Climate averages 1991–2020
Manado weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Manado: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 141 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes August a wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bitung (31 km away). In August its highs average 28.8°C, 1.7°C cooler than Manado, with 74 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Manado ranks joint 66th of 200 for the warmest August highs and joint 159th of 200 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 200 cities is 29.5°C; Manado is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 31.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 141 mm to 155 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
Manado climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.7°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 268 | 28.2 | 12.012 h |
| February | 28.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 233 | 24.5 | 12.112 h |
| March | 29.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 214 | 25.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.8°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 228 | 26.0 | 12.112 h |
| May | 30.3°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 265 | 27.1 | 12.212 h |
| June | 30.0°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 283 | 24.4 | 12.212 h |
| July | 29.9°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 211 | 20.2 | 12.212 h |
| August, selected | 30.5°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 141 | 15.2 | 12.212 h |
| September | 31.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 155 | 18.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.7°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 228 | 23.4 | 12.112 h |
| November | 29.8°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 250 | 28.3 | 12.112 h |
| December | 29.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 281 | 29.6 | 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
- Bitung in AugustIndonesia · 31 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 25.0°C · 74 mm rain
- Kotamobagu in AugustIndonesia · 102 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.0°C · 167 mm rain
- Gorontalo in AugustIndonesia · 225 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.7°C · 89 mm rain
- Ternate in AugustIndonesia · 292 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 25.4°C · 151 mm rain
- Toli-Toli in AugustIndonesia · 451 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 20.8°C · 170 mm rain
- Tupi in AugustPhilippines · 540 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.1°C · 197 mm rain
- Surallah in AugustPhilippines · 544 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 173 mm rain
- Banga in AugustPhilippines · 550 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 Manado) is explained once on the Manado year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.