Climate averages 1991–2020

Manokwari weather
in August.

A warm, wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.

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

Average high 27.3°C Daytime mean, August
Average low 23.2°C Night-time mean, August
Rainfall 163 mm 23 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Manokwari · average highYear overview

August is a warm month in Manokwari: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 163 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes August a wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average August day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Sorong (312 km away). In August its highs average 28.9°C, 1.6°C warmer than Manokwari, with 226 mm of rain.

Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Manokwari ranks joint 175th of 200 for the warmest August highs and joint 169th of 200 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 200 cities is 29.5°C; Manokwari is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.

From August to September, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 163 mm to 147 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. 202530 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 4000

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

Every month, side by side

Manokwari climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Manokwari, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 27.3°C23.3°C23.3°C30626.912.212 h
February 27.2°C23.3°C23.3°C26624.812.112 h
March 27.2°C23.2°C23.2°C31228.012.112 h
April 27.4°C23.1°C23.1°C36727.112.112 h
May 27.6°C23.5°C23.5°C22026.212.112 h
June 27.3°C23.3°C23.3°C20825.812.112 h
July 27.2°C23.2°C23.2°C18424.112.112 h
August, selected 27.3°C23.2°C23.2°C16323.012.112 h
September 27.5°C23.3°C23.3°C14723.012.112 h
October 27.6°C23.2°C23.2°C16924.012.112 h
November 27.6°C23.1°C23.1°C25325.612.212 h
December 27.5°C23.2°C23.2°C32128.812.212 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 Manokwari

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 Manokwari) is explained once on the Manokwari year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.