Climate averages 1991–2020

Kupang weather
in August.

A hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 30.3°C Daytime mean, August
Average low 22.5°C Night-time mean, August
Rainfall 1.7 mm fewer than one day with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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August is a hot month in Kupang: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 1.7 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 47 min on an average August day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Atambua (184 km away). In August its highs average 29.6°C, 0.7°C cooler than Kupang, with 6.6 mm of rain.

Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Kupang ranks joint 75th of 200 for the warmest August highs and 1st of 200 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 200 cities is 29.5°C; Kupang is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.

From August to September, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 31.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.7 mm to 4.2 mm.

The annual picture

August in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 20253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Kupang climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Kupang, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 29.3°C24.7°C24.7°C27326.812.613 h
February 29.0°C24.5°C24.5°C24425.412.412 h
March 29.6°C24.5°C24.5°C19922.612.212 h
April 30.2°C24.6°C24.6°C7811.011.912 h
May 30.1°C24.3°C24.3°C233.711.712 h
June 29.6°C23.7°C23.7°C151.911.512 h
July 29.5°C22.9°C22.9°C4.21.011.612 h
August, selected 30.3°C22.5°C22.5°C1.70.511.812 h
September 31.9°C23.0°C23.0°C4.20.812.012 h
October 33.0°C24.3°C24.3°C183.512.312 h
November 33.0°C25.4°C25.4°C7310.512.613 h
December 30.4°C25.1°C25.1°C23624.412.713 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

Distance from Kupang

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Kupang) is explained once on the Kupang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.