Climate averages 1991–2020
Ambon weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: one of the coolest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Ambon: daytime highs average 26.1°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 100 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes August a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sorong (464 km away). In August its highs average 28.9°C, 2.8°C warmer than Ambon, with 226 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Ambon ranks 191st of 200 for the warmest August highs and joint 142nd of 200 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 200 cities is 29.5°C; Ambon is 3.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 100 mm to 71 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Sorong in AugustIndonesia · 464 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.8°C · 226 mm rain
- Ternate in AugustIndonesia · 507 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 25.4°C · 151 mm rain
- Tual in AugustIndonesia · 550 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 24.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Dili in AugustTimor Leste · 613 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 21.4°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Kendari in AugustIndonesia · 630 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 98 mm rain
- Baubau in AugustIndonesia · 649 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 18 mm rain
- Kotamobagu in AugustIndonesia · 655 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.0°C · 167 mm rain
- Bitung in AugustIndonesia · 664 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 25.0°C · 74 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.