Kupang weather in February

In February, Kupang sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 242 mm of rain across 25.2 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in February, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of February to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Kupang's 11th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kupang's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
12th warmest
Overnight low
25°
9th coldest
Rainfall
242 mm
25.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
5:50 AM – 6:10 PM
Cloud cover
84%
11th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.26 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.9
out of 10

Kupang is administrative city in Kupang Regency, Indonesia.

Founded
1978

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

Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical February day in Kupang reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with January and about 1°C cooler than March.

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How February really feels in Kupang

Once humidity and wind are folded in, February averages 28 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
28
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in February is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Kupang weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 25°27226.912.52.9
Feb30° / 25°24225.212.32.9
Mar31° / 25°19922.612.13.3
Apr32° / 25°7811.111.83.8
May32° / 25°233.711.54.5
Jun32° / 24°151.911.45.2
Jul31° / 23°4111.55.5
Aug32° / 23°20.511.75.2
Sep33° / 23°40.811.94.5
Oct34° / 25°183.512.23.6
Nov34° / 26°7310.512.53.0
Dec31° / 25°23624.512.62.8

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 85%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11189
21189
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41387
51387
61585
71684
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Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Kupang gets around 242 mm of rain over 25.2 wet days in February. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 90% and peaks near 91% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
191
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791
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Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, February lands in the miserable band about 85% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
11387
21387
31288
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51288
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101387
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Wind in February

Winds average 11 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
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Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of February to 12 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 5:46 AM to 5:52 AM, and sunset from 6:12 PM to 6:06 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.45:466:12
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312.45:476:12
412.45:476:12
512.45:476:12
612.45:486:12
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Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 5.26 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.04 kWh/m² to a high of 7.07 kWh/m² in October across the year — February's 5.26 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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

Hazard calendar for Kupang

In seasonPeak

In February, Kupang sits inside its cyclone and monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Kupang sits in the South Indian Ocean cyclone belt; the season peaks January–March.

Kupang's monsoon runs December–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Cyclone
Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is February a good time to visit Kupang?

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

2.9
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
4.0
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kupang.

What to pack for Kupang in February

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

In February, Kupang sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 25 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Kupang in February

The nearest coast averages about 29°C in February — 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 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
Apr29Tropical
May28Tropical
Jun28Warm
Jul27Warm
Aug27Warm
Sep27Warm
Oct28Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec30Tropical

UV index in Kupang in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 16 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kupang peaks around February 20 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeFeb 20UV 16Jun 20UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec13Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Kupang?

Kupang sits at 10.2°S, 123.6°E, 94 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Soe, 82 km away.

Topography around Kupang

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kupang has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 201 m around an average of 79 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 510 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,713 m.

The land around Kupang is covered by artificial surfaces (64%) within 3 km, water (43%), trees (27%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and water (63%) and trees (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
201 m
16 km
510 m
80 km
1,713 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
February weather nearby: Soe 82 km · Kefamenanu 125 km · Atambua 184 km · Lewoleba 201 km · Suai 204 km · Maliana 220 km · Maumere 231 km · Atsabe 240 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 Kupang (-10.1708°, 123.6069°, elevation 94 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). 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).