Kawalu climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Kawalu?

Kawalu has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.9 °C and it receives 3,288 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kawalu?

The hottest day measured in Kawalu between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 2025, reaching 33.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Kawalu?

The coldest day measured in Kawalu between 1940 and 2025 was 10 September 1963, at 14.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Kawalu?

Almost never: Kawalu sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Kawalu warmed?

Yes: Kawalu warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Kawalu?

The wettest day measured in Kawalu between 1940 and 2025 was 22 May 1979, with 340 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Kawalu?

The windiest day measured in Kawalu between 1940 and 2025 was 1 December 2000, with winds reaching 23.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Kawalu?

The warmest month in Kawalu is April (24.8 °C on average); the coldest is August (22.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Kawalu?

Kawalu receives on average 3,288 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 308 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Kawalu?

Kawalu gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Kawalu (Indonesia) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 23.9 °C and it receives 3,288 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is April (24.8 °C on average) and the coldest is August (22.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Kawalu averages 0 frost days, 29 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 308 rainy days per year.

Kawalu has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 33.4 °C (on 9 February 2025) and the coldest 14.0 °C (on 10 September 1963).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

KawaluWest Java

coords: -7.38°, 108.21°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AfTropical rainforestWarmest monthAprilColdest monthAugustWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthAugust

Mean daily temperature

23.9°C

Average daily high

27.5°C

Average daily low

21.4°C

Annual rainfall

3,288mm

Sunshine / day

9.0h

Mean relative humidity

88%

Average peak wind

10.6km/h

Seasonal range

2.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

29 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

308 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

32.6 °C

Average feels-like low

24.9 °C

Average peak gust

27.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

316 d/yr

Solar radiation

16.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.8 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.69 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

