Climate averages 1991–2020
Atambua weather
in January.
A warm, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Atambua: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 295 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes January a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 35 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dili (96 km away). In January its highs average 29.3°C, 2.2°C warmer than Atambua, with 215 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Atambua ranks joint 171st of 200 for the warmest January highs and 83rd of 200 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 200 cities is 28.2°C; Atambua is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 26.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 295 mm to 262 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
Atambua climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Dili in JanuaryTimor Leste · 96 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.7°C · 215 mm rain
- Kupang in JanuaryIndonesia · 184 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.7°C · 273 mm rain
- Maumere in JanuaryIndonesia · 300 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 25.6°C · 206 mm rain
- Ende in JanuaryIndonesia · 356 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 25.4°C · 313 mm rain
- Baubau in JanuaryIndonesia · 477 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.9°C · 277 mm rain
- Labuan Bajo in JanuaryIndonesia · 554 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 24.5°C · 375 mm rain
- Kendari in JanuaryIndonesia · 628 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 310 mm rain
- Bima in JanuaryIndonesia · 681 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.9°C · 399 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.