Kawasi weather in August

In August, Kawasi sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 182 mm of rain across 17.6 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of August to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Kawasi's 1st-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kawasi's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 26°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 23°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 182 mm; 17.6 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 54 min; 6:36 AM – 6:33 PM
Cloud cover: 70%; 1st clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 5.74 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.3; out of 10

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month.

A typical August day in Kawasi reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26
Avg low (°C)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	23
2	26	23
3	26	23
4	26	23
5	26	23
6	26	23
7	26	23
8	26	23
9	26	23
10	26	23
11	26	23
12	26	23
13	26	23
14	26	23
15	26	23
16	26	23
17	26	23
18	26	23
19	26	23
20	26	23
21	26	23
22	26	23
23	26	23
24	26	23
25	26	23
26	26	23
27	26	23
28	26	23
29	26	23
30	26	23
31	26	23

Kawasi weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 11th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	27° / 24°	293	28.3	12.1	3.6
Feb	27° / 24°	253	24.7	12.1	3.7
Mar	27° / 24°	325	27.9	12	3.7
Apr	27° / 24°	340	28.5	12	3.5
May	27° / 24°	304	26.3	11.9	4.0
Jun	27° / 24°	302	24.4	11.9	4.2
Jul	26° / 24°	238	22.1	11.9	4.7
Aug	26° / 23°	182	17.6	11.9	5.3
Sep	27° / 24°	195	19.9	12	4.9
Oct	27° / 24°	207	21.7	12	4.6
Nov	27° / 24°	242	25.9	12.1	3.9
Dec	27° / 24°	294	29.2	12.1	3.5

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 68%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	33	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	32	32	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	34	34	33	33	33	33	31	31	31	31
Cloudier (%)	67	66	66	66	66	66	66	67	68	68	69	69	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	67	67	66	66	67	67	67	67	69	69	69	69

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	34	66
5	34	66
6	34	66
7	34	66
8	33	67
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	31	69
12	31	69
13	32	68
14	32	68
15	32	68
16	32	68
17	32	68
18	32	68
19	32	68
20	33	67
21	33	67
22	34	66
23	34	66
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	33	67
27	33	67
28	31	69
29	31	69
30	31	69
31	31	69

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Kawasi gets around 182 mm of rain over 17.6 wet days in August, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 57% and peaks near 64% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	57	56	55	54	54	54	54	54	54	55	55	55	56	56	56	56	57	57	57	58	58	59	59	60	60	61	61	62	63	64	64

	Rain chance (%)
1	57
2	56
3	55
4	54
5	54
6	54
7	54
8	54
9	54
10	55
11	55
12	55
13	56
14	56
15	56
16	56
17	57
18	57
19	57
20	58
21	58
22	59
23	59
24	60
25	60
26	61
27	61
28	62
29	63
30	64
31	64

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the oppressive band about 82% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Muggy (%)	18	18	19	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	19	19	18	18	17	17	16	15	14	13	13	12	11	11	11
Oppressive (%)	82	82	81	80	80	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	80	80	81	81	82	82	83	83	84	85	86	87	87	88	89	89	89

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	19	81
4	20	80
5	20	80
6	21	79
7	21	79
8	21	79
9	21	79
10	21	79
11	21	79
12	21	79
13	21	79
14	21	79
15	20	80
16	20	80
17	19	81
18	19	81
19	18	82
20	18	82
21	17	83
22	17	83
23	16	84
24	15	85
25	14	86
26	13	87
27	13	87
28	12	88
29	11	89
30	11	89
31	11	89

Wind in August

Winds average 12 km/h in August, the windiest month of the year.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	13	light breeze
2	13	light breeze
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18	12	light breeze
19	12	light breeze
20	12	light breeze
21	12	calm
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23	12	calm
24	12	calm
25	11	calm
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27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of August to 12 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:39 AM to 6:31 AM, and sunset from 6:34 PM to 6:29 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0
Sunrise (AM)	6:39	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:31
Sunset (PM)	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:29

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.9	6:39	6:34
2	11.9	6:38	6:34
3	11.9	6:38	6:34
4	11.9	6:38	6:34
5	11.9	6:38	6:34
6	11.9	6:38	6:34
7	11.9	6:38	6:34
8	11.9	6:38	6:34
9	11.9	6:37	6:34
10	11.9	6:37	6:34
11	11.9	6:37	6:34
12	11.9	6:37	6:33
13	11.9	6:37	6:33
14	11.9	6:37	6:33
15	11.9	6:36	6:33
16	11.9	6:36	6:33
17	11.9	6:36	6:33
18	12.0	6:36	6:33
19	12.0	6:35	6:32
20	12.0	6:35	6:32
21	12.0	6:35	6:32
22	12.0	6:34	6:32
23	12.0	6:34	6:32
24	12.0	6:34	6:31
25	12.0	6:33	6:31
26	12.0	6:33	6:31
27	12.0	6:33	6:31
28	12.0	6:32	6:30
29	12.0	6:32	6:30
30	12.0	6:32	6:30
31	12.0	6:31	6:29

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.74 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5 kWh/m² to a high of 6.24 kWh/m² in October across the year — August's 5.74 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.5	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.5	Bright
7	5.6	Bright
8	5.6	Bright
9	5.6	Bright
10	5.6	Bright
11	5.6	Bright
12	5.7	Bright
13	5.7	Bright
14	5.7	Bright
15	5.7	Bright
16	5.7	Bright
17	5.8	Bright
18	5.8	Bright
19	5.8	Bright
20	5.8	Bright
21	5.8	Bright
22	5.8	Bright
23	5.8	Bright
24	5.9	Bright
25	5.9	Bright
26	5.9	Bright
27	5.9	Bright
28	5.9	Bright
29	5.9	Bright
30	5.9	Bright
31	5.9	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Kawasi?

