BMKG: Moderate Rainfall to Dominate West Java in February-April

January 22, 2026 | 11:16 am

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) predicts that moderate rainfall will dominate West Java from February to April 2026. Rakhmat Prasetia, Head of the BMKG West Java Climatology Station, stated that sea surface temperature anomalies in the Indian Ocean indicate a neutral Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) phase.

"Meanwhile, sea surface temperature anomalies in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean indicate weak La Nina conditions, which are then predicted to shift to neutral conditions by mid-year," he said on Tuesday, January 20, 2026.

The BMKG predicts that 65.6 percent of West Java will experience moderate rainfall of around 100-300 millimeters per month in February 2026, covering parts of the regencies of Bogor, Sukabumi, Cianjur, Bandung, Purwakarta, Karawang, Subang, Indramayu, Garut, Tasikmalaya, Banjar, and Pangandaran. Another 34.4 percent of areas are potentially experiencing high to very high rainfall, such as parts of Bekasi, Subang, Sumedang, Majalengka, Cirebon, Kuningan, and Ciamis.

In March, approximately 56.2 percent of West Java is predicted to receive moderate rainfall, including Depok, parts of Bogor, Sukabumi, Cianjur, Bekasi, Karawang, Purwakarta, Subang, Indramayu, Bandung, parts of Garut, Tasikmalaya, Pangandaran, and Banjar. Meanwhile, another 42.6 percent of areas will receive high to very high rainfall, including parts of Bogor, Sukabumi, Cianjur, Garut, Sumedang, Majalengka, Cirebon, Kuningan, and Ciamis.

In April 2026, 78.1 percent of areas are predicted to experience moderate rainfall, 16.7 percent high rainfall, and 5.2 percent low rainfall.

Meanwhile, based on the Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG)'s monitoring of extreme climate in December 2025, the highest daily rainfall, at 250 millimeters per day, occurred in Cigandamekar, Kuningan Regency, on December 31, 2025. At the Penggung Meteorology Post in Cirebon Regency, the maximum temperature reached 34.6 degrees Celsius.

Meanwhile, the lowest temperatures, reaching 13-15 degrees Celsius, were recorded for six consecutive days, from December 12-16, 2025, around the Padjadjaran University (Unpad) campus in Jatinangor, Sumedang.

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