Wamena weather by month & the best time to visit
🇮🇩 Indonesia · highland town · tropical rainforest climate
The best time to visit Wamena is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 61/100), with February and March close behind. Wamena averages about 1,717 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 23°C / 73°F and roughly 222 mm of rain in January.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,717
- Sunniest month
- January
- Peak score
- 61/100
- Rain / year
- 2,448 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Population
- 66k
- Elevation
- 1,652 m
When is the best time to visit Wamena?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Wamena is January, then February and March. The dullest month is January (61/100, 222 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Wamena?
Wamena isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,717 hours of sunshine a year. Conditions barely change through the year — only 0 Sunshine Score points separate January from January. It ranks #118 of 119 destinations in Indonesia for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,183 hours. The year's 2,448 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61 | 23° / 73°F | 16° / 61°F | 222 mm | 11 |
| February | 61 | 23° / 73°F | 16° / 61°F | 216 mm | 11 |
| March | 61 | 23° / 73°F | 16° / 61°F | 257 mm | 11 |
| April | 61 | 23° / 73°F | 17° / 63°F | 246 mm | 10 |
| May | 61 | 23° / 73°F | 17° / 63°F | 181 mm | 9 |
| June | 61 | 23° / 73°F | 16° / 61°F | 186 mm | 8 |
| July | 61 | 22° / 72°F | 16° / 61°F | 188 mm | 8 |
| August | 61 | 23° / 73°F | 16° / 61°F | 169 mm | 9 |
| September | 61 | 23° / 73°F | 16° / 61°F | 193 mm | 9 |
| October | 61 | 23° / 73°F | 16° / 61°F | 183 mm | 10 |
| November | 61 | 23° / 73°F | 16° / 61°F | 192 mm | 10 |
| December | 61 | 23° / 73°F | 17° / 63°F | 215 mm | 10 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Jayapura Indonesia · 242 km · best in Oct · 2,054 h sun/yr
- Merauke Indonesia · 518 km · best in Aug · 2,324 h sun/yr
- Manokwari Indonesia · 651 km · best in Oct · 2,192 h sun/yr
- Sorong Indonesia · 923 km · best in Jan · 2,389 h sun/yr
- Port Moresby Papua New Guinea · 1,089 km · best in Jul · 2,354 h sun/yr
- Ambon Indonesia · 1,206 km · best in Nov · 2,194 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Bokondini Indonesia · 55 km · 2,119 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Dekai Indonesia · 103 km · 1,717 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Oksibil Indonesia · 206 km · 1,906 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Bilogai Indonesia · 217 km · 2,134 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Timika Indonesia · 234 km · 1,944 h sun/yr · best in Jan
Head-to-head
How Wamena compares month by month: Wamena vs Jayapura · Wamena vs Manokwari · Wamena vs Merauke · all comparisons
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