Climate averages 1991–2020
Ambon weather
in February.
A hot, wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Ambon: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 26.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 122 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes February a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 14 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sorong (464 km away). In February its highs average 28.9°C, about as warm as Ambon, with 265 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Ambon ranks joint 130th of 200 for the warmest February highs and 7th of 200 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 200 cities is 28.4°C; Ambon is level with that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 122 mm to 158 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Sorong in FebruaryIndonesia · 464 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.4°C · 265 mm rain
- Ternate in FebruaryIndonesia · 507 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 25.6°C · 190 mm rain
- Tual in FebruaryIndonesia · 550 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 25.7°C · 252 mm rain
- Dili in FebruaryTimor Leste · 613 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.5°C · 211 mm rain
- Kendari in FebruaryIndonesia · 630 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.5°C · 314 mm rain
- Baubau in FebruaryIndonesia · 649 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.8°C · 265 mm rain
- Kotamobagu in FebruaryIndonesia · 655 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.8°C · 289 mm rain
- Bitung in FebruaryIndonesia · 664 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 25.0°C · 167 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.