33.4 °C

9 February 2025

Coldest day

14.0 °C

10 September 1963

Wettest day

340 mm

22 May 1979

Windiest day

23.9 km/h

1 December 2000

Strongest gust

56.2 km/h

21 February 1985

Hottest feels-like

41.1 °C

9 February 2025

Coldest feels-like

14.4 °C

10 September 1963

Sunniest day

12.4 h

20 November 1942

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.4 °C9 February 2025	18.8 °C22 July 2025	25.1 °C	4,872 mm	68
2024	32.4 °C20 December 2024	17.7 °C13 August 2024	25.1 °C	3,442 mm	103
2023	32.0 °C29 March 2023	17.5 °C2 September 2023	24.5 °C	2,381 mm	65
2022	32.1 °C9 May 2022	18.1 °C26 July 2022	24.8 °C	4,359 mm	68
2021	32.4 °C8 April 2021	18.2 °C7 July 2021	24.8 °C	3,820 mm	58
2020	32.4 °C14 March 2020	16.8 °C31 July 2020	24.8 °C	4,305 mm	75
2019	32.4 °C20 December 2019	16.6 °C6 August 2019	24.4 °C	1,974 mm	88
2018	32.3 °C19 November 2018	16.1 °C26 July 2018	24.4 °C	2,439 mm	55
2017	31.8 °C22 March 2017	17.6 °C19 September 2017	24.7 °C	3,191 mm	58
2016	32.8 °C3 May 2016	20.3 °C3 August 2016	25.7 °C	4,746 mm	154
2015	31.9 °C11 December 2015	17.5 °C3 July 2015	24.5 °C	2,839 mm	73
2014	32.5 °C1 May 2014	17.6 °C26 September 2014	24.6 °C	3,636 mm	60
2013	31.8 °C28 February 2013	17.8 °C13 August 2013	24.8 °C	3,836 mm	68
2012	31.9 °C25 February 2012	16.6 °C21 August 2012	24.2 °C	3,022 mm	40
2011	31.5 °C18 February 2011	16.5 °C7 August 2011	24.1 °C	3,236 mm	33
2010	31.9 °C14 March 2010	20.4 °C24 July 2010	25.3 °C	4,977 mm	93
2009	31.5 °C20 February 2009	18.0 °C13 July 2009	24.4 °C	2,901 mm	41
2008	31.7 °C6 May 2008	15.2 °C29 July 2008	23.9 °C	2,903 mm	25
2007	31.3 °C10 March 2007	16.6 °C27 August 2007	24.1 °C	2,803 mm	29
2006	32.3 °C28 November 2006	16.4 °C4 September 2006	24.0 °C	2,406 mm	54
2005	31.3 °C2 February 2005	16.7 °C7 August 2005	24.3 °C	3,427 mm	43
2004	31.4 °C21 March 2004	18.2 °C2 June 2004	24.2 °C	3,169 mm	25
2003	31.6 °C21 March 2003	15.2 °C5 August 2003	24.0 °C	3,085 mm	46
2002	31.9 °C20 December 2002	16.7 °C1 September 2002	23.9 °C	2,816 mm	33
2001	31.4 °C27 January 2001	17.0 °C5 July 2001	24.0 °C	3,221 mm	6
2000	31.6 °C15 February 2000	16.6 °C24 August 2000	24.1 °C	3,538 mm	18
1999	31.8 °C25 January 1999	15.2 °C4 September 1999	24.1 °C	3,028 mm	14
1998	32.4 °C30 March 1998	19.7 °C1 September 1998	25.4 °C	4,433 mm	105
1997	32.0 °C30 March 1997	16.5 °C9 October 1997	24.0 °C	2,029 mm	44
1996	32.6 °C22 September 1996	19.4 °C9 May 1996	24.5 °C	3,149 mm	37
1995	31.6 °C12 June 1995	18.0 °C30 July 1995	24.6 °C	4,199 mm	28
1994	31.9 °C21 November 1994	16.2 °C15 August 1994	23.7 °C	2,915 mm	17
1993	31.0 °C4 May 1993	18.0 °C28 August 1993	24.3 °C	3,763 mm	22
1992	32.3 °C23 March 1992	18.2 °C7 August 1992	23.9 °C	4,568 mm	23
1991	31.8 °C3 February 1991	17.0 °C17 September 1991	23.6 °C	3,351 mm	13
1990	31.1 °C1 December 1990	17.9 °C29 July 1990	24.0 °C	3,303 mm	31
1989	30.7 °C14 May 1989	17.4 °C12 September 1989	24.0 °C	3,601 mm	9
1988	31.4 °C25 February 1988	17.5 °C20 July 1988	24.0 °C	3,299 mm	25
1987	31.3 °C15 March 1987	16.9 °C24 September 1987	23.9 °C	3,108 mm	46
1986	31.6 °C19 December 1986	17.4 °C4 July 1986	23.9 °C	4,061 mm	11
1985	32.1 °C11 March 1985	18.7 °C29 July 1985	24.1 °C	3,549 mm	15
1984	31.5 °C17 April 1984	17.5 °C15 July 1984	24.0 °C	3,878 mm	19
1983	32.2 °C25 April 1983	17.6 °C13 August 1983	24.2 °C	4,080 mm	66
1982	32.7 °C30 November 1982	16.8 °C21 August 1982	23.9 °C	2,238 mm	44
1981	30.8 °C17 March 1981	18.5 °C16 September 1981	24.2 °C	3,392 mm	17
1980	31.3 °C1 November 1980	17.9 °C26 June 1980	24.2 °C	3,215 mm	26
1979	31.2 °C28 March 1979	17.5 °C21 July 1979	24.1 °C	4,506 mm	43
1978	32.0 °C29 January 1978	19.1 °C19 July 1978	24.3 °C	4,678 mm	28
1977	31.4 °C24 March 1977	16.8 °C5 September 1977	23.8 °C	3,293 mm	10
1976	31.5 °C17 October 1976	16.3 °C9 August 1976	23.5 °C	2,416 mm	10
1975	30.7 °C18 March 1975	17.3 °C23 August 1975	23.9 °C	4,030 mm	4
1974	31.2 °C10 November 1974	18.2 °C27 May 1974	23.8 °C	3,854 mm	3
1973	31.0 °C31 March 1973	18.5 °C23 August 1973	24.3 °C	4,715 mm	14
1972	30.3 °C24 December 1972	16.6 °C23 June 1972	23.2 °C	2,219 mm	2
1971	30.5 °C22 April 1971	15.3 °C3 August 1971	23.4 °C	3,495 mm	3
1970	31.7 °C21 February 1970	17.5 °C1 July 1970	23.8 °C	3,065 mm	15
1969	31.0 °C22 March 1969	16.9 °C27 August 1969	23.5 °C	2,666 mm	11
1968	30.4 °C14 March 1968	18.2 °C11 August 1968	23.8 °C	4,161 mm	4
1967	31.4 °C11 April 1967	17.1 °C19 July 1967	23.0 °C	2,800 mm	9
1966	30.9 °C16 April 1966	17.0 °C28 June 1966	23.3 °C	3,284 mm	4
1965	30.9 °C7 May 1965	15.9 °C14 August 1965	23.5 °C	2,695 mm	13
1964	31.9 °C24 February 1964	16.1 °C3 August 1964	23.9 °C	3,159 mm	24
1963	31.0 °C21 April 1963	14.0 °C10 September 1963	23.7 °C	2,957 mm	29
1962	31.4 °C26 November 1962	17.3 °C28 September 1962	23.9 °C	3,704 mm	12
1961	31.9 °C25 February 1961	16.3 °C10 August 1961	23.7 °C	2,823 mm	53
1960	31.6 °C3 April 1960	16.7 °C21 July 1960	23.8 °C	3,856 mm	8
1959	30.5 °C11 June 1959	16.8 °C2 August 1959	23.9 °C	3,585 mm	10
1958	31.7 °C5 May 1958	18.6 °C12 June 1958	24.5 °C	3,825 mm	32
1957	31.3 °C19 November 1957	16.6 °C14 August 1957	23.7 °C	3,097 mm	13
1956	31.1 °C5 April 1956	17.4 °C11 August 1956	23.7 °C	3,033 mm	14
1955	31.1 °C11 May 1955	17.7 °C23 August 1955	23.5 °C	4,259 mm	6
1954	30.9 °C13 May 1954	16.7 °C14 September 1954	23.4 °C	3,451 mm	5
1953	30.3 °C16 January 1953	16.0 °C9 August 1953	23.1 °C	2,555 mm	1
1952	31.5 °C1 March 1952	16.8 °C18 June 1952	23.4 °C	3,351 mm	9
1951	30.8 °C21 November 1951	16.8 °C1 July 1951	23.1 °C	2,804 mm	2
1950	30.1 °C12 January 1950	16.9 °C18 July 1950	23.2 °C	3,868 mm	2
1949	29.9 °C29 December 1949	15.5 °C12 September 1949	22.7 °C	2,116 mm	0
1948	29.9 °C21 March 1948	16.8 °C21 August 1948	23.2 °C	1,515 mm	0
1947	29.4 °C16 March 1947	16.6 °C19 June 1947	23.0 °C	2,589 mm	0
1946	29.2 °C25 October 1946	15.2 °C27 May 1946	22.6 °C	2,646 mm	0
1945	28.9 °C22 November 1945	16.2 °C16 September 1945	22.7 °C	2,459 mm	0
1944	29.2 °C12 January 1944	15.7 °C3 August 1944	22.9 °C	2,530 mm	0
1943	29.9 °C27 December 1943	16.4 °C2 September 1943	22.8 °C	2,368 mm	0
1942	29.2 °C16 June 1942	16.7 °C9 July 1942	22.9 °C	3,072 mm	0
1941	29.0 °C3 March 1941	15.4 °C18 June 1941	22.8 °C	2,619 mm	0
1940	29.1 °C7 April 1940	16.6 °C8 September 1940	22.7 °C	2,153 mm	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.5 °C

