Tangerang
City in Indonesia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
CBD Alam Sutera: Penggunaandro, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Tangerang is a city in Indonesia, in Banten. About 1.9 million people live in the city proper, making it the 7th largest city of Indonesia in our atlas.
It lies at 6.18° S, 106.63° 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: Tangerang. Green dots: other major cities of Indonesia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Tangerang has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). The warmest month is usually Oct, with average highs near 30°C (87°F); the coolest nights come in Aug at about 24°C (76°F). Around 2,200 mm (87 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Feb.
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
- South Tangerang · 16 km
- Jakarta · 24 km
- Depok · 32 km
- Bekasi · 40 km
- Bogor · 49 km
- Bandung · 136 km
- Bandar Lampung · 172 km
- Palembang · 417 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1625084 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q10127 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- CBD Alam Sutera: Penggunaandro, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Balkon Lantai Dua Sisi Kiri Benteng Heritage: Arif Permana Putra, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
