Yogyakarta weather by month & the best time to visit
🇮🇩 Indonesia · coastal city break · tropical monsoon climate
The best time to visit Yogyakarta is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 87/100), with July and September close behind. Yogyakarta averages about 2,418 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 29°C / 84°F and roughly 31 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,418
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 87/100
- Rain / year
- 2,162 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Sea at warmest
- 31°C / 88°F
- Population
- 637k
- Elevation
- 118 m
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When is the best time to visit Yogyakarta?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Yogyakarta is August, then July and September. The dullest month is January (66/100, 346 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Yogyakarta?
Yogyakarta gets a moderate 2,418 hours of sunshine a year. August (87/100) is noticeably better than January (66). It ranks #35 of 119 destinations in Indonesia for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,183 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around January, carries about 45% of the annual 2,162 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66 | 28° / 82°F | 24° / 75°F | 346 mm | 10 | 29° / 84°F |
| February | 66 | 28° / 82°F | 24° / 75°F | 342 mm | 10 | 31° / 88°F |
| March | 66 | 29° / 84°F | 24° / 75°F | 222 mm | 10 | 31° / 88°F |
| April | 66 | 29° / 84°F | 24° / 75°F | 191 mm | 10 | 30° / 86°F |
| May | 66 | 29° / 84°F | 24° / 75°F | 148 mm | 9 | 27° / 81°F |
| June | 75 | 28° / 82°F | 23° / 73°F | 96 mm | 8 | 28° / 82°F |
| July | 83 | 28° / 82°F | 22° / 72°F | 55 mm | 9 | 27° / 81°F |
| August | 87 | 29° / 84°F | 21° / 70°F | 31 mm | 10 | 25° / 77°F |
| September | 81 | 30° / 86°F | 22° / 72°F | 66 mm | 11 | 27° / 81°F |
| October | 67 | 30° / 86°F | 23° / 73°F | 140 mm | 10 | 28° / 82°F |
| November | 66 | 29° / 84°F | 24° / 75°F | 231 mm | 10 | 30° / 86°F |
| December | 66 | 28° / 82°F | 24° / 75°F | 294 mm | 9 | 30° / 86°F |
Sea temperature in Yogyakarta by month
The sea off Yogyakarta is warmest in February at around 31°C / 88°F, and coolest in August at 25°C / 77°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly all year round. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Surakarta Indonesia · 47 km · best in Aug · 2,418 h sun/yr
- Semarang Indonesia · 91 km · best in Jul · 2,418 h sun/yr
- Malang Indonesia · 252 km · best in Aug · 2,491 h sun/yr
- Surabaya Indonesia · 264 km · best in Jul · 2,492 h sun/yr
- Bandung Indonesia · 330 km · best in Aug · 2,260 h sun/yr
- Jakarta Indonesia · 456 km · best in Aug · 2,107 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Cilacap Indonesia · 155 km · 2,250 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Kediri Indonesia · 167 km · 2,565 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Cijulang Indonesia · 214 km · 2,164 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Karimunjawa Indonesia · 221 km · 2,331 h sun/yr · best in Aug
Head-to-head
How Yogyakarta compares month by month: Yogyakarta vs Surabaya · Yogyakarta vs Semarang · Yogyakarta vs Malang · Yogyakarta vs Surakarta · all comparisons
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