Jember climate
Jember is warmest in October, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 21 °C. January is the wettest month (364 mm) and August the driest (25 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Jember averages 2,238 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.
Indonesia · population 298,585 · 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 October 30 °C
- Coldest month August 21 °C
- Driest month August 25 mm
- Wettest month January 364 mm
- Least cloud June 60 % cloud
- Hottest on record October 40 °C
- Coldest on record August 15 °C
What to expectJember through the year
Jember changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 29 and 30 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.
Counted across a normal year, 365 days a year reach 25 °C, 83 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in October.
Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 364 mm against 25 mm in August — 15 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.5 °C | 364 mm | 91 % |
| February | 28.8 °C | 328 mm | 91 % |
| March | 29.2 °C | 319 mm | 83 % |
| April | 29.4 °C | 207 mm | 77 % |
| May | 29.5 °C | 105 mm | 63 % |
| June | 29.0 °C | 65 mm | 60 % |
| July | 28.5 °C | 38 mm | 61 % |
| August | 28.9 °C | 25 mm | 62 % |
| September | 29.7 °C | 59 mm | 67 % |
| October | 30.3 °C | 123 mm | 70 % |
| November | 29.4 °C | 267 mm | 81 % |
| December | 28.5 °C | 338 mm | 90 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.5 °C | 22.9 °C | 25.2 °C | 32.4 °C | 20.8 °C | 31 | 3 | 0 |
| February | 28.8 °C | 22.9 °C | 25.4 °C | 33.0 °C | 20.2 °C | 28 | 4 | 0 |
| March | 29.2 °C | 22.9 °C | 25.6 °C | 33.2 °C | 18.2 °C | 31 | 7 | 0 |
| April | 29.4 °C | 22.8 °C | 25.7 °C | 33.7 °C | 18.7 °C | 30 | 8 | 0 |
| May | 29.5 °C | 22.3 °C | 25.5 °C | 34.5 °C | 15.6 °C | 31 | 9 | 0 |
| June | 29.0 °C | 21.6 °C | 24.8 °C | 34.0 °C | 15.7 °C | 30 | 6 | 0 |
| July | 28.5 °C | 20.8 °C | 24.2 °C | 33.1 °C | 15.2 °C | 31 | 4 | 0 |
| August | 28.9 °C | 20.6 °C | 24.2 °C | 34.8 °C | 15.0 °C | 31 | 6 | 0 |
| September | 29.7 °C | 21.5 °C | 24.9 °C | 35.5 °C | 15.7 °C | 30 | 11 | 0 |
| October | 30.3 °C | 22.5 °C | 25.7 °C | 39.6 °C | 16.9 °C | 31 | 15 | 0 |
| November | 29.4 °C | 23.0 °C | 25.7 °C | 36.3 °C | 19.1 °C | 30 | 9 | 0 |
| December | 28.5 °C | 22.9 °C | 25.3 °C | 35.6 °C | 19.9 °C | 31 | 3 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 364 mm | 29 | 13 h/day | 91 % | 90 % | 8.9 km/h |
| February | 328 mm | 27 | 12 h/day | 91 % | 89 % | 8.5 km/h |
| March | 319 mm | 27 | 12 h/day | 83 % | 88 % | 8.0 km/h |
| April | 207 mm | 24 | 12 h/day | 77 % | 88 % | 7.8 km/h |
| May | 105 mm | 15 | 12 h/day | 63 % | 85 % | 9.1 km/h |
| June | 65 mm | 11 | 12 h/day | 60 % | 84 % | 10 km/h |
| July | 38 mm | 7 | 12 h/day | 61 % | 82 % | 11 km/h |
| August | 25 mm | 6 | 12 h/day | 62 % | 80 % | 12 km/h |
| September | 59 mm | 10 | 12 h/day | 67 % | 80 % | 12 km/h |
| October | 123 mm | 18 | 12 h/day | 70 % | 82 % | 11 km/h |
| November | 267 mm | 25 | 12 h/day | 81 % | 87 % | 8.6 km/h |
| December | 338 mm | 28 | 13 h/day | 90 % | 89 % | 9.0 km/h |
How Jember 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jember | 30 °C | 21 °C | 2,238 mm | 365 |
| Situbondo · Indonesia | 32 °C | 22 °C | 2,301 mm | 365 |
| Probolinggo · Indonesia | 31 °C | 24 °C | 1,451 mm | 365 |
| Pasuruan · Indonesia | 32 °C | 22 °C | 1,710 mm | 365 |
| Singosari · Indonesia | 30 °C | 19 °C | 2,303 mm | 359 |
| Malang · Indonesia | 30 °C | 19 °C | 2,341 mm | 360 |
| Batu · Indonesia | 28 °C | 18 °C | 3,088 mm | 313 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Jember.
QuestionsCommon questions about Jember’s climate
When is the best time to visit Jember?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, July, August sit closest to 20 °C on average, October is the warmest month and August the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Jember get?
In October, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 83 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 21 °C in August, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.
Which month is wettest in Jember?
January, averaging 364 mm over 29 days with rain. The driest month is August with 25 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,238 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 Jember 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
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
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.