Nabire weather in October

In October, Nabire sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 250 mm of rain across 25.6 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 9th-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 4% of the time in October, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of October to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Nabire's 6th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nabire's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 3rd warmest
Overnight low: 25°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 250 mm; 25.6 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 06 min; 5:41 AM – 5:45 PM
Cloud cover: 81%; 6th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 5.4 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.8; out of 10

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Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

A typical October 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, October runs on par with September and on par with November.

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

How October really feels in Nabire

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October 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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

October 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 October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 3rd-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	28° / 25°	325	27.6	12.2	3.5
Feb	28° / 25°	305	24.7	12.1	3.6
Mar	28° / 25°	365	27.7	12	3.6
Apr	28° / 25°	373	26.7	11.9	3.4
May	28° / 25°	254	25.6	11.8	3.8
Jun	28° / 25°	231	24.5	11.8	4.1
Jul	28° / 25°	185	23.1	11.8	4.3
Aug	28° / 25°	204	22.6	11.9	4.4
Sep	28° / 25°	255	24.7	12	4.0
Oct	28° / 25°	250	25.6	12.1	3.8
Nov	28° / 25°	280	25.2	12.2	3.5
Dec	28° / 26°	288	27.8	12.2	3.3

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 86%.

	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 (%)	18	18	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Cloudier (%)	82	82	83	83	84	84	85	85	85	86	85	85	85	86	86	86	86	87	87	87	86	86	87	87	88	88	88	88	88	88	88

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

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Nabire gets around 250 mm of rain over 25.6 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 83% and peaks near 85% on the wettest days.

	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	84	84	84	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	84	84	83	83	82	82	81	80	80	80	79	79

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

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, October lands in the oppressive band about 91% 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 (%)	94	94	94	94	94	94	93	93	93	92	92	92	92	91	91	91	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	89	89	89	89	89	89
Miserable (%)	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	92	8
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	92	8
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	90	10
18	90	10
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	90	10
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11

Wind in October

Winds average 6 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
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16	6	calm
17	6	calm
18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	6	calm
21	6	calm
22	6	calm
23	6	calm
24	6	calm
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28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm
31	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 hours at the start of October to 12 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 5:46 AM to 5:38 AM, and sunset from 5:48 PM to 5:45 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)	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1
Sunrise (AM)	5:46	5:46	5:45	5:45	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:38
Sunset (PM)	5:48	5:48	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	5:46	5:48
2	12.0	5:46	5:48
3	12.0	5:45	5:47
4	12.0	5:45	5:47
5	12.0	5:44	5:47
6	12.0	5:44	5:47
7	12.0	5:44	5:47
8	12.1	5:43	5:46
9	12.1	5:43	5:46
10	12.1	5:43	5:46
11	12.1	5:42	5:46
12	12.1	5:42	5:46
13	12.1	5:42	5:46
14	12.1	5:41	5:46
15	12.1	5:41	5:45
16	12.1	5:41	5:45
17	12.1	5:41	5:45
18	12.1	5:40	5:45
19	12.1	5:40	5:45
20	12.1	5:40	5:45
21	12.1	5:40	5:45
22	12.1	5:39	5:45
23	12.1	5:39	5:45
24	12.1	5:39	5:45
25	12.1	5:39	5:45
26	12.1	5:39	5:45
27	12.1	5:38	5:45
28	12.1	5:38	5:45
29	12.1	5:38	5:45
30	12.1	5:38	5:45
31	12.1	5:38	5:45

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 5.4 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

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 — October's 5.4 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	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)	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4
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	5.3	Bright
2	5.3	Bright
3	5.3	Bright
4	5.4	Bright
5	5.4	Bright
6	5.4	Bright
7	5.4	Bright
8	5.4	Bright
9	5.4	Bright
10	5.4	Bright
11	5.4	Bright
12	5.4	Bright
13	5.4	Bright
14	5.4	Bright
15	5.4	Bright
16	5.4	Bright
17	5.4	Bright
18	5.4	Bright
19	5.4	Bright
20	5.4	Bright
21	5.4	Bright
22	5.4	Bright
23	5.4	Bright
24	5.4	Bright
25	5.4	Bright
26	5.4	Bright
27	5.4	Bright
28	5.4	Bright
29	5.4	Bright
30	5.4	Bright
31	5.4	Bright

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Nabire?

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

3.8

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

4.2

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Nabire.

What to pack for Nabire in October

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

In October, Nabire sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Nabire in October

The nearest coast averages about 30°C in October — 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.

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

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

UV index in Nabire in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October 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 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.

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

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

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.

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

water 41%

16 km

832 m

trees 56%

80 km

3,716 m

trees 70%

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← September Nabire year-round climate November →Best places to visit in October

October 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

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).

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

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

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

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	92	8
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	92	8
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	90	10
18	90	10
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	90	10
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11

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

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

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

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	92	8
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	92	8
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	90	10
18	90	10
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	90	10
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11

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

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

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

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	92	8
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	92	8
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	90	10
18	90	10
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	90	10
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11