Climate of Bandung, Indonesia and questions (hot, average, temperature, precipitation)

[TAR456]

First of all, I want to know something...

My city, Bandung, Indonesia has a tropical monsoon climate and is located on island of Java.

What I don't understand is, how come that every time I go to Jakarta, which is near the sea, it is so muggy? And it is not in Bandung, which is maybe because of altitude influence as Bandung's average elevation is 768 m (2,520 feet) and being far from the sea. So, the usual dew point is over 20°C (68°F) in this city but it didn't feel muggy at all. Does being near sea gives the climate a muggy feeling? What about Los Angeles, which has a Mediterranean climate and is near the sea, but it is not humid unlike New Orleans or Miami as I heard from this forum. But how come that some cities with humid continental climate or humid subtropical climate is located very far from the sea? Anyone can explain this?

Also, Bandung, as told above, usually has dew point over 20°C/68°F and relative humidity over 50% but isn't muggy (no sweaty feelings on skin after some minutes without AC outside) but also gets hot (it can be over 30°C/86°F, but it doesn't bother me as I'm used to it), it is cooler than most cities in Indonesia (due to altitude influence and is situated on a valley surrounded by mountains like Mexico City) and certainly doesn't get much rain (except December to March, and from my experience, it felt like that aside from these months, it doesn't rain much). I know that natural residents tend to acclimatize to the conditions of the area they're living in, so guess I know the answer partially, but I want to make sure.

Can you please tell me some cities with a climate that I can get used to it easily based on conditions about my city (for sake of curiosity)? The cold and hot doesn't bother me, it is just the humidity and dew point which is important to me. Just wanna know.

Thank you.

[divisionbyzero0]

Average dew point in Bandung is more like 16-18 C in dry season and 19-21C in wet season. So "over 20C" is not the "usual".

[Baba_Wethu]

Humidity rapidly decreases at altitude, and not just because the temperature decreases. 700m is definitely enough to lower dewpoints by 4-5'C. Regarding the ocean, yes, the farther away you get from the ocean, the less humid it's going go be, but the change is very gradual and needs hundreds of kilometres really for any noticeable differences. This of course depends on how rainy the area is. The change in humidity over distance from the sea is much faster in low-precipitation areas like California, Chile and Namibia etc.

[PCALMike]

But how sunny is Bandung or Jakarta? I have never really wrapped my head around that. Is it typical deep tropics of 1800-2100 hours and decreasing with altitude?

Do we have any RELIABLE way to surmise the sunshine hours in Indonesian cities?

[divisionbyzero0]

No official data, but i believe Jakarta is in the 55-65 percent range/ca. 2400-2850 with pollution in account.

Bandung is less sunny, i believe around 40-45 percent (ca. 1750-2000)