Climate and average weather in Kawasi

In Kawasi, 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 early November

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

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

Hottest
May
27°
Coldest
Jul
24°
Wettest
Apr
340 mm
Driest
Aug
182 mm
Rain / yr
3175 mm
297 wet days
Daylight
11.9–12.1 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
3 m
1.6°S
Clearest
Aug
70% cloud

Kawasi 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 early November.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

Temperatures in Kawasi 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 24°C; the coolest is July, with an average low of 24°C and high of 26°C.

Days typically run about 3°C warmer than nights year-round.

18°20°22°24°26°28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2724
Feb2724
Mar2724
Apr2724
May2724
Jun2724
Jul2624
Aug2623
Sep2724
Oct2724
Nov2724
Dec2724

Average hourly temperature in Kawasi

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 July, near 24°C.

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

Kawasi 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° / 24°29328.312.13.6
Feb27° / 24°25324.712.13.7
Mar27° / 24°32527.9123.7
Apr27° / 24°34028.5123.5
May27° / 24°30426.311.94.0
Jun27° / 24°30224.411.94.2
Jul26° / 24°23822.111.94.7
Aug26° / 23°18217.611.95.3
Sep27° / 24°19519.9124.9
Oct27° / 24°20721.7124.6
Nov27° / 24°24225.912.13.9
Dec27° / 24°29429.212.13.5

Chance of rain

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

Kawasi gets about 3175 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 7.2 months, from around Nov 8 to Jun 13, peaking in April at about 95% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Aug 9.

April is the wettest month by volume, with 340 mm over about 29 wet days; August is the driest, with 182 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%110%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetApr 23 · 95%Aug 9 · 55%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan9128
Feb8825
Mar9028
Apr9529
May8626
Jun8124
Jul7022
Aug5818
Sep6620
Oct7122
Nov8526
Dec9429

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Kawasi collects about 3175 mm of rain across 297 wet days — roughly 265 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. April is the wettest month with 340 mm, while August is the driest at just 182 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 31% of the year’s total.

050100150200250300350400JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec293253325340304302238182195207242294
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan29328
Feb25325
Mar32528
Apr34029
May30426
Jun30224
Jul23822
Aug18218
Sep19520
Oct20722
Nov24226
Dec29429

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Kawasi, 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 May 6 and lasts for 6.4 months, ending around November 16. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 32% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around November 17 and lasts for 5.6 months, ending around May 5. The cloudiest month is February, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 92% 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAug 2 · 33%Feb 4 · 6%mostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan892
Feb892
Mar1387
Apr1387
May2575
Jun2278
Jul2773
Aug3268
Sep2773
Oct2872
Nov2080
Dec991

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, Kawasi barely changes through the year: days stay near 12 h 06 min of light in every season.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan12.16:376:42
Feb12.16:436:47
Mar12.06:406:40
Apr12.06:326:30
May11.96:296:24
Jun11.96:336:28
Jul11.96:396:33
Aug11.96:366:33
Sep12.06:256:24
Oct12.06:146:16
Nov12.16:136:18
Dec12.16:246:29

Sunny days

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

Kawasi averages about 2 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 1 and 4 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 6.3 months, from around May 7 to Nov 15. The sunniest month is May, with roughly 3 sunny days (gloomy).

The greyest month is December, down near 1 sunny days — about 70% fewer than the May peak.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedMay 204 daysDec 241 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan1Gloomy
Feb1Gloomy
Mar1Gloomy
Apr1Gloomy
May3Gloomy
Jun3Gloomy
Jul3Gloomy
Aug4Gloomy
Sep3Gloomy
Oct3Gloomy
Nov2Gloomy
Dec1Gloomy

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.

Kawasi 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecoppressivemuggy
Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan0991
Feb0990
Mar0991
Apr0991
May0964
Jun2970
Jul9910
Aug17830
Sep10900
Oct5950
Nov0991
Dec0973

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 Kawasi is typically calm, near 9 km/h, and varies moderately with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 3.1 months, from around Jun 24 to Sep 26. The windiest month is August, averaging about 12 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Sep 27 to Dec 12, with November the calmest month at about 7 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmerwindiercalmercalmlight breezeAug 6 · 13 km/hNov 8 · 7 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan11calm
Feb11calm
Mar10calm
Apr8calm
May7calm
Jun9calm
Jul11calm
Aug12light breeze
Sep10calm
Oct8calm
Nov7calm
Dec10calm

Best time to visit Kawasi

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around late October, Kawasi 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 Kawasi for general outdoor tourist activities is from late June to early November, with a peak score in the second week of August.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 9 · 5.4

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
Jan3.6fair
Feb3.7fair
Mar3.7fair
Apr3.5fair
May4.0fair
Jun4.2fair
Jul4.7fair
Aug5.3fair
Sep4.9fair
Oct4.6fair
Nov3.9fair
Dec3.5fair

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 Kawasi for hot-weather activities is from mid June to mid November, with a peak score in the second week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 9 · 5.3

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 Kawasi, 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.

Kawasi 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, Kawasi sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Kawasi

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

The sea offshore is warmest in April at about 29°C and coldest in August near 28°C.

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

26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan29Tropical
Feb29Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr29Tropical
May29Tropical
Jun29Tropical
Jul28Warm
Aug28Warm
Sep28Warm
Oct29Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec29Tropical

UV index (midday) in Kawasi 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 Kawasi peaks around February 20 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 12 at about 11 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeFeb 20UV 16Jul 12UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct15Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Average hourly UV index in Kawasi

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 February 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)
Jan86.5
Feb8.57
Mar8.56.5
Apr8.56.5
May86
Jun86
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

Kawasi 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. Kawasi banks about 5,620 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)
Jan481
Feb436
Mar483
Apr470
May488
Jun458
Jul461
Aug459
Sep451
Oct479
Nov471
Dec485

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.

Kawasi receives about 5.6 kWh/m² a day of solar energy — bright — and it stays remarkably steady, holding between 5.0 and 6.3 kWh/m² all year. For solar panels, output here is a flat line, not a seasonal wave.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmoderatebrightintenseOct 166.3 kWhJun 165.0 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan5.6Bright
Feb5.7Bright
Mar5.8Bright
Apr5.5Bright
May5.4Bright
Jun5.0Bright
Jul5.2Bright
Aug5.7Bright
Sep6.0Intense
Oct6.2Intense
Nov6.0Bright
Dec5.5Bright

Where is Kawasi?

Kawasi sits at 1.6°S, 127.4°E, 3 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Sanana, 167 km away.

Topography around Kawasi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kawasi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 121 m around an average of 16 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 759 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,553 m.

The land around Kawasi is covered by trees (47%) and water (46%) within 3 km, water (57%) and trees (39%) within 16 km, and water (79%) and trees (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
121 m
16 km
759 m
80 km
1,553 m
treesgrasslandbare terrainwater
Nearby: Sanana 167 km · Namlea 189 km · Ambon 249 km · Amahai 257 km · Masohi 257 km · Sofifi 259 km · Namrole 262 km · Ternate 265 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 Kawasi (-1.5912°, 127.4071°, elevation 3 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).