Climate averages 1991–2020
Merauke weather
in July.
A warm, fairly dry month: the coolest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Merauke: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 41 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jayapura (664 km away). In July its highs average 28.9°C, 1.2°C warmer than Merauke, with 236 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Merauke ranks joint 160th of 200 for the warmest July highs and 24th of 200 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 200 cities is 29.0°C; Merauke is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 27 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Jayapura in JulyIndonesia · 664 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 236 mm rain
- Port Moresby in JulyPapua New Guinea · 749 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.6°C · 29 mm rain
- Nabire in JulyIndonesia · 788 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 21.8°C · 185 mm rain
- Tual in JulyIndonesia · 903 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 24.7°C · 73 mm rain
- Manokwari in JulyIndonesia · 1102 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 184 mm rain
- Sorong in JulyIndonesia · 1320 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 23.8°C · 260 mm rain
- Ambon in JulyIndonesia · 1453 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 175 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.