Climate averages 1991–2020
Ternate weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Ternate: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 25.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 151 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes August a wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bitung (261 km away). In August its highs average 28.8°C, 1.4°C warmer than Ternate, with 74 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Ternate ranks joint 175th of 200 for the warmest August highs and 163rd of 200 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 200 cities is 29.5°C; Ternate is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 151 mm to 180 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
Ternate climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.7°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 240 | 26.3 | 12.112 h |
| February | 27.8°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 190 | 22.1 | 12.112 h |
| March | 28.0°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 234 | 24.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.1°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 291 | 26.3 | 12.112 h |
| May | 28.2°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 301 | 27.2 | 12.212 h |
| June | 27.8°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 294 | 24.6 | 12.212 h |
| July | 27.4°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 219 | 22.2 | 12.212 h |
| August, selected | 27.3°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 151 | 17.9 | 12.112 h |
| September | 27.5°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 180 | 19.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.0°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 187 | 21.3 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.1°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 228 | 26.7 | 12.112 h |
| December | 27.9°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 265 | 27.8 | 12.112 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
- Bitung in AugustIndonesia · 261 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 25.0°C · 74 mm rain
- Manado in AugustIndonesia · 292 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.4°C · 141 mm rain
- Kotamobagu in AugustIndonesia · 342 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.0°C · 167 mm rain
- Sorong in AugustIndonesia · 469 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.8°C · 226 mm rain
- Gorontalo in AugustIndonesia · 481 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.7°C · 89 mm rain
- Ambon in AugustIndonesia · 507 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 24.6°C · 100 mm rain
- Malita in AugustPhilippines · 656 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 167 mm rain
- Tupi in AugustPhilippines · 673 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.1°C · 197 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 Ternate) is explained once on the Ternate year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.