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Temanggung Regency is an inland regency in the Central Java Province of Indonesia. It covers a land area of 870.65 km2 and had a population of 708,546 at the 2010 Census and 790,174 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as of mid 2025 was 821,118 (comprising 412,030 males and 409,110 females). Its capital is the town of Temanggung.

All travellers going to the Dieng temple complex from Yogya or Semarang have to pass through this regency.

Temanggung Regency is famous for longan, a small sweet fruit that is harvested in January and February.

Temanggung memiliki seni dan budaya yang merupakan hasil adaptasi dipadukan dengan budaya asli. Seni pertunjukan kuda kepang (kuda lumping) yang berkembang di Kabupaten Temanggung mengadaptasi kesenian. Selain kuda kepang juga berkembang seni terbangantopeng ireng. Temanggung juga memiliki cengkok pagelaran pewayangan khas yaitu dengan cengkok Kedu yang berbeda dari cengkok Jogja atau Solo. Budaya Nyadran atau mertideso atau bersih deso masih juga sering diadakan di desa-desa.

Ariem Christiawan alias Wawan TMG (Sound Engginering Republik Cinta Management) Chamid Arang (Pelukis) Dr. Rokhmad, M.S.I (Pelukis) Djadoeg Djajakusuma Didik Hadiprayitno, SST Yudiono K.S. Dhatu Rembulan (Selebgram, Istri Vokalis The Changcuters) Titiek Puspa Singgih Susilo Kartono, kreator radio kayu Magno dan sepeda bambu Spedagi

After World War II, Temanggung Regency was one of the areas in central Java where the Communist Party (PKI) had its rural strongholds. In the 21st century, Temanggung Regency provided a hideout for members of the Islamist Jemaah Islamiyah.

Temanggung Regency is located on the volcanic Dieng Plateau with an average elevation between 500 and 1450 metres, although the more northern districts (kecamatan listed at the bottom end of the table below) lie off the plateau in the plains to the north. It is landlocked. The volcanoes Mount Sundoro and Mount Sumbing rise on its border with the Wonosobo Regency. Its major drainage system is the Progo River and its tributaries.

It is bordered by: Kendal Regency to the north Semarang Regency to the east Magelang Regency to the south Wonosobo Regency to the southwest

Temanggung Regency is divided into the following twenty districts (kecamatan), listed below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census, together with the official estimates as at mid 2025. The table also includes the number of administrative villages in each district (totaling 266 rural desa and 23 urban kelurahan), and their postcodes.

Notes: (a) including two kelurahan - Parakan Wetan and Parakan Kauman. (b) comprising nineteen kelurahan (Banyuurip, Butuh, Giyanti, Jampirejo, Jampiroso, Jurang, Kebonsari, Kertosari, Kowangan, Madureso, Manding, Mungseng, Purworejo, Sidorejo, Temanggung I, Temanggung II, Tlogorejo, Walitelon Selatan and Walitelon Utara) and 6 desa. (c) including one kelurahan - Kranggan. (d) including one kelurahan - Manggong. All districts bear the same name as their administrative centres, except Parakan District (of which the centre is Parakan Wetan) and Temanggung District (of which the centre is Jampirejo).

The major towns of Temanggung Regency, aside from the capital of Temanggung, include Candiroto, Jumo, Kaloran, Kandangan, Kranggan, Muntung, Ngadirejo, Parakan, and Tretep.

Temanggung has an elevation moderated tropical rainforest climate (Af) with moderate rainfall from June to September and heavy to very heavy rainfall from October to May. The following climate data is for the town of Temanggung.