Amahai weather in January

In January, Amahai sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 261 mm of rain across 28.2 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in January, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 12 min at the start of January to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Amahai's 10th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Amahai's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
23°
12th coldest
Rainfall
261 mm
28.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 12 min
6:28 AM – 6:39 PM
Cloud cover
90%
10th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
4.65 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.1
out of 10

Amahai is district in Central Maluku Regency, Maluku Province, Indonesia.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical January day in Amahai reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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How January really feels in Amahai

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

January sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Amahai weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 2nd-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 23°26128.212.23.1
Feb29° / 23°22025.312.13.1
Mar29° / 22°29828.8123.1
Apr28° / 22°29528.311.93.3
May27° / 22°26926.211.93.9
Jun27° / 22°24624.311.84.2
Jul26° / 21°17721.911.84.7
Aug26° / 21°13417.811.95.3
Sep27° / 21°16418.8124.9
Oct28° / 22°18422.212.14.3
Nov29° / 22°20224.412.23.6
Dec29° / 23°26528.912.23.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 4% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 94%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1595
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Amahai gets around 261 mm of rain over 28.2 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 91% and peaks near 92% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
192
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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the oppressive band about 100% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1991
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Wind in January

Winds average 4 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
14calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 12 min at the start of January to 12 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:22 AM to 6:33 AM, and sunset from 6:33 PM to 6:42 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.26:226:33
212.26:226:34
312.26:236:34
412.26:236:34
512.26:246:35
612.26:246:35
712.26:256:36
812.26:256:36
912.26:256:36
1012.26:266:37
1112.26:266:37
1212.26:276:38
1312.26:276:38
1412.26:286:38
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1712.26:296:39
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1912.26:306:40
2012.26:306:40
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2212.26:316:40
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2912.26:336:42
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3112.16:336:42

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.65 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.59 kWh/m² to a high of 5.05 kWh/m² in October across the year — January's 4.65 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Amahai?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.1
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
3.9
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Amahai.

What to pack for Amahai in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Amahai sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 28 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Amahai in January

The nearest coast averages about 30°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in December at about 30°C and coldest in August near 26°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

24°26°28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan30Tropical
Feb30Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr30Tropical
May29Tropical
Jun28Warm
Jul27Warm
Aug26Warm
Sep27Warm
Oct28Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec30Tropical

UV index in Amahai in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 15 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Amahai peaks around February 21 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 11 at about 11 (extreme).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeFeb 21UV 16Jul 11UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct15Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec13Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Amahai?

Amahai sits at 3.3°S, 128.9°E, 6 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Masohi, 7.0 km away.

SananaSorongFakfak

Topography around Amahai

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Amahai.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Amahai has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 147 m around an average of 11 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 426 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,989 m.

The land around Amahai is covered by water (70%) within 3 km, water (77%) within 16 km, and water (53%) and trees (46%) within 80 km.

3 km
147 m
16 km
426 m
80 km
2,989 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswatermangroves
January weather nearby: Masohi 7.0 km · Ambon 91 km · Namlea 203 km · Namrole 250 km · Kawasi 257 km · Sanana 356 km · Sorong 378 km · Fakfak 378 km

Indonesia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 29% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$5,060
2025
Happiness
5.6 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
30%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.3
per 100k, 2022
Road deaths
11.3
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 471
Religion
Muslim 87%Protestant 8%Roman Catholic 3%Hindu 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Amahai (-3.3398°, 128.9197°, elevation 6 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).