Kupang weather in January

In January, Kupang sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 272 mm of rain across 26.9 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 1st-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 3% of the time in January, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of January to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Kupang's 12th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kupang's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 25°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 272 mm; 26.9 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 30 min; 5:39 AM – 6:11 PM
Cloud cover: 87%; 12th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 5.27 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.

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

A typical January 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, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and on par with February.

	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)	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
Avg low (°C)	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25

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

How January really feels in Kupang

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 31 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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Kupang weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	30° / 25°	272	26.9	12.5	2.9
Feb	30° / 25°	242	25.2	12.3	2.9
Mar	31° / 25°	199	22.6	12.1	3.3
Apr	32° / 25°	78	11.1	11.8	3.8
May	32° / 25°	23	3.7	11.5	4.5
Jun	32° / 24°	15	1.9	11.4	5.2
Jul	31° / 23°	4	1	11.5	5.5
Aug	32° / 23°	2	0.5	11.7	5.2
Sep	33° / 23°	4	0.8	11.9	4.5
Oct	34° / 25°	18	3.5	12.2	3.6
Nov	34° / 26°	73	10.5	12.5	3.0
Dec	31° / 25°	236	24.5	12.6	2.8

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 89%.

	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 (%)	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10
Cloudier (%)	89	88	88	88	88	88	88	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	88	89	90	90	90	90	90	90	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	90

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	11	89
2	12	88
3	12	88
4	12	88
5	12	88
6	12	88
7	12	88
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	13	87
16	12	88
17	11	89
18	10	90
19	10	90
20	10	90
21	10	90
22	10	90
23	10	90
24	9	91
25	9	91
26	9	91
27	9	91
28	9	91
29	9	91
30	9	91
31	10	90

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Kupang gets around 272 mm of rain over 26.9 wet days in January, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 87% and peaks near 91% 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 (%)	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	84	84	85	85	86	87	87	88	88	89	89	90	90	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91

	Rain chance (%)
1	83
2	83
3	83
4	83
5	83
6	83
7	83
8	83
9	83
10	83
11	84
12	84
13	85
14	85
15	86
16	87
17	87
18	88
19	88
20	89
21	89
22	90
23	90
24	91
25	91
26	91
27	91
28	91
29	91
30	91
31	91

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the miserable band about 81% 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
Oppressive (%)	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	20	20	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	19	18	17	16	15	15	14	14	13	13
Miserable (%)	82	82	82	82	82	81	81	80	80	79	79	79	78	78	78	78	79	79	79	80	80	81	82	83	84	85	85	86	86	87	87

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	18	82
4	18	82
5	18	82
6	19	81
7	19	81
8	20	80
9	20	80
10	21	79
11	21	79
12	21	79
13	22	78
14	22	78
15	22	78
16	22	78
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	21	79
20	20	80
21	20	80
22	19	81
23	18	82
24	17	83
25	16	84
26	15	85
27	15	85
28	14	86
29	14	86
30	13	87
31	13	87

Wind in January

Winds average 11 km/h in January.

Across January, 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.

	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)	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 min at the start of January to 12 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 5:31 AM to 5:45 AM, and sunset from 6:06 PM to 6:12 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)	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	5:31	5:32	5:32	5:33	5:33	5:34	5:34	5:35	5:35	5:36	5:36	5:37	5:37	5:38	5:38	5:39	5:39	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:45
Sunset (PM)	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.6	5:31	6:06
2	12.6	5:32	6:07
3	12.6	5:32	6:07
4	12.6	5:33	6:07
5	12.6	5:33	6:08
6	12.6	5:34	6:08
7	12.6	5:34	6:08
8	12.6	5:35	6:09
9	12.6	5:35	6:09
10	12.6	5:36	6:09
11	12.6	5:36	6:10
12	12.6	5:37	6:10
13	12.5	5:37	6:10
14	12.5	5:38	6:10
15	12.5	5:38	6:11
16	12.5	5:39	6:11
17	12.5	5:39	6:11
18	12.5	5:40	6:11
19	12.5	5:40	6:11
20	12.5	5:41	6:12
21	12.5	5:41	6:12
22	12.5	5:42	6:12
23	12.5	5:42	6:12
24	12.5	5:43	6:12
25	12.5	5:43	6:12
26	12.5	5:43	6:12
27	12.5	5:44	6:12
28	12.5	5:44	6:12
29	12.5	5:45	6:12
30	12.5	5:45	6:12
31	12.4	5:45	6:12

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.27 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 — January's 5.27 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	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)	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2
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	5.4	Bright
2	5.4	Bright
3	5.4	Bright
4	5.4	Bright
5	5.4	Bright
6	5.4	Bright
7	5.4	Bright
8	5.4	Bright
9	5.3	Bright
10	5.3	Bright
11	5.3	Bright
12	5.3	Bright
13	5.3	Bright
14	5.3	Bright
15	5.2	Bright
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17	5.2	Bright
18	5.2	Bright
19	5.2	Bright
20	5.2	Bright
21	5.1	Bright
22	5.1	Bright
23	5.1	Bright
24	5.1	Bright
25	5.1	Bright
26	5.1	Bright
27	5.1	Bright
28	5.2	Bright
29	5.2	Bright
30	5.2	Bright
31	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Kupang

In seasonPeak

In January, 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 January a good time to visit Kupang?

