Climate averages 1991–2020
Ambon weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Ambon: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 25.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 70 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sorong (464 km away). In October its highs average 29.7°C, 2.0°C warmer than Ambon, with 272 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Ambon ranks joint 178th of 200 for the warmest October highs and joint 22nd of 200 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 200 cities is 30.1°C; Ambon is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 70 mm to 79 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Sorong in OctoberIndonesia · 464 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 272 mm rain
- Ternate in OctoberIndonesia · 507 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 25.5°C · 187 mm rain
- Tual in OctoberIndonesia · 550 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 25.5°C · 64 mm rain
- Dili in OctoberTimor Leste · 613 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 23.9°C · 74 mm rain
- Kendari in OctoberIndonesia · 630 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.4°C · 121 mm rain
- Baubau in OctoberIndonesia · 649 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 24.4°C · 66 mm rain
- Kotamobagu in OctoberIndonesia · 655 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 244 mm rain
- Bitung in OctoberIndonesia · 664 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 25.1°C · 126 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.