Nabire weather in August

In August, Nabire sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 204 mm of rain across 22.6 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% 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 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Nabire's 1st-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nabire's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
9th warmest
Overnight low
25°
1st coldest
Rainfall
204 mm
22.6 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
6:05 AM – 5:59 PM
Cloud cover
74%
1st clearest
Wind
7 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
4.87 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.4
out of 10

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical August day in Nabire reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 29°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 Nabire

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.

Nabire weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 9th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 25°32527.612.23.5
Feb28° / 25°30524.712.13.6
Mar28° / 25°36527.7123.6
Apr28° / 25°37326.711.93.4
May28° / 25°25425.611.83.8
Jun28° / 25°23124.511.84.1
Jul28° / 25°18523.111.84.3
Aug28° / 25°20422.611.94.4
Sep28° / 25°25524.7124.0
Oct28° / 25°25025.612.13.8
Nov28° / 25°28025.212.23.5
Dec28° / 26°28827.812.23.3

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% 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 75%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12476
22476
32575
42575
52575
62575
72575
82674
92674
102674
112872
122872
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Nabire gets around 204 mm of rain over 22.6 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 73% and peaks near 82% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
172
272
373
473
572
672
772
872
971
1071
1171
1271
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1570
1670
1770
1871
1971
2071
2172
2273
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2475
2576
2677
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2879
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3081
3182

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 98% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
11981
21981
31981
41981
51981
62971
72971
82971
92971
102971
112971
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Wind in August

Winds average 7 km/h in August, the windiest month of the year.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
157calm
167calm
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216calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 0 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:08 AM to 6:00 AM, and sunset from 6:00 PM to 5:56 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.96:086:00
211.96:086:00
311.96:086:00
411.96:086:00
511.96:086:00
611.96:086:00
711.96:086:00
811.96:075:59
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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 4.87 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.44 kWh/m² to a high of 5.4 kWh/m² in October across the year — August's 4.87 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.6Bright
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34.7Bright
44.7Bright
54.7Bright
64.7Bright
74.7Bright
84.8Bright
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255.0Bright
265.0Bright
275.0Bright
285.0Bright
295.0Bright
305.0Bright
315.0Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Nabire?

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

4.4
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
4.7
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Nabire for sightseeing.

What to pack for Nabire in August

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

In August, Nabire sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Nabire in August

The nearest coast averages about 29°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 14 km away) is warmest in November at about 30°C and coldest in July near 29°C.

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

28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan30Tropical
Feb30Tropical
Mar30Tropical
Apr30Tropical
May30Tropical
Jun29Tropical
Jul29Tropical
Aug29Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct30Tropical
Nov30Tropical
Dec30Tropical

UV index in Nabire 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 Nabire peaks around March 10 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 11 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 10UV 16Jun 22UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Nabire?

Nabire sits at 3.4°S, 135.5°E, 8 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Timika, 191 km away.

DoboManokwariTiom

Topography around Nabire

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nabire has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 175 m around an average of 12 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 832 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,716 m.

The land around Nabire is covered by water (41%) and trees (35%) within 3 km, trees (56%) and water (38%) within 16 km, and trees (70%) and water (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
175 m
16 km
832 m
80 km
3,716 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswatermangroves
August weather nearby: Timika 191 km · Biak 251 km · Ransiki 253 km · Bintuni 260 km · Mulia 279 km · Dobo 302 km · Manokwari 320 km · Tiom 334 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 Nabire (-3.3599°, 135.5007°, elevation 8 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).