogyakarta sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 27 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Yogyakarta 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 28 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
May29Tropical
Jun28Warm
Jul26Warm
Aug25Warm
Sep25Warm
Oct26Warm
Nov28Warm
Dec29Tropical

UV index in Yogyakarta in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Yogyakarta peaks around March 14 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 15 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
Jan14Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May9Very high
Jun6High
Jul10Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Yogyakarta 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 Yogyakarta 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 Yogyakarta?

Yogyakarta sits at 7.8°S, 110.4°E, 110 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Gamping Lor, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Yogyakarta

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Yogyakarta has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 56 m around an average of 104 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 501 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,290 m.

The land around Yogyakarta is covered by artificial surfaces (91%) within 3 km, trees (49%), artificial surfaces (29%) and cropland (21%) within 16 km, and trees (55%) and water (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
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16 km
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80 km
3,290 m
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April weather nearby: Gamping Lor 4.0 km · Kasihan 5.0 km · Melati 8.0 km · Sewon 8.0 km · Depok 9.0 km · Godean 9.0 km · Sleman 10 km · Bantul 10 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 Yogyakarta (-7.8014°, 110.3647°, elevation 110 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).