Palembang
City in Indonesia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Montage of Palembang: Yogwi21, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Palembang is a city in Indonesia, in South Sumatra. About 1.8 million people live in the city proper, making it the 8th largest city of Indonesia in our atlas.
It lies at 2.92° S, 104.75° 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: Palembang. Green dots: other major cities of Indonesia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Palembang has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). The warmest month is usually Oct, with average highs near 30°C (86°F); the coolest nights come in Aug at about 22°C (72°F). Around 2,450 mm (96 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Mar.
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
- Bandar Lampung · 285 km
- Tangerang · 418 km
- South Tangerang · 433 km
- Jakarta · 434 km
- Bekasi · 444 km
- Depok · 450 km
- Batam · 458 km
- Bogor · 467 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1633070 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q8131 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Montage of Palembang: Yogwi21, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Bumi Sriwijaya Stadium 2: baka_neko_baka, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Rumah Limas of IDR 10000 banknote: Khifzhon, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
