Climate averages 1991–2020
Sorong weather
in January.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Sorong: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 305 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes January a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Manokwari (312 km away). In January its highs average 27.3°C, 1.7°C cooler than Sorong, with 306 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Sorong ranks joint 51st of 200 for the warmest January highs and joint 92nd of 200 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 200 cities is 28.2°C; Sorong is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 305 mm to 265 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Manokwari in JanuaryIndonesia · 312 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 23.3°C · 306 mm rain
- Ambon in JanuaryIndonesia · 464 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 26.3°C · 160 mm rain
- Ternate in JanuaryIndonesia · 469 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 25.5°C · 240 mm rain
- Nabire in JanuaryIndonesia · 546 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.1°C · 324 mm rain
- Tual in JanuaryIndonesia · 553 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 25.8°C · 274 mm rain
- Bitung in JanuaryIndonesia · 729 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 24.9°C · 178 mm rain
- Manado in JanuaryIndonesia · 760 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 24.4°C · 268 mm rain
- Kotamobagu in JanuaryIndonesia · 793 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.9°C · 293 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.