Climate averages 1991–2020
Bitung weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Bitung: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Manado (31 km away). In August its highs average 30.5°C, 1.7°C warmer than Bitung, with 141 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Bitung ranks joint 135th of 200 for the warmest August highs and 119th of 200 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 200 cities is 29.5°C; Bitung is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 74 mm to 66 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
Bitung climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 178 | 24.9 | 12.012 h |
| February | 28.8°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 167 | 21.5 | 12.112 h |
| March | 29.1°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 155 | 22.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.4°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 188 | 23.6 | 12.112 h |
| May | 29.3°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 222 | 25.4 | 12.212 h |
| June | 28.8°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 220 | 22.7 | 12.212 h |
| July | 28.4°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 146 | 18.0 | 12.212 h |
| August, selected | 28.8°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 74 | 10.1 | 12.212 h |
| September | 29.4°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 66 | 11.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.8°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 126 | 17.3 | 12.112 h |
| November | 29.5°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 164 | 24.7 | 12.112 h |
| December | 29.1°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 172 | 25.8 | 12.012 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
- Manado in AugustIndonesia · 31 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.4°C · 141 mm rain
- Kotamobagu in AugustIndonesia · 119 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.0°C · 167 mm rain
- Gorontalo in AugustIndonesia · 251 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.7°C · 89 mm rain
- Ternate in AugustIndonesia · 261 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 25.4°C · 151 mm rain
- Toli-Toli in AugustIndonesia · 481 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 20.8°C · 170 mm rain
- Tupi in AugustPhilippines · 545 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.1°C · 197 mm rain
- Surallah in AugustPhilippines · 550 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 173 mm rain
- Banga in AugustPhilippines · 555 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 173 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 Bitung) is explained once on the Bitung year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.