Climate averages 1991–2020

Nabire weather
in August.

A warm, very wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 27.9°C Daytime mean, August
Average low 21.8°C Night-time mean, August
Rainfall 204 mm 23 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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August is a warm month in Nabire: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 21.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 204 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average August day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Manokwari (320 km away). In August its highs average 27.3°C, 0.6°C cooler than Nabire, with 163 mm of rain.

Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Nabire ranks joint 164th of 200 for the warmest August highs and 181st of 200 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 200 cities is 29.5°C; Nabire is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.

From August to September, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 204 mm to 255 mm.

The annual picture

August in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 1520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 4000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Nabire climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Nabire, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 28.4°C22.1°C22.1°C32427.712.312 h
February 28.3°C22.1°C22.1°C30625.012.212 h
March 28.4°C22.1°C22.1°C36527.712.112 h
April 28.4°C22.1°C22.1°C37326.712.012 h
May 28.4°C22.2°C22.2°C25425.612.012 h
June 27.9°C21.9°C21.9°C23124.511.912 h
July 27.6°C21.8°C21.8°C18523.111.912 h
August, selected 27.9°C21.8°C21.8°C20422.612.012 h
September 28.2°C21.7°C21.7°C25524.712.112 h
October 28.4°C21.8°C21.8°C25025.612.212 h
November 28.5°C22.0°C22.0°C28025.212.312 h
December 28.6°C22.2°C22.2°C28827.712.312 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

Distance from Nabire

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Nabire) is explained once on the Nabire year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.