Baucau weather by month & the best time to visit
🇹🇱 Timor-Leste · beach resort · tropical — wet & dry seasons climate
The best time to visit Baucau is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 95/100), with September and July close behind. Baucau averages about 2,798 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 27°C / 81°F and roughly 4 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,798
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 95/100
- Rain / year
- 875 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 13 (extreme)
- Sea at warmest
- 31°C / 88°F
- Population
- 17k
- Elevation
- 531 m
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When is the best time to visit Baucau?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Baucau is August, then September and July. The dullest month is January (68/100, 225 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Baucau?
Baucau gets a lot of sun: around 2,798 hours a year. August (95/100) is noticeably better than January (68). It ranks #4 of 4 destinations in Timor-Leste for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,838 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 65% of the year's 875 mm falls in the three months around January.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 68 | 27° / 81°F | 23° / 73°F | 225 mm | 12 | 29° / 84°F |
| February | 68 | 26° / 79°F | 23° / 73°F | 188 mm | 13 | 28° / 82°F |
| March | 74 | 27° / 81°F | 23° / 73°F | 116 mm | 12 | 29° / 84°F |
| April | 86 | 27° / 81°F | 22° / 72°F | 54 mm | 11 | 30° / 86°F |
| May | 89 | 27° / 81°F | 22° / 72°F | 35 mm | 9 | 30° / 86°F |
| June | 91 | 26° / 79°F | 21° / 70°F | 22 mm | 8 | 29° / 84°F |
| July | 94 | 26° / 79°F | 20° / 68°F | 9 mm | 9 | 28° / 82°F |
| August | 95 | 27° / 81°F | 19° / 66°F | 4 mm | 11 | 28° / 82°F |
| September | 95 | 29° / 84°F | 20° / 68°F | 4 mm | 13 | 28° / 82°F |
| October | 93 | 30° / 86°F | 22° / 72°F | 11 mm | 13 | 29° / 84°F |
| November | 86 | 31° / 88°F | 24° / 75°F | 51 mm | 13 | 31° / 88°F |
| December | 68 | 28° / 82°F | 24° / 75°F | 156 mm | 11 | 30° / 86°F |
Sea temperature in Baucau by month
The sea off Baucau is warmest in November at around 31°C / 88°F, and coolest in February 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 · 353 km · best in Aug · 3,118 h sun/yr
- Ambon Indonesia · 563 km · best in Nov · 2,194 h sun/yr
- Darwin Australia · 656 km · best in Jun · 2,969 h sun/yr
- Kendari Indonesia · 658 km · best in Sep · 2,281 h sun/yr
- Labuan Bajo, Manggarai Barat Indonesia · 716 km · best in Aug · 3,056 h sun/yr
- Makassar Indonesia · 846 km · best in Aug · 2,575 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Dili Timor-Leste · 97 km · 2,866 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Suai Timor-Leste · 152 km · 3,002 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Tiakur Indonesia · 170 km · 2,914 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Atambua Indonesia · 177 km · 2,809 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Alor Indonesia · 202 km · 3,084 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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