Maumere weather in August

In August, Maumere sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 4 mm of rain across 1 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 63% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 36 min at the start of August to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Maumere's 1st-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Maumere's year-round climate.

Daytime high
27°
11th warmest
Overnight low
25°
1st coldest
Rainfall
4 mm
1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
6:04 AM – 5:47 PM
Cloud cover
35%
1st clearest
Wind
9 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
6.2 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.3
out of 10

Maumere is place in Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia.

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

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month.

A typical August day in Maumere reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Maumere

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

August sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Maumere 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 26°20626.812.43.7
Feb27° / 25°18924.812.33.7
Mar28° / 26°16623.412.14.4
Apr28° / 26°10114.711.85.4
May28° / 26°467.211.67.0
Jun27° / 25°183.911.57.6
Jul27° / 25°122.311.58.1
Aug27° / 25°4111.78.3
Sep28° / 25°81.811.98.0
Oct28° / 26°266.512.26.5
Nov29° / 26°851712.44.7
Dec28° / 26°22026.912.53.6

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 63% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 21%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Maumere gets around 4 mm of rain over 1 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 3% and peaks near 5% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
14
24
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the muggy band about 61% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 95% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
137126
237027
337027
446927
546927
646828
756728
856728
956629
1056629
1166430
1266430
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Wind in August

Winds average 9 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
110calm
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510calm
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129calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 36 min at the start of August to 11 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:09 AM to 5:56 AM, and sunset from 5:46 PM to 5:46 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.66:095:46
211.66:085:46
311.66:085:46
411.66:085:46
511.66:085:46
611.66:075:46
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6.2 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.31 kWh/m² to a high of 7.15 kWh/m² in October across the year — August's 6.2 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.9Bright
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Maumere

In seasonPeak

None of Maumere's seasonal hazards are active in August. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

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

Maumere's monsoon runs December–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is August a good time to visit Maumere?

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

8.3
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
8.3
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is one of the better times to visit Maumere for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Maumere in August

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

In August, Maumere sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 25°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes.

sun protectionlight clothes

Sea temperature near Maumere in August

The nearest coast averages about 27°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 18 km away) is warmest in November 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
May29Tropical
Jun28Tropical
Jul27Warm
Aug27Warm
Sep28Warm
Oct29Tropical
Nov30Tropical
Dec30Tropical

UV index in Maumere in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Maumere peaks around March 10 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 10 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 highExtremeMar 10UV 15Jul 10UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug12Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Maumere in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Maumere is worst in October — around 25 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.1× the cleanest month (March, 8 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateOct 1724 µg/m³Mar 178 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb8Good
Mar8Good
Apr8Good
May10Good
Jun11Good
Jul10Good
Aug11Good
Sep18Moderate
Oct25Moderate
Nov18Moderate
Dec12Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Maumere?

Maumere sits at 8.6°S, 122.2°E, 18 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Ende, 65 km away.

Topography around Maumere

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Maumere has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 188 m around an average of 31 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,413 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,706 m.

The land around Maumere is covered by trees (31%) and water (31%) within 3 km, trees (50%) and water (43%) within 16 km, and water (75%) and trees (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
188 m
16 km
1,413 m
80 km
1,706 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswatermangroves
August weather nearby: Ende 65 km · Lewoleba 136 km · Ruteng 192 km · Kupang 231 km · Waingapu 243 km · Labuan Bajo 256 km · Kalabahi 261 km · Kefamenanu 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 Maumere (-8.6199°, 122.2111°, elevation 18 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).