West Java · Indonesia

Karawang travel guide

Karawang is a city in West Java, Indonesia, home to about 1,898,000 people.

Nearest airport
HLP46 km · Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport
Currency
IDRrupiah
Time zone
Asia/Jakarta
Language
Indonesian

About

About Karawang

Karawang Regency is a regency (kabupaten) of West Java, Indonesia. The town of Karawang is its administrative centre.

Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.

When to go

The best time to visit Karawang

Karawang has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. August is the warmest month, with average highs of 33 °C; January is the wettest, with about 366 mm of rain.

0°16°33°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec366 mm
Average highAverage lowRain per monthComfortable months

Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).

Getting there

Getting to Karawang: airports and arrival

The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport (HLP), about 46 km from the city centre in a straight line; Husein Sastranegara International Airport (BDO, 73 km) and Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK, 74 km) are also within reach.

large airport

HLP · Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport

45.5 km from the centreICAO WIHH
medium airport

BDO · Husein Sastranegara International Airport

72.9 km from the centreICAO WICC
large airport

CGK · Soekarno-Hatta International Airport

74.0 km from the centreICAO WIII

Questions

Karawang: questions travellers ask

When is the best time to visit Karawang?

Karawang has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. August is the warmest month, with average highs of 33 °C; January is the wettest, with about 366 mm of rain.

Which airport is closest to Karawang?

The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport (HLP), about 46 km from the city centre in a straight line; Husein Sastranegara International Airport (BDO, 73 km) and Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK, 74 km) are also within reach.

What currency is used in Karawang?

rupiah (IDR).

Nearby

Destinations near Karawang

Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.