Palembang
IndonesiaAf
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About
Palembang is the capital city of the Indonesian province of South Sumatra. The city proper covers 352.51 square kilometres on both banks of the Musi River in the eastern lowlands of southern Sumatra. It had a population of 1,668,848 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 1,801,367.
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The next week in Palembang
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Showers
30° / 25°
20.0 mm
UV Moderate
Sun
Showers
30° / 25°
7.1 mm
Mon
Thunderstorm
32° / 25°
3.7 mm
UV High
Tue
Drizzle
32° / 24°
5.2 mm
UV High
Wed
Showers
31° / 24°
17.2 mm
Thu
Drizzle
31° / 24°
4.3 mm
UV High
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
32° / 21°
Typical high / low
6 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
12.0h
06:57 – 18:56local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Palembang
1 commercial airport within 100 km. Closest is Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II Airport (PLM) at 12 km.
Getting around Palembang
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- City flag source →
Public domain, Palembang City.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.