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

5.3

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

5.2

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Kawasi for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kawasi in August

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

In August, Kawasi sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 23°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Kawasi in August

The nearest coast averages about 28°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	29	29	29
Comfort	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Warm	Warm	Warm	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	29	Tropical
Feb	29	Tropical
Mar	29	Tropical
Apr	29	Tropical
May	29	Tropical
Jun	29	Tropical
Jul	28	Warm
Aug	28	Warm
Sep	28	Warm
Oct	29	Tropical
Nov	29	Tropical
Dec	29	Tropical

UV index in Kawasi in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	14	16	16	14	13	12	11	13	14	15	13	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	16	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	15	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Location & terrain

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

trees 47%

16 km

759 m

water 57%

80 km

1,553 m

water 79%

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← July Kawasi year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather 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

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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	23
2	26	23
3	26	23
4	26	23
5	26	23
6	26	23
7	26	23
8	26	23
9	26	23
10	26	23
11	26	23
12	26	23
13	26	23
14	26	23
15	26	23
16	26	23
17	26	23
18	26	23
19	26	23
20	26	23
21	26	23
22	26	23
23	26	23
24	26	23
25	26	23
26	26	23
27	26	23
28	26	23
29	26	23
30	26	23
31	26	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	34	66
5	34	66
6	34	66
7	34	66
8	33	67
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	31	69
12	31	69
13	32	68
14	32	68
15	32	68
16	32	68
17	32	68
18	32	68
19	32	68
20	33	67
21	33	67
22	34	66
23	34	66
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	33	67
27	33	67
28	31	69
29	31	69
30	31	69
31	31	69

	Rain chance (%)
1	57
2	56
3	55
4	54
5	54
6	54
7	54
8	54
9	54
10	55
11	55
12	55
13	56
14	56
15	56
16	56
17	57
18	57
19	57
20	58
21	58
22	59
23	59
24	60
25	60
26	61
27	61
28	62
29	63
30	64
31	64

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	19	81
4	20	80
5	20	80
6	21	79
7	21	79
8	21	79
9	21	79
10	21	79
11	21	79
12	21	79
13	21	79
14	21	79
15	20	80
16	20	80
17	19	81
18	19	81
19	18	82
20	18	82
21	17	83
22	17	83
23	16	84
24	15	85
25	14	86
26	13	87
27	13	87
28	12	88
29	11	89
30	11	89
31	11	89

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	23
2	26	23
3	26	23
4	26	23
5	26	23
6	26	23
7	26	23
8	26	23
9	26	23
10	26	23
11	26	23
12	26	23
13	26	23
14	26	23
15	26	23
16	26	23
17	26	23
18	26	23
19	26	23
20	26	23
21	26	23
22	26	23
23	26	23
24	26	23
25	26	23
26	26	23
27	26	23
28	26	23
29	26	23
30	26	23
31	26	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	34	66
5	34	66
6	34	66
7	34	66
8	33	67
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	31	69
12	31	69
13	32	68
14	32	68
15	32	68
16	32	68
17	32	68
18	32	68
19	32	68
20	33	67
21	33	67
22	34	66
23	34	66
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	33	67
27	33	67
28	31	69
29	31	69
30	31	69
31	31	69

	Rain chance (%)
1	57
2	56
3	55
4	54
5	54
6	54
7	54
8	54
9	54
10	55
11	55
12	55
13	56
14	56
15	56
16	56
17	57
18	57
19	57
20	58
21	58
22	59
23	59
24	60
25	60
26	61
27	61
28	62
29	63
30	64
31	64

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	19	81
4	20	80
5	20	80
6	21	79
7	21	79
8	21	79
9	21	79
10	21	79
11	21	79
12	21	79
13	21	79
14	21	79
15	20	80
16	20	80
17	19	81
18	19	81
19	18	82
20	18	82
21	17	83
22	17	83
23	16	84
24	15	85
25	14	86
26	13	87
27	13	87
28	12	88
29	11	89
30	11	89
31	11	89

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	23
2	26	23
3	26	23
4	26	23
5	26	23
6	26	23
7	26	23
8	26	23
9	26	23
10	26	23
11	26	23
12	26	23
13	26	23
14	26	23
15	26	23
16	26	23
17	26	23
18	26	23
19	26	23
20	26	23
21	26	23
22	26	23
23	26	23
24	26	23
25	26	23
26	26	23
27	26	23
28	26	23
29	26	23
30	26	23
31	26	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	34	66
5	34	66
6	34	66
7	34	66
8	33	67
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	31	69
12	31	69
13	32	68
14	32	68
15	32	68
16	32	68
17	32	68
18	32	68
19	32	68
20	33	67
21	33	67
22	34	66
23	34	66
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	33	67
27	33	67
28	31	69
29	31	69
30	31	69
31	31	69

	Rain chance (%)
1	57
2	56
3	55
4	54
5	54
6	54
7	54
8	54
9	54
10	55
11	55
12	55
13	56
14	56
15	56
16	56
17	57
18	57
19	57
20	58
21	58
22	59
23	59
24	60
25	60
26	61
27	61
28	62
29	63
30	64
31	64

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	19	81
4	20	80
5	20	80
6	21	79
7	21	79
8	21	79
9	21	79
10	21	79
11	21	79
12	21	79
13	21	79
14	21	79
15	20	80
16	20	80
17	19	81
18	19	81
19	18	82
20	18	82
21	17	83
22	17	83
23	16	84
24	15	85
25	14	86
26	13	87
27	13	87
28	12	88
29	11	89
30	11	89
31	11	89