Climate averages 1991–2020
Merauke weather
in April.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Merauke: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 206 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jayapura (664 km away). In April its highs average 29.5°C, about as warm as Merauke, with 250 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Merauke ranks joint 113th of 200 for the warmest April highs and joint 50th of 200 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 200 cities is 29.0°C; Merauke is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 206 mm to 106 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Merauke climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 276 | 27.8 | 12.613 h |
| February | 29.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 261 | 26.0 | 12.412 h |
| March | 29.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 297 | 27.3 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 29.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 206 | 22.4 | 11.912 h |
| May | 28.8°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 106 | 18.1 | 11.712 h |
| June | 28.1°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 49 | 12.3 | 11.612 h |
| July | 27.7°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 27 | 8.4 | 11.712 h |
| August | 28.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 27 | 7.6 | 11.812 h |
| September | 29.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 33 | 7.9 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.3°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 70 | 11.6 | 12.312 h |
| November | 30.8°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 106 | 16.2 | 12.512 h |
| December | 30.2°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 208 | 25.4 | 12.613 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
April in nearby cities
- Jayapura in AprilIndonesia · 664 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.6°C · 250 mm rain
- Port Moresby in AprilPapua New Guinea · 749 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.3°C · 177 mm rain
- Nabire in AprilIndonesia · 788 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.1°C · 373 mm rain
- Tual in AprilIndonesia · 903 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 25.6°C · 232 mm rain
- Manokwari in AprilIndonesia · 1102 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 23.1°C · 367 mm rain
- Sorong in AprilIndonesia · 1320 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 374 mm rain
- Ambon in AprilIndonesia · 1453 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 25.8°C · 203 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 Merauke) is explained once on the Merauke year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.