Rain still pours across Indonesia with ‘wet dry season’ expected until June


Players of the Persita Tangerang and PSBS Biak soccer clubs play under the rain on May 3, 2025, during a Liga 1 soccer league match at the Indomilk Arena Stadium in Tangerang regency, Banten. Officials suspended the match in the 47th minute because of heavy rain. - Photo: Antara

JAKARTA: While Indonesia typically starts entering the dry season around April, heavy rainfall has continued in most parts of the country in the past few weeks, with the “wet dry season” expected to last until early June.

Earlier this year, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) forecasted that Indonesia would see a normal dry season that would start in most areas in April and was expected to reach its peak between June and August.

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