Climate and average weather in Fakfak

In Fakfak, the weather is muggy, warm, wet, and mostly cloudy and remarkably steady, with daytime highs holding near warm levels all year. The wettest stretch peaks around April.

Best: late June to late October

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Fakfak typically varies from 24°C to 27°C, and is rarely below 23°C or above 28°C. May is the hottest month of the year, while August is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Fakfak for warm-weather activities is from late June to late October.

Hottest
May
27°
Coldest
Aug
24°
Wettest
Apr
357 mm
Driest
Aug
106 mm
Rain / yr
2854 mm
299 wet days
Daylight
11.8–12.2 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
71 m
2.9°S
Clearest
Aug
75% cloud

Fakfak weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around late June to late October.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Fakfak, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

Temperatures in Fakfak stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is May, with an average high of 27°C and low of 25°C; the coolest is August, with an average low of 24°C and high of 25°C.

Days typically run about 2°C warmer than nights year-round.

18°20°22°24°26°28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2725
Feb2725
Mar2724
Apr2725
May2725
Jun2624
Jul2624
Aug2524
Sep2624
Oct2624
Nov2725
Dec2725

Average hourly temperature in Fakfak

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on May afternoons, near 27°C, and coldest before dawn in August, near 24°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Fakfak weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 25°30729.212.23.5
Feb27° / 25°28325.912.13.5
Mar27° / 24°34229.4123.5
Apr27° / 25°35728.411.93.5
May27° / 25°25726.511.94.0
Jun26° / 24°2222411.84.3
Jul26° / 24°14220.911.84.9
Aug25° / 24°10616.811.95.5
Sep26° / 24°15120.4124.9
Oct26° / 24°20322.912.14.5
Nov27° / 25°19925.712.13.9
Dec27° / 25°28629.212.23.5

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Fakfak gets about 2854 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is very wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 7.0 months, from around Nov 9 to Jun 9, peaking in March at about 95% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Aug 11.

April is the wettest month by volume, with 357 mm over about 28 wet days; August is the driest, with 106 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%110%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetMar 31 · 95%Aug 11 · 53%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan9429
Feb9326
Mar9429
Apr9428
May8627
Jun8024
Jul6721
Aug5617
Sep6720
Oct7423
Nov8526
Dec9429

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Fakfak collects about 2854 mm of rain across 299 wet days — roughly 238 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. April is the wettest month with 357 mm, while August is the driest at just 106 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 35% of the year’s total.

050100150200250300350400JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec307283342357257222142106151203199286
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan30729
Feb28326
Mar34229
Apr35728
May25727
Jun22224
Jul14221
Aug10617
Sep15120
Oct20323
Nov19926
Dec28629

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Fakfak, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows moderate seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around April 30 and lasts for 6.3 months, ending around November 7. The clearest month is May, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 25% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around November 8 and lasts for 5.7 months, ending around April 29. The cloudiest month is February, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 96% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecMay 21 · 29%Feb 14 · 3%mostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan595
Feb496
Mar694
Apr1090
May2575
Jun2476
Jul2278
Aug2476
Sep2377
Oct2179
Nov1387
Dec694

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. Close to the equator, Fakfak barely changes through the year: days stay near 12 h 12 min of light in every season.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan12.26:166:25
Feb12.16:236:28
Mar12.06:206:21
Apr11.96:136:09
May11.96:116:03
Jun11.86:166:06
Jul11.86:216:12
Aug11.96:186:12
Sep12.06:066:05
Oct12.15:545:58
Nov12.15:526:00
Dec12.26:026:12

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Fakfak averages about 2 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 0 and 4 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 6.5 months, from around May 1 to Nov 14. The sunniest month is May, with roughly 3 sunny days (gloomy).

The greyest month is January, down near 0 sunny days — about 86% fewer than the May peak.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedMay 194 daysJan 230 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan0Gloomy
Feb0Gloomy
Mar0Gloomy
Apr1Gloomy
May3Gloomy
Jun2Gloomy
Jul2Gloomy
Aug3Gloomy
Sep2Gloomy
Oct2Gloomy
Nov1Gloomy
Dec0Gloomy

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

Fakfak is humid all year round — on a typical day the air feels at least humid, and there is no real dry season to wait for.

