Climate averages 1991–2020
Ambon weather
in April.
A hot, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Ambon: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 25.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 203 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sorong (464 km away). In April its highs average 29.3°C, 1.2°C warmer than Ambon, with 374 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Ambon ranks joint 161st of 200 for the warmest April highs and joint 48th of 200 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 200 cities is 29.0°C; Ambon is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 203 mm to 230 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Ambon climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 160 | 23.7 | 12.312 h |
| February | 28.4°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 122 | 20.0 | 12.212 h |
| March | 28.4°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 158 | 22.8 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 28.1°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 203 | 24.9 | 12.012 h |
| May | 27.6°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 230 | 24.6 | 12.012 h |
| June | 26.7°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 241 | 23.9 | 11.912 h |
| July | 26.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 175 | 21.9 | 11.912 h |
| August | 26.1°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 100 | 16.7 | 12.012 h |
| September | 26.8°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 71 | 14.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.7°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 70 | 14.9 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.5°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 79 | 16.6 | 12.312 h |
| December | 28.5°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 157 | 23.8 | 12.312 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Sorong in AprilIndonesia · 464 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 374 mm rain
- Ternate in AprilIndonesia · 507 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 25.4°C · 291 mm rain
- Tual in AprilIndonesia · 550 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 25.6°C · 232 mm rain
- Dili in AprilTimor Leste · 613 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 204 mm rain
- Kendari in AprilIndonesia · 630 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.4°C · 327 mm rain
- Baubau in AprilIndonesia · 649 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.9°C · 227 mm rain
- Kotamobagu in AprilIndonesia · 655 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.1°C · 360 mm rain
- Bitung in AprilIndonesia · 664 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 25.1°C · 188 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Ambon) is explained once on the Ambon year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.