Climate averages 1991–2020
Sorong weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the 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 Sorong: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 272 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Manokwari (312 km away). In October its highs average 27.6°C, 2.1°C cooler than Sorong, with 169 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Sorong ranks joint 119th of 200 for the warmest October highs and 163rd of 200 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 200 cities is 30.1°C; Sorong is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 272 mm to 299 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Manokwari in OctoberIndonesia · 312 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 169 mm rain
- Ambon in OctoberIndonesia · 464 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 25.4°C · 70 mm rain
- Ternate in OctoberIndonesia · 469 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 25.5°C · 187 mm rain
- Nabire in OctoberIndonesia · 546 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.8°C · 250 mm rain
- Tual in OctoberIndonesia · 553 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 25.5°C · 64 mm rain
- Bitung in OctoberIndonesia · 729 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 25.1°C · 126 mm rain
- Manado in OctoberIndonesia · 760 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.8°C · 228 mm rain
- Kotamobagu in OctoberIndonesia · 793 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 244 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.