The stickiest month is January, when it feels muggy, oppressive or miserable about 100% of the time. Even in January, the mildest month, the air is dry or comfortable only 0% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecmiserableoppressivemuggy
Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan0955
Feb0955
Mar0955
Apr0982
May0964
Jun1990
Jul3970
Aug8920
Sep3970
Oct1990
Nov0981
Dec0937

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Fakfak is typically calm, near 12 km/h, and varies moderately with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 3.4 months, from around Jun 12 to Sep 21. The windiest month is August, averaging about 16 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Sep 22 to Dec 21, with November the calmest month at about 8 km/h.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmerwindiercalmercalmlight breezebreezyAug 4 · 17 km/hNov 14 · 8 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan13light breeze
Feb14light breeze
Mar12calm
Apr9calm
May10calm
Jun12light breeze
Jul16light breeze
Aug16light breeze
Sep13light breeze
Oct10calm
Nov8calm
Dec11calm

Best time to visit Fakfak

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Fakfak throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around mid October, Fakfak is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Fakfak for general outdoor tourist activities is from late June to late October, with a peak score in the second week of August.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 11 · 5.6

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan3.5poor
Feb3.5fair
Mar3.5fair
Apr3.5fair
May4.0fair
Jun4.3fair
Jul4.9fair
Aug5.4fair
Sep4.9fair
Oct4.5fair
Nov3.9fair
Dec3.5poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Fakfak for hot-weather activities is from mid June to early November, with a peak score in the second week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 12 · 5.2

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Fakfak, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

Fakfak packs about the same all year — highs hold near 27°C. Across the year the things worth having are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In May, Fakfak sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 25°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 27 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Fakfak

Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 24 km away) is warmest in April at about 30°C and coldest in August near 27°C.

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

26°28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan29Tropical
Feb29Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr30Tropical
May29Tropical
Jun28Tropical
Jul27Warm
Aug27Warm
Sep27Warm
Oct28Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec30Tropical

UV index (midday) in Fakfak by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Fakfak peaks around March 13 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 11 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 13UV 16Jun 22UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct15Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Average hourly UV index in Fakfak

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in March the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 7 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan8.56.5
Feb8.57
Mar8.57
Apr8.56.5
May7.56
Jun7.55.5
Jul7.55.5
Aug86
Sep86.5
Oct8.56.5
Nov86.5
Dec86
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Fakfak is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Fakfak banks about 5,609 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around May.

02,0004,0006,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan483
Feb435
Mar480
Apr469
May490
Jun460
Jul458
Aug451
Sep446
Oct478
Nov472
Dec487

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Fakfak receives about 5.4 kWh/m² a day of solar energy — bright — and it stays remarkably steady, holding between 4.8 and 6.0 kWh/m² all year. For solar panels, output here is a flat line, not a seasonal wave.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmoderatebrightintenseOct 166.0 kWhJun 244.8 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan5.4Bright
Feb5.4Bright
Mar5.4Bright
Apr5.1Bright
May5.3Bright
Jun4.9Bright
Jul4.9Bright
Aug5.3Bright
Sep5.7Bright
Oct6.0Bright
Nov5.8Bright
Dec5.3Bright

Where is Fakfak?

Fakfak sits at 2.9°S, 132.3°E, 71 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Bintuni, 164 km away.

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Topography around Fakfak

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Fakfak has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 378 m around an average of 113 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,048 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,439 m.

The land around Fakfak is covered by trees (56%) and water (34%) within 3 km, trees (60%) and water (40%) within 16 km, and water (70%) and trees (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
378 m
16 km
1,048 m
80 km
1,439 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Bintuni 164 km · Teminabuan 168 km · Sorong 255 km · Ransiki 261 km · Manokwari 302 km · Tual 305 km · Nabire 359 km · Waisai 359 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 Fakfak (-2.9248°, 132.2981°, elevation 71 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).