Atambua weather by month & the best time to visit
🇮🇩 Indonesia · beach resort · tropical — wet & dry seasons climate
The best time to visit Atambua is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 95/100), with July and September close behind. Atambua averages about 2,809 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 30°C / 86°F and roughly 5 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,809
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 95/100
- Rain / year
- 1,095 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 12 (extreme)
- Sea at warmest
- 31°C / 88°F
- Population
- 82k
- Elevation
- 310 m
When is the best time to visit Atambua?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Atambua is August, then July and September. The dullest month is January (68/100, 276 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Atambua?
Atambua gets a lot of sun: around 2,809 hours a year. August (95/100) is noticeably better than January (68). It ranks #14 of 119 destinations in Indonesia for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,183 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 66% of the year's 1,095 mm falls in the three months around January.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 68 | 28° / 82°F | 24° / 75°F | 276 mm | 11 | 30° / 86°F |
| February | 68 | 27° / 81°F | 24° / 75°F | 242 mm | 11 | 30° / 86°F |
| March | 69 | 28° / 82°F | 24° / 75°F | 147 mm | 11 | 30° / 86°F |
| April | 85 | 29° / 84°F | 23° / 73°F | 60 mm | 11 | 30° / 86°F |
| May | 88 | 29° / 84°F | 23° / 73°F | 39 mm | 9 | 30° / 86°F |
| June | 91 | 28° / 82°F | 21° / 70°F | 24 mm | 8 | 29° / 84°F |
| July | 94 | 29° / 84°F | 20° / 68°F | 11 mm | 9 | 28° / 82°F |
| August | 95 | 30° / 86°F | 20° / 68°F | 5 mm | 10 | 28° / 82°F |
| September | 94 | 32° / 90°F | 21° / 70°F | 6 mm | 12 | 29° / 84°F |
| October | 83 | 33° / 91°F | 23° / 73°F | 16 mm | 12 | 30° / 86°F |
| November | 75 | 33° / 91°F | 25° / 77°F | 66 mm | 12 | 31° / 88°F |
| December | 68 | 30° / 86°F | 25° / 77°F | 203 mm | 11 | 31° / 88°F |
Sea temperature in Atambua by month
The sea off Atambua is warmest in November at around 31°C / 88°F, and coolest in July at 28°C / 82°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly all year round. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Kupang Indonesia · 182 km · best in Aug · 3,118 h sun/yr
- Labuan Bajo, Manggarai Barat Indonesia · 555 km · best in Aug · 3,056 h sun/yr
- Kendari Indonesia · 619 km · best in Sep · 2,281 h sun/yr
- Bima Indonesia · 686 km · best in Aug · 2,771 h sun/yr
- Ambon Indonesia · 693 km · best in Nov · 2,194 h sun/yr
- Makassar Indonesia · 739 km · best in Aug · 2,575 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Suai Timor-Leste · 49 km · 3,002 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Oecussi-Ambeno Timor-Leste · 64 km · 2,809 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Dili Timor-Leste · 90 km · 2,866 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Alor Indonesia · 110 km · 3,084 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Baucau Timor-Leste · 177 km · 2,798 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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