BMKG: 2026 Dry Season Will Be Drier and Longer

JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) warns that the dry season in Indonesia this year will be longer and relatively drier compared to 2025.

"It is predicted that in most parts of Indonesia, the arrival will be more advanced. Then it will also be longer. This is if the layman's language in 2026 is relatively drier than 2025," said BMKG Head Teuku Faisal Fathani as reported by ANTARA, Wednesday, March 4.

The beginning of the dry season is predicted to start in April 2026 in a number of regions of Indonesia, namely 114 seasonal zones and will gradually begin to be felt in other regions in May and June.

This condition shows that the beginning of the dry season in Indonesia has come earlier this year compared to normal conditions.

Not only that, BMKG also predicts that the condition during the dry season this year will be in normal condition while some will experience more dry than usual.

The Deputy for Climatology of the BMKG, Dr. Ardhasena Sopaheluwakan, on the same occasion, conveyed that as many as 451 seasonal zones were below normal or tended to be drier and 245 seasonal zones were in normal condition.

"Meanwhile, the conditions that we need to be aware of are the conditions of regions that are predicted to experience a dry season below normal," he said.

The areas predicted to experience drier or below normal drought are Aceh, parts of North Sumatra, parts of Riau, parts of the Riau Islands, parts of West Sumatra, parts of Jambi, most of South Sumatra, the Bangka Belitung Islands, parts of Bengkulu, parts of Lampung, parts of Java.

The same thing is predicted by BMKG to be experienced in most of Bali and West Nusa Tenggara, part of East Nusa Tenggara, West Kalimantan, part of Central Kalimantan, South Kalimantan and East Kalimantan, part of South Sulawesi, part of Southeast Sulawesi, part of West Sulawesi, part of Central Sulawesi, Central Gorontalo, part of North Sulawesi.

In the eastern Indonesian region, the potential for drier than normal drought can be experienced in most of Maluku, most of North Maluku, and most of South West Papua, most of West Papua, most of Papua, a small part of Central Papua, Pa