Ba'a - Rote Island weather by month & the best time to visit
🇮🇩 Indonesia · coastal city break · tropical — wet & dry seasons climate
The best time to visit Ba'a - Rote Island is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 96/100), with September and July close behind. Ba'a - Rote Island averages about 3,118 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 26°C / 79°F and roughly 7 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,118
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 96/100
- Rain / year
- 1,093 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 13 (extreme)
- Sea at warmest
- 31°C / 88°F
- Population
- 475k
- Elevation
- 139 m
When is the best time to visit Ba'a - Rote Island?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Ba'a - Rote Island is August, then September and July. The dullest month is January (70/100, 267 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Ba'a - Rote Island?
Ba'a - Rote Island is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,118 hours of sunshine a year. August (96/100) is noticeably better than January (70). It ranks #3 of 119 destinations in Indonesia for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,183 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 63% of the year's 1,093 mm falls in the three months around January.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 70 | 28° / 82°F | 27° / 81°F | 267 mm | 12 | 31° / 88°F |
| February | 70 | 28° / 82°F | 27° / 81°F | 218 mm | 13 | 30° / 86°F |
| March | 70 | 28° / 82°F | 27° / 81°F | 169 mm | 12 | 30° / 86°F |
| April | 83 | 28° / 82°F | 27° / 81°F | 78 mm | 12 | 29° / 84°F |
| May | 91 | 28° / 82°F | 26° / 79°F | 37 mm | 10 | 28° / 82°F |
| June | 94 | 27° / 81°F | 25° / 77°F | 22 mm | 9 | 27° / 81°F |
| July | 95 | 26° / 79°F | 25° / 77°F | 12 mm | 9 | 27° / 81°F |
| August | 96 | 26° / 79°F | 24° / 75°F | 7 mm | 11 | 27° / 81°F |
| September | 96 | 27° / 81°F | 25° / 77°F | 11 mm | 13 | 28° / 82°F |
| October | 94 | 28° / 82°F | 26° / 79°F | 19 mm | 13 | 29° / 84°F |
| November | 88 | 29° / 84°F | 28° / 82°F | 50 mm | 13 | 30° / 86°F |
| December | 70 | 29° / 84°F | 28° / 82°F | 203 mm | 12 | 31° / 88°F |
Sea temperature in Ba'a - Rote Island by month
The sea off Ba'a - Rote Island is warmest in January at around 31°C / 88°F, and coolest in June at 27°C / 81°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 · 93 km · best in Aug · 3,118 h sun/yr
- Labuan Bajo, Manggarai Barat Indonesia · 432 km · best in Aug · 3,056 h sun/yr
- Bima Indonesia · 541 km · best in Aug · 2,771 h sun/yr
- Makassar Indonesia · 742 km · best in Aug · 2,575 h sun/yr
- Kendari Indonesia · 747 km · best in Sep · 2,281 h sun/yr
- Mataram (Pujut, Lombok Tengah) Indonesia · 778 km · best in Aug · 2,768 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Oecussi-Ambeno Timor-Leste · 222 km · 2,809 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Maumere Indonesia · 254 km · 3,003 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Ende Indonesia · 264 km · 2,880 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Atambua Indonesia · 275 km · 2,809 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Tiwatobi Indonesia · 277 km · 3,121 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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