Jepara
City in Indonesia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Jepara monument: Midori, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Jepara is a city in Indonesia, in Central Java. About 1.3 million people live in the city proper, making it the 13th largest city of Indonesia in our atlas.
It lies at 6.59° S, 110.67° E, about 5 m (16 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Jakarta time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Jepara. Green dots: other major cities of Indonesia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Jepara has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). The warmest month is usually Sep, with average highs near 30°C (87°F); the coolest nights come in Aug at about 25°C (77°F). Around 2,136 mm (84 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jan.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in IndonesiaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Semarang · 52 km
- Surabaya · 241 km
- Bandung · 340 km
- Bekasi · 408 km
- Jakarta · 424 km
- Depok · 425 km
- Bogor · 428 km
- South Tangerang · 437 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1642548 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q2662601 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Jepara monument: Midori, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)