+1.0 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

68 d/yr

+39

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

4872 mm

+1584 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	29.3 °C	+1.1 °C	457 mm	+37 mm
Feb	30.4 °C	+1.9 °C	538 mm	+128 mm
Mar	29.8 °C	+1.1 °C	343 mm	-22 mm
Apr	28.9 °C	+0.1 °C	561 mm	+293 mm
May	29.0 °C	+0.7 °C	489 mm	+261 mm
Jun	27.9 °C	+0.7 °C	183 mm	+18 mm
Jul	26.4 °C	+0.4 °C	158 mm	+7 mm
Aug	27.0 °C	+1.5 °C	234 mm	+89 mm
Sep	27.1 °C	+1.0 °C	230 mm	+58 mm
Oct	28.6 °C	+1.4 °C	388 mm	+133 mm
Nov	28.8 °C	+0.9 °C	975 mm	+626 mm
Dec	29.4 °C	+1.3 °C	316 mm	-44 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.4 °C

9 Feb 2025

Coldest day

18.8 °C

22 Jul 2025

Wettest day

115.2 mm

20 Apr 2025

Windiest day

18.4 km/h

14 Aug 2025

Strongest gust

43.2 km/h

12 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.1 °C

9 Feb 2025

Coldest feels-like

21.1 °C

22 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

12.2 h

11 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Kawalu?

Kawalu has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.9 °C and it receives 3,288 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kawalu?

The hottest day measured in Kawalu between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 2025, reaching 33.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Kawalu?

The coldest day measured in Kawalu between 1940 and 2025 was 10 September 1963, at 14.0 °C.

Does it snow in Kawalu?

Almost never: Kawalu sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Kawalu warmed?

Yes: Kawalu warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Kawalu?

The wettest day measured in Kawalu between 1940 and 2025 was 22 May 1979, with 340 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Kawalu?

The windiest day measured in Kawalu between 1940 and 2025 was 1 December 2000, with winds reaching 23.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Kawalu?

The warmest month in Kawalu is April (24.8 °C on average); the coldest is August (22.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Kawalu?

Kawalu receives on average 3,288 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 308 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Kawalu?

Kawalu gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Kawalu?

Yes: Kawalu has on average 316 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kawalu?

In Kawalu, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.1 °C on 9 February 2025, and the lowest was 14.4 °C on 10 September 1963.

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