Climate averages 1991–2020
Merauke weather
in June.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a hot month in Merauke: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes June a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 38 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jayapura (664 km away). In June its highs average 29.2°C, 1.1°C warmer than Merauke, with 221 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Merauke ranks 160th of 200 for the warmest June highs and joint 19th of 200 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 200 cities is 29.0°C; Merauke is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 49 mm to 27 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Jayapura in JuneIndonesia · 664 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.3°C · 221 mm rain
- Port Moresby in JunePapua New Guinea · 749 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.1°C · 51 mm rain
- Nabire in JuneIndonesia · 788 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.9°C · 231 mm rain
- Tual in JuneIndonesia · 903 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 25.3°C · 163 mm rain
- Manokwari in JuneIndonesia · 1102 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 23.3°C · 208 mm rain
- Sorong in JuneIndonesia · 1320 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 302 mm rain
- Ambon in JuneIndonesia · 1453 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 25.1°C · 241 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.