Semarang
City in Indonesia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Becak Tugu Muda Semarang Central Java: Midori, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Semarang is a city in Indonesia, in Central Java. About 1.7 million people live in the city proper, making it the 9th largest city of Indonesia in our atlas.
It lies at 6.99° S, 110.42° E, about 18 m (59 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Jakarta time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Semarang. Green dots: other major cities of Indonesia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Semarang has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). The warmest month is usually Sep, with average highs near 34°C (93°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 22°C (71°F). Around 2,056 mm (81 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
- Jepara · 52 km
- Surabaya · 258 km
- Bandung · 310 km
- Bekasi · 387 km
- Depok · 402 km
- Bogor · 403 km
- Jakarta · 403 km
- South Tangerang · 415 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1627896 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q11025 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Becak Tugu Muda Semarang Central Java: Midori, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)