Climate averages 1991–2020
Merauke weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 10th warmest and one of the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Merauke: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jayapura (664 km away). In August its highs average 29.2°C, 1.1°C warmer than Merauke, with 210 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Merauke ranks joint 160th of 200 for the warmest August highs and joint 62nd of 200 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 200 cities is 29.5°C; Merauke is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 27 mm to 33 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Jayapura in AugustIndonesia · 664 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 210 mm rain
- Port Moresby in AugustPapua New Guinea · 749 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.4°C · 34 mm rain
- Nabire in AugustIndonesia · 788 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.8°C · 204 mm rain
- Tual in AugustIndonesia · 903 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 24.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Manokwari in AugustIndonesia · 1102 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 163 mm rain
- Sorong in AugustIndonesia · 1320 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.8°C · 226 mm rain
- Ambon in AugustIndonesia · 1453 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 24.6°C · 100 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.