Climate
The climate is equatorial, and more humid and rainy than in many other areas of West Java – the average relative humidity is 70%, the average annual precipitation is about 1700 mm, but more than 3500 mm in some areas. Most rains fall between December and February. Because of this weather, Bogor has the nickname "Rain City" (Indonesian: Kota hujan). The temperatures are lower than in coastal Java: the average maximum is 25.9 °C (cf. 32.2 °C in Jakarta). Daily fluctuations (9–10 °C) are rather high for Indonesia. The absolute maximum temperature was recorded at 38 °C and the minimum at 3 °C.
Climate data for Bogor City | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °F | 91 | 97 | 93 | 90 | 99 | 100 | 97 | 93 | 99 | 95 | 97 | 90 | 100 |
Average high °F | 77 | 77 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 81 | 81 | 79 | 77 | 79 |
Daily mean °F | 72 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 73 | 72 | 72 | 72 |
Average low °F | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 63 | 63 | 63 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 |
Record low °F | 52 | 48 | 48 | 50 | 50 | 55 | 45 | 37 | 55 | 50 | 52 | 50 | 37 |
Precipitation inches | 9.84 | 9.13 | 7.17 | 7.17 | 4.06 | 1.85 | 0.98 | 2.09 | 2.76 | 3.78 | 7.76 | 7.87 | 64.45 |
Record high °C | 33 | 36 | 34 | 32 | 37 | 38 | 36 | 34 | 37 | 35 | 36 | 32 | 38 |
Average high °C | 25 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 26 |
Daily mean °C | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 |
Average low °C | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
Record low °C | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 3 |
Precipitation mm | 250 | 232 | 182 | 182 | 103 | 47 | 25 | 53 | 70 | 96 | 197 | 200 | 1,637 |
Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
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No of rainy days | 21 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 21 | 176 |
Average wind speed (km/h) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
Top wind speed (km/h) | 37 | 44 | 115 | 76 | 72 | 54 | 61 | 93 | 46 | 74 | 59 | 46 | 115 |
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