Climate averages 1991–2020
Dili weather
in April.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Dili: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 204 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Atambua (96 km away). In April its highs average 28.4°C, 1.5°C cooler than Dili, with 102 mm of rain.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 204 mm to 74 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
Dili climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 215 | 25.4 | 12.613 h |
| February | 29.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 211 | 25.0 | 12.412 h |
| March | 29.5°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 227 | 26.2 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 29.9°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 204 | 22.4 | 11.912 h |
| May | 30.0°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 74 | 12.2 | 11.712 h |
| June | 29.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 25 | 4.3 | 11.612 h |
| July | 30.1°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 13 | 2.6 | 11.712 h |
| August | 30.8°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 6.7 | 1.5 | 11.812 h |
| September | 32.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 20 | 4.9 | 12.012 h |
| October | 32.1°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 74 | 14.6 | 12.312 h |
| November | 31.2°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 178 | 24.9 | 12.512 h |
| December | 29.8°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 235 | 27.8 | 12.613 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
- Atambua in AprilIndonesia · 96 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.0°C · 102 mm rain
- Kupang in AprilIndonesia · 281 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.6°C · 78 mm rain
- Maumere in AprilIndonesia · 370 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 25.7°C · 101 mm rain
- Ende in AprilIndonesia · 431 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 25.1°C · 173 mm rain
- Baubau in AprilIndonesia · 475 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.9°C · 227 mm rain
- Kendari in AprilIndonesia · 611 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.4°C · 327 mm rain
- Ambon in AprilIndonesia · 613 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 25.8°C · 203 mm rain
- Labuan Bajo in AprilIndonesia · 625 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.9°C · 246 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 Dili) is explained once on the Dili year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.