Climate averages 1991–2020
Ambon weather
in January.
A hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Ambon: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 26.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 160 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes January a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 18 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sorong (464 km away). In January its highs average 28.9°C, 0.6°C warmer than Ambon, with 305 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Ambon ranks joint 127th of 200 for the warmest January highs and 4th of 200 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 200 cities is 28.2°C; Ambon is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 160 mm to 122 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Sorong in JanuaryIndonesia · 464 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.4°C · 305 mm rain
- Ternate in JanuaryIndonesia · 507 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 25.5°C · 240 mm rain
- Tual in JanuaryIndonesia · 550 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 25.8°C · 274 mm rain
- Dili in JanuaryTimor Leste · 613 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.7°C · 215 mm rain
- Kendari in JanuaryIndonesia · 630 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 310 mm rain
- Baubau in JanuaryIndonesia · 649 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.9°C · 277 mm rain
- Kotamobagu in JanuaryIndonesia · 655 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.9°C · 293 mm rain
- Bitung in JanuaryIndonesia · 664 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 24.9°C · 178 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.