Climate averages 1991–2020
Bitung weather
in January.
A hot, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Bitung: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 178 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes January a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Manado (31 km away). In January its highs average 28.7°C, about as warm as Bitung, with 268 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Bitung ranks joint 81st of 200 for the warmest January highs and 10th of 200 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 200 cities is 28.2°C; Bitung is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 178 mm to 167 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
Bitung climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Manado in JanuaryIndonesia · 31 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 24.4°C · 268 mm rain
- Kotamobagu in JanuaryIndonesia · 119 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.9°C · 293 mm rain
- Gorontalo in JanuaryIndonesia · 251 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.8°C · 164 mm rain
- Ternate in JanuaryIndonesia · 261 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 25.5°C · 240 mm rain
- Toli-Toli in JanuaryIndonesia · 481 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 21.1°C · 174 mm rain
- Tupi in JanuaryPhilippines · 545 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.7°C · 160 mm rain
- Surallah in JanuaryPhilippines · 550 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.4°C · 118 mm rain
- Banga in JanuaryPhilippines · 555 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 22.1°C · 118 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.