Climate averages 1991–2020
Sorong weather
in April.
A hot, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Sorong: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 374 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes April a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Manokwari (312 km away). In April its highs average 27.4°C, 1.9°C cooler than Sorong, with 367 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Sorong ranks joint 103rd of 200 for the warmest April highs and 193rd of 200 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 200 cities is 29.0°C; Sorong is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 374 mm to 314 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Sorong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 305 | 27.7 | 12.212 h |
| February | 28.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 265 | 24.7 | 12.112 h |
| March | 29.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 342 | 28.5 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 29.3°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 374 | 29.0 | 12.112 h |
| May | 29.5°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 314 | 28.2 | 12.112 h |
| June | 29.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 302 | 25.7 | 12.112 h |
| July | 28.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 260 | 23.7 | 12.112 h |
| August | 28.9°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 226 | 20.4 | 12.112 h |
| September | 29.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 249 | 23.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.7°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 272 | 24.6 | 12.112 h |
| November | 29.5°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 299 | 27.5 | 12.212 h |
| December | 29.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 344 | 29.7 | 12.212 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
April in nearby cities
- Manokwari in AprilIndonesia · 312 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 23.1°C · 367 mm rain
- Ambon in AprilIndonesia · 464 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 25.8°C · 203 mm rain
- Ternate in AprilIndonesia · 469 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 25.4°C · 291 mm rain
- Nabire in AprilIndonesia · 546 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.1°C · 373 mm rain
- Tual in AprilIndonesia · 553 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 25.6°C · 232 mm rain
- Bitung in AprilIndonesia · 729 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 25.1°C · 188 mm rain
- Manado in AprilIndonesia · 760 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.9°C · 228 mm rain
- Kotamobagu in AprilIndonesia · 793 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.1°C · 360 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 Sorong) is explained once on the Sorong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.