Climate averages 1991–2020
Sorong weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 9th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Sorong: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 226 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes August a very wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Manokwari (312 km away). In August its highs average 27.3°C, 1.6°C cooler than Sorong, with 163 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Sorong ranks joint 132nd of 200 for the warmest August highs and joint 189th of 200 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 200 cities is 29.5°C; Sorong is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 226 mm to 249 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Manokwari in AugustIndonesia · 312 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 163 mm rain
- Ambon in AugustIndonesia · 464 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 24.6°C · 100 mm rain
- Ternate in AugustIndonesia · 469 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 25.4°C · 151 mm rain
- Nabire in AugustIndonesia · 546 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.8°C · 204 mm rain
- Tual in AugustIndonesia · 553 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 24.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Bitung in AugustIndonesia · 729 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 25.0°C · 74 mm rain
- Manado in AugustIndonesia · 760 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.4°C · 141 mm rain
- Kotamobagu in AugustIndonesia · 793 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.0°C · 167 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.