Climate averages 1991–2020
Atambua weather
in October.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Atambua: daytime highs average 31.6°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 18 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dili (96 km away). In October its highs average 32.1°C, 0.5°C warmer than Atambua, with 74 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Atambua ranks joint 44th of 200 for the warmest October highs and joint 1st of 200 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 200 cities is 30.1°C; Atambua is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 18 mm to 70 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Dili in OctoberTimor Leste · 96 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 23.9°C · 74 mm rain
- Kupang in OctoberIndonesia · 184 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 24.3°C · 18 mm rain
- Maumere in OctoberIndonesia · 300 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 25.7°C · 26 mm rain
- Ende in OctoberIndonesia · 356 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 25.2°C · 68 mm rain
- Baubau in OctoberIndonesia · 477 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 24.4°C · 66 mm rain
- Labuan Bajo in OctoberIndonesia · 554 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.9°C · 144 mm rain
- Kendari in OctoberIndonesia · 628 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.4°C · 121 mm rain
- Bima in OctoberIndonesia · 681 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 24.8°C · 39 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.