Tiwatobi weather by month & the best time to visit
🇮🇩 Indonesia · beach resort · tropical — wet & dry seasons climate
The best time to visit Tiwatobi is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 96/100), with September and July close behind. Tiwatobi averages about 3,121 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 29°C / 84°F and roughly 6 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,121
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 96/100
- Rain / year
- 1,133 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 13 (extreme)
- Sea at warmest
- 32°C / 90°F
- Population
- 88k
- Elevation
- 5 m
When is the best time to visit Tiwatobi?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Tiwatobi is August, then September and July. The dullest month is January (70/100, 256 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Tiwatobi?
Tiwatobi is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,121 hours of sunshine a year. August (96/100) is noticeably better than January (70). Tiwatobi is the sunniest of the 119 destinations tracked in Indonesia. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 62% of the year's 1,133 mm falls in the three months around January.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 70 | 29° / 84°F | 27° / 81°F | 256 mm | 12 | 29° / 84°F |
| February | 70 | 29° / 84°F | 27° / 81°F | 240 mm | 12 | 30° / 86°F |
| March | 70 | 29° / 84°F | 28° / 82°F | 151 mm | 13 | 29° / 84°F |
| April | 84 | 29° / 84°F | 28° / 82°F | 74 mm | 12 | 30° / 86°F |
| May | 89 | 29° / 84°F | 27° / 81°F | 48 mm | 10 | 31° / 88°F |
| June | 92 | 29° / 84°F | 26° / 79°F | 29 mm | 9 | 30° / 86°F |
| July | 95 | 28° / 82°F | 26° / 79°F | 16 mm | 9 | 29° / 84°F |
| August | 96 | 29° / 84°F | 26° / 79°F | 6 mm | 11 | 29° / 84°F |
| September | 96 | 30° / 86°F | 26° / 79°F | 11 mm | 12 | 30° / 86°F |
| October | 92 | 31° / 88°F | 28° / 82°F | 32 mm | 13 | 31° / 88°F |
| November | 86 | 31° / 88°F | 28° / 82°F | 65 mm | 12 | 32° / 90°F |
| December | 70 | 30° / 86°F | 28° / 82°F | 205 mm | 11 | 30° / 86°F |
Sea temperature in Tiwatobi by month
The sea off Tiwatobi is warmest in November at around 32°C / 90°F, and coolest in January at 29°C / 84°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 · 223 km · best in Aug · 3,118 h sun/yr
- Labuan Bajo, Manggarai Barat Indonesia · 343 km · best in Aug · 3,056 h sun/yr
- Kendari Indonesia · 471 km · best in Sep · 2,281 h sun/yr
- Bima Indonesia · 476 km · best in Aug · 2,771 h sun/yr
- Makassar Indonesia · 521 km · best in Aug · 2,575 h sun/yr
- Mataram (Pujut, Lombok Tengah) Indonesia · 741 km · best in Aug · 2,768 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Maumere Indonesia · 93 km · 3,003 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Ende Indonesia · 161 km · 2,880 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Alor Indonesia · 176 km · 3,084 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Oecussi-Ambeno Timor-Leste · 179 km · 2,809 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Atambua Indonesia · 227 km · 2,809 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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