Sukabumi climate
Sukabumi is warmest in September, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 19 °C. December is the wettest month (413 mm) and August the driest (83 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Sukabumi averages 3,035 mm of rain and 340 days above 25 °C.
Indonesia · population 365,735 · 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 September 29 °C
- Coldest month July 19 °C
- Driest month August 83 mm
- Wettest month December 413 mm
- Least cloud August 66 % cloud
- Hottest on record October 33 °C
- Coldest on record August 13 °C
What to expectSukabumi through the year
Sukabumi 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, 340 days a year reach 25 °C, 16 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C, in October.
Rain is strongly seasonal. December averages 413 mm against 83 mm in August — 5.0 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.1 °C | 377 mm | 92 % |
| February | 26.3 °C | 315 mm | 93 % |
| March | 26.8 °C | 357 mm | 90 % |
| April | 27.2 °C | 296 mm | 86 % |
| May | 27.4 °C | 187 mm | 74 % |
| June | 27.3 °C | 111 mm | 68 % |
| July | 27.6 °C | 94 mm | 67 % |
| August | 28.2 °C | 83 mm | 66 % |
| September | 28.6 °C | 122 mm | 73 % |
| October | 28.0 °C | 278 mm | 81 % |
| November | 27.1 °C | 403 mm | 90 % |
| December | 26.2 °C | 413 mm | 93 % |
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 | 26.1 °C | 20.2 °C | 22.4 °C | 29.0 °C | 16.9 °C | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| February | 26.3 °C | 20.2 °C | 22.5 °C | 29.3 °C | 17.9 °C | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| March | 26.8 °C | 20.3 °C | 22.8 °C | 29.1 °C | 17.9 °C | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| April | 27.2 °C | 20.4 °C | 23.1 °C | 29.5 °C | 18.5 °C | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| May | 27.4 °C | 20.4 °C | 23.3 °C | 29.4 °C | 14.5 °C | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 27.3 °C | 19.9 °C | 23.1 °C | 30.4 °C | 14.5 °C | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| July | 27.6 °C | 19.4 °C | 23.0 °C | 31.3 °C | 14.1 °C | 30 | 1 | 0 |
| August | 28.2 °C | 19.5 °C | 23.3 °C | 32.1 °C | 13.2 °C | 31 | 4 | 0 |
| September | 28.6 °C | 19.9 °C | 23.6 °C | 33.2 °C | 16.5 °C | 30 | 6 | 0 |
| October | 28.0 °C | 20.4 °C | 23.4 °C | 33.3 °C | 17.2 °C | 30 | 4 | 0 |
| November | 27.1 °C | 20.5 °C | 23.0 °C | 33.3 °C | 16.7 °C | 27 | 1 | 0 |
| December | 26.2 °C | 20.3 °C | 22.6 °C | 29.1 °C | 16.8 °C | 26 | 0 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 377 mm | 29 | 12 h/day | 92 % | 90 % | 8.8 km/h |
| February | 315 mm | 26 | 12 h/day | 93 % | 90 % | 8.8 km/h |
| March | 357 mm | 29 | 12 h/day | 90 % | 90 % | 7.6 km/h |
| April | 296 mm | 27 | 12 h/day | 86 % | 89 % | 6.1 km/h |
| May | 187 mm | 24 | 12 h/day | 74 % | 87 % | 5.3 km/h |
| June | 111 mm | 18 | 12 h/day | 68 % | 84 % | 5.7 km/h |
| July | 94 mm | 15 | 12 h/day | 67 % | 80 % | 6.2 km/h |
| August | 83 mm | 12 | 12 h/day | 66 % | 76 % | 6.9 km/h |
| September | 122 mm | 16 | 12 h/day | 73 % | 77 % | 7.4 km/h |
| October | 278 mm | 23 | 12 h/day | 81 % | 83 % | 6.9 km/h |
| November | 403 mm | 28 | 12 h/day | 90 % | 88 % | 6.7 km/h |
| December | 413 mm | 29 | 13 h/day | 93 % | 90 % | 8.2 km/h |
How Sukabumi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sukabumi | 29 °C | 19 °C | 3,035 mm | 340 |
| Cianjur · Indonesia | 30 °C | 20 °C | 2,458 mm | 358 |
| Bogor · Indonesia | 31 °C | 21 °C | 2,722 mm | 363 |
| Citeureup · Indonesia | 32 °C | 21 °C | 2,800 mm | 365 |
| Cileungsir · Indonesia | 32 °C | 22 °C | 2,829 mm | 365 |
| Depok · Indonesia | 32 °C | 21 °C | 2,757 mm | 365 |
| Padalarang · Indonesia | 28 °C | 19 °C | 2,892 mm | 320 |
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QuestionsCommon questions about Sukabumi’s climate
When is the best time to visit Sukabumi?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, February, December sit closest to 20 °C on average, September is the warmest month and August the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Sukabumi get?
In September, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 16 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 19 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.
Which month is wettest in Sukabumi?
December, averaging 413 mm over 29 days with rain. The driest month is August with 83 mm. The year as a whole averages 3,035 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 Sukabumi 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.