Climate averages 1991–2020
Merauke weather
in November.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Merauke: daytime highs average 30.8°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 106 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes November a wet month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 30 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jayapura (664 km away). In November its highs average 29.8°C, 0.9°C cooler than Merauke, with 233 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Merauke ranks joint 20th of 200 for the warmest November highs and 6th of 200 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 200 cities is 29.2°C; Merauke is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 106 mm to 208 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Jayapura in NovemberIndonesia · 664 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.6°C · 233 mm rain
- Port Moresby in NovemberPapua New Guinea · 749 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.5°C · 110 mm rain
- Nabire in NovemberIndonesia · 788 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 22.0°C · 280 mm rain
- Tual in NovemberIndonesia · 903 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 25.8°C · 91 mm rain
- Manokwari in NovemberIndonesia · 1102 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 23.1°C · 253 mm rain
- Sorong in NovemberIndonesia · 1320 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.3°C · 299 mm rain
- Ambon in NovemberIndonesia · 1453 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 25.9°C · 79 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.