Climate averages 1991–2020

Dili weather
in February.

A hot, very wet month: the coolest and the 9th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 29.1°C Daytime mean, February

Average low 24.5°C Night-time mean, February

Rainfall 211 mm 25 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a hot month in Dili: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 211 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Atambua (96 km away). In February its highs average 26.9°C, 2.2°C cooler than Dili, with 262 mm of rain.

From February to March, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 211 mm to 227 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Dili, 1991–2020
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, selected	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	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

February in nearby cities

Distance from Dili

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 limits

How 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.