Indonesia / Yogyakarta
Pantai Kukup
Pantai Kukup is a 210 m-long sandy beach facing south, 19.4 km south of Wonosari (Yogyakarta, Indonesia). The sea averages 28.9 °C in March, its warmest month, and 25.0 °C in August; it stays at 21 °C or above all year.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Month by month
October at Pantai Kukup
Beach-day index 8.2/10 · Indonesia median 8.3
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 28.7 °C | 28.7 °C | 28.9 °C | 28.9 °C | 28.3 °C | 27.3 °C | 25.8 °C | 25.0 °C | 25.1 °C | 26.2 °C | 27.7 °C | 28.5 °C |
| High °C | 28° | 28° | 28° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 28° | 29° | 30° | 30° | 29° | 28° |
| Low °C | 24° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 23° | 21° | 21° | 22° | 23° | 24° | 24° |
| Rain mm | 346 | 342 | 222 | 191 | 148 | 96 | 55 | 31 | 66 | 140 | 231 | 294 |
| Cloud % | 86 | 85 | 81 | 75 | 60 | 53 | 46 | 40 | 49 | 63 | 79 | 88 |
| Wind m/s | 3.4 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.1 |
| Daylight h | 12.6 | 12.4 | 12.2 | 11.9 | 11.8 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 11.8 | 12.1 | 12.3 | 12.5 | 12.6 |
| Record high/low | 32°/22° | 32°/23° | 31°/23° | 31°/22° | 31°/21° | 31°/20° | 32°/19° | 33°/19° | 35°/19° | 35°/21° | 35°/22° | 34°/22° |
| Beach index | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 8.2 | 8.7 | 9.1 | 9.3 | 8.9 | 8.2 | 7.4 | 7.1 |
Long-term monthly averages: air from NASA POWER (2001–2020), sea from NOAA OISST (1991–2020); records are the extremes of 2001–2020. How the index works.
When to go
The beach-day index peaks in July–September; August scores 9.3/10 with highs of 29 °C, sea at 25.0 °C and 31 mm of rain.
That matches the median for beaches in Indonesia in the same month.
Across the year the sea averages 27.4 °C, warmer than 84% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
January is the wettest month (346 mm) and August the driest (31 mm); the yearly total is about 2,160 mm.
Daylight runs from 11.7 hours in June to 12.6 hours in December; in mid-August the sun rises at 05:47 and sets at 17:37 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces south (190°). Open water fills about 47% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
The sun sets over the sea in September–March; in mid-December it goes down at 17:50 local time on a bearing of 246°.
Sunrise is over the sea in November–January.
Straight out to the south there is open water for more than 2,000 km, so the beach is exposed to long ocean swell. The beach is on an island of about 127,226 km².
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 13 m deep and 109 m at 3 km. Behind the beach the ground is about 33 m above sea level 500 m inland and 66 m at 1.5 km.
Within 1 km, the land is 83% tree cover, 6% cropland and 5% grassland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a largely natural setting. Water makes up 49% of that circle.
- Tree 83%
- Crop 6%
- Grass 5%
- Built 4%
Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m). Orientation from OpenStreetMap land polygons sampled in 36 directions; depths and heights from the GEBCO 2020 grid (about 450 m cells), indicative only.
Rainfall reaches 346 mm in January and stays above 250 mm in January, February and December.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Photos
From above
Facilities within 1 km
- 1Restaurants, cafés & bars
- –Public toilets
- –Showers
- 1Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 6Hotels & guesthouses
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 1 restaurant. Accommodation: 6 hotels and guesthouses.
Counted within 1 km of the beach (bus stops 1.5 km) from OpenStreetMap features and Overture Maps places, release of 2026-10. Unmapped does not mean absent.
Around the beach
Islands in view
- Pulau Jumino 190 m SE
Lighthouses & piers
- Mercusuar Tanjung Baron lighthouse 610 m NW
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adisutjipto International Airport Yogyakarta | JOG | 40.7 km | north |
| Yogyakarta International Airport Yogyakarta | YIA | 60.3 km | north-west |
| Adisoemarmo International Airport Surakarta | SOC | 72.2 km | north |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 1 mapped car park within 1 km.
No town of 1,000+ people lies within 10 km; within 30 km there are 1 (about 87.5K).
Reference
Pantai Kukup has an article on the ID Wikipedia: Pantai Kukup.
Wikidata item Q98636702.
Map and nearby beaches
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| Beach | Distance | Warmest sea | Length | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pantai Kukup | – | 28.9 °C | 210 m | Sand |
| Pantai Baron | 800 m NW | 28.9 °C | 158 m | – |
| Pantai Drini | 2.6 km E | 28.9 °C | 339 m | – |
| Pantai Ngandong | 5.9 km E | 28.9 °C | 175 m | – |
- Pantai Baron800 m NWCompare
- Pantai Drini2.6 km ECompare
- Pantai Ngandong5.9 km ECompare
Data on this page
- Air temperature, rain, cloud, wind, humidity: NASA POWER climatology 2001–2020, 0.5° grid.
- Sea temperature: NOAA OISST v2.1 monthly normals 1991–2020, nearest ocean cell 7.9 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w310361805; restaurants, cafés, bars and lodging: Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0).
- Water body, status and length: Wikidata (CC0).
- Towns and time zone: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Airports: OurAirports (public domain). Sunrise and sunset: NOAA solar equations.
- Photos: Wikimedia Commons, author and licence under each image.
- Satellite view: Copernicus Sentinel-2 (ESA), scene S2A_49MDM_20240721_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 27.1K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.