Surabaya
City in Indonesia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Surabaya skyline: Davidelit, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Surabaya is a city in Indonesia, in East Java. About 3.0 million people live in the city proper, making it the 2nd largest city of Indonesia in our atlas.
It lies at 7.25° S, 112.75° E, about 8 m (26 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Jakarta time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Surabaya. Green dots: other major cities of Indonesia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Surabaya has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Sep, with average highs near 33°C (92°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 24°C (76°F). Around 1,882 mm (74 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 · 240 km
- Semarang · 258 km
- Bandung · 568 km
- Bekasi · 644 km
- Depok · 660 km
- Jakarta · 660 km
- Bogor · 660 km
- South Tangerang · 673 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1625822 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q11462 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Surabaya skyline: Davidelit, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Surabaya Zoo: Sakurai Midori, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Gelora sepuluh nopember tambaksari: Udrayanaa, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Surabaya - Heroes Monument, or Tugu Pahlawan: P. Hughes, CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Alun alun Surabaya: Ivuvisual, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- House of Sampoerna Mei 2015: consigliere ivan from Bontang, Indonesia, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Museum Bank Indonesia Surabaya: Ivuvisual, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
