Climate averages 1991–2020
Merauke weather
in October.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Merauke: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 70 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jayapura (664 km away). In October its highs average 29.9°C, about as warm as Merauke, with 186 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Merauke ranks joint 92nd of 200 for the warmest October highs and joint 22nd of 200 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 200 cities is 30.1°C; Merauke is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 30.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 70 mm to 106 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Jayapura in OctoberIndonesia · 664 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.4°C · 186 mm rain
- Port Moresby in OctoberPapua New Guinea · 749 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 23.2°C · 62 mm rain
- Nabire in OctoberIndonesia · 788 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.8°C · 250 mm rain
- Tual in OctoberIndonesia · 903 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 25.5°C · 64 mm rain
- Manokwari in OctoberIndonesia · 1102 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 169 mm rain
- Sorong in OctoberIndonesia · 1320 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 272 mm rain
- Ambon in OctoberIndonesia · 1453 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 25.4°C · 70 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.