Bengkulu climate

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Bengkulu is warmest in May, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 23 °C. November is the wettest month (358 mm) and June the driest (159 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Bengkulu averages 2,926 mm of rain and 362 days above 25 °C.

Indonesia · population 397,321 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month May 29 °C
Coldest month August 23 °C
Driest month June 159 mm
Wettest month November 358 mm
Least cloud June 69 % cloud
Hottest on record February 33 °C
Coldest on record September 19 °C
Warmest sea May 30 °C

What to expectBengkulu through the year

Bengkulu changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 28 and 29 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.

Counted across a normal year, 362 days a year reach 25 °C, 25 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 358 mm against 159 mm in June — 2.3 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Bengkulu is warmest in May at 30 °C and coldest in September at 28 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	28.1 °C	294 mm	89 %
February	28.5 °C	249 mm	88 %
March	28.7 °C	263 mm	88 %
April	28.7 °C	256 mm	86 %
May	29.0 °C	210 mm	77 %
June	28.9 °C	159 mm	69 %
July	28.4 °C	159 mm	69 %
August	28.3 °C	179 mm	72 %
September	28.3 °C	187 mm	78 %
October	28.1 °C	270 mm	86 %
November	27.8 °C	358 mm	91 %
December	27.6 °C	342 mm	93 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	28.1 °C	23.2 °C	25.3 °C	31.4 °C	20.8 °C	31	1
February	28.5 °C	23.4 °C	25.6 °C	32.5 °C	20.5 °C	28	3
March	28.7 °C	23.6 °C	25.8 °C	32.3 °C	21.7 °C	31	3
April	28.7 °C	23.7 °C	25.8 °C	31.5 °C	22.1 °C	30	2
May	29.0 °C	23.8 °C	26.1 °C	32.4 °C	20.8 °C	31	4
June	28.9 °C	23.4 °C	25.9 °C	32.1 °C	20.8 °C	30	4
July	28.4 °C	23.1 °C	25.4 °C	32.4 °C	19.7 °C	31	2
August	28.3 °C	23.0 °C	25.3 °C	32.2 °C	19.5 °C	31	2
September	28.3 °C	23.2 °C	25.3 °C	31.8 °C	19.3 °C	30	1
October	28.1 °C	23.2 °C	25.2 °C	32.2 °C	21.2 °C	31	1
November	27.8 °C	23.2 °C	25.1 °C	31.8 °C	21.1 °C	29	1
December	27.6 °C	23.2 °C	25.0 °C	30.9 °C	21.5 °C	30	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	294 mm	26	12 h/day	89 %	87 %	13 km/h	28.9 °C
February	249 mm	22	12 h/day	88 %	86 %	12 km/h	29.2 °C
March	263 mm	24	12 h/day	88 %	86 %	12 km/h	29.5 °C
April	256 mm	25	12 h/day	86 %	87 %	11 km/h	29.8 °C
May	210 mm	22	12 h/day	77 %	87 %	10 km/h	29.9 °C
June	159 mm	19	12 h/day	69 %	86 %	11 km/h	29.6 °C
July	159 mm	19	12 h/day	69 %	86 %	12 km/h	29.1 °C
August	179 mm	18	12 h/day	72 %	86 %	14 km/h	28.7 °C
September	187 mm	20	12 h/day	78 %	87 %	15 km/h	28.2 °C
October	270 mm	24	12 h/day	86 %	88 %	13 km/h	28.2 °C
November	358 mm	27	12 h/day	91 %	89 %	12 km/h	28.6 °C
December	342 mm	27	12 h/day	93 %	88 %	13 km/h	28.8 °C

How Bengkulu compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Bengkulu	29 °C	23 °C	2,926 mm	362
Lubuklinggau · Indonesia	30 °C	22 °C	2,794 mm	364
Jambi City · Indonesia	31 °C	23 °C	2,490 mm	364
Palembang · Indonesia	32 °C	23 °C	2,410 mm	365
Metro · Indonesia	31 °C	22 °C	2,031 mm	365
Bandar Lampung · Indonesia	30 °C	23 °C	2,655 mm	365
Padang · Indonesia	29 °C	23 °C	4,020 mm	364

Where Bengkulu ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in February	11th of 50	29 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in March	13th of 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in March	16th of 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in February	18th of 50	29 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in January	22nd of 50	29 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in January	34th of 50	29 °C

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QuestionsCommon questions about Bengkulu’s climate

When is the best time to visit Bengkulu?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. October, November, December sit closest to 20 °C on average, May is the warmest month and June the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Bengkulu get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 25 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 23 °C in August, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Bengkulu?

November, averaging 358 mm over 27 days with rain. The driest month is June with 159 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,926 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Bengkulu rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: -3.800°, 102.266° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.