Climate averages 1991–2020
Atambua weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Atambua: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 19.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.6 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes August a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 49 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dili (96 km away). In August its highs average 30.8°C, 1.2°C warmer than Atambua, with 6.7 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Atambua ranks joint 105th of 200 for the warmest August highs and 17th of 200 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 200 cities is 29.5°C; Atambua is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 31.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 6.6 mm to 9.1 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
Atambua climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.1°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 295 | 28.1 | 12.613 h |
| February | 26.9°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 262 | 25.7 | 12.412 h |
| March | 27.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 208 | 23.0 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.4°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 102 | 14.2 | 11.912 h |
| May | 28.7°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 48 | 7.2 | 11.712 h |
| June | 28.5°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 27 | 3.9 | 11.612 h |
| July | 28.6°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 13 | 2.7 | 11.612 h |
| August, selected | 29.6°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 6.6 | 1.2 | 11.812 h |
| September | 31.0°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 9.1 | 1.7 | 12.012 h |
| October | 31.6°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 18 | 3.9 | 12.312 h |
| November | 30.7°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 70 | 10.4 | 12.513 h |
| December | 28.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 226 | 24.6 | 12.613 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
- Dili in AugustTimor Leste · 96 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 21.4°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Kupang in AugustIndonesia · 184 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 1.7 mm rain
- Maumere in AugustIndonesia · 300 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.9°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Ende in AugustIndonesia · 356 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.3°C · 10 mm rain
- Baubau in AugustIndonesia · 477 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 18 mm rain
- Labuan Bajo in AugustIndonesia · 554 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.4°C · 16 mm rain
- Kendari in AugustIndonesia · 628 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 98 mm rain
- Bima in AugustIndonesia · 681 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 22.9°C · 4.0 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 Atambua) is explained once on the Atambua year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.