Our two travel scores rate January 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

11th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kupang.

What to pack for Kupang in January

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

In January, Kupang sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 27 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Kupang in January

The nearest coast averages about 29°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 27°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	28	28	27	27	27	28	29	30
Comfort	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	29	Tropical
Feb	29	Tropical
Mar	29	Tropical
Apr	29	Tropical
May	28	Tropical
Jun	28	Warm
Jul	27	Warm
Aug	27	Warm
Sep	27	Warm
Oct	28	Tropical
Nov	29	Tropical
Dec	30	Tropical

UV index in Kupang in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 14 (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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	14	16	15	14	11	9	9	12	13	13	14	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	16	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

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

artificial surfaces 64%

16 km

510 m

water 43%

80 km

1,713 m

water 63%

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← December Kupang year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January 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

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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	11	89
2	12	88
3	12	88
4	12	88
5	12	88
6	12	88
7	12	88
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	13	87
16	12	88
17	11	89
18	10	90
19	10	90
20	10	90
21	10	90
22	10	90
23	10	90
24	9	91
25	9	91
26	9	91
27	9	91
28	9	91
29	9	91
30	9	91
31	10	90

	Rain chance (%)
1	83
2	83
3	83
4	83
5	83
6	83
7	83
8	83
9	83
10	83
11	84
12	84
13	85
14	85
15	86
16	87
17	87
18	88
19	88
20	89
21	89
22	90
23	90
24	91
25	91
26	91
27	91
28	91
29	91
30	91
31	91

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	18	82
4	18	82
5	18	82
6	19	81
7	19	81
8	20	80
9	20	80
10	21	79
11	21	79
12	21	79
13	22	78
14	22	78
15	22	78
16	22	78
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	21	79
20	20	80
21	20	80
22	19	81
23	18	82
24	17	83
25	16	84
26	15	85
27	15	85
28	14	86
29	14	86
30	13	87
31	13	87

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	11	89
2	12	88
3	12	88
4	12	88
5	12	88
6	12	88
7	12	88
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	13	87
16	12	88
17	11	89
18	10	90
19	10	90
20	10	90
21	10	90
22	10	90
23	10	90
24	9	91
25	9	91
26	9	91
27	9	91
28	9	91
29	9	91
30	9	91
31	10	90

	Rain chance (%)
1	83
2	83
3	83
4	83
5	83
6	83
7	83
8	83
9	83
10	83
11	84
12	84
13	85
14	85
15	86
16	87
17	87
18	88
19	88
20	89
21	89
22	90
23	90
24	91
25	91
26	91
27	91
28	91
29	91
30	91
31	91

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	18	82
4	18	82
5	18	82
6	19	81
7	19	81
8	20	80
9	20	80
10	21	79
11	21	79
12	21	79
13	22	78
14	22	78
15	22	78
16	22	78
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	21	79
20	20	80
21	20	80
22	19	81
23	18	82
24	17	83
25	16	84
26	15	85
27	15	85
28	14	86
29	14	86
30	13	87
31	13	87

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	11	89
2	12	88
3	12	88
4	12	88
5	12	88
6	12	88
7	12	88
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	13	87
16	12	88
17	11	89
18	10	90
19	10	90
20	10	90
21	10	90
22	10	90
23	10	90
24	9	91
25	9	91
26	9	91
27	9	91
28	9	91
29	9	91
30	9	91
31	10	90

	Rain chance (%)
1	83
2	83
3	83
4	83
5	83
6	83
7	83
8	83
9	83
10	83
11	84
12	84
13	85
14	85
15	86
16	87
17	87
18	88
19	88
20	89
21	89
22	90
23	90
24	91
25	91
26	91
27	91
28	91
29	91
30	91
31	91

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	18	82
4	18	82
5	18	82
6	19	81
7	19	81
8	20	80
9	20	80
10	21	79
11	21	79
12	21	79
13	22	78
14	22	78
15	22	78
16	22	78
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	21	79
20	20	80
21	20	80
22	19	81
23	18	82
24	17	83
25	16	84
26	15	85
27	15	85
28	14	86
29	14	86
30	13	87
31	13	87