Sofifi weather in August

In August, Sofifi sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 151 mm of rain across 17.9 wet days and about 12 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 16% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of August to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Sofifi's 1st-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sofifi's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 24°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 151 mm; 17.9 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 6:33 AM – 6:35 PM
Cloud cover: 69%; 1st clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 5.63 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.2; out of 10

Sofifi is capital of North Maluku Province, Indonesia.

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

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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 Sofifi reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 3°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.

	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)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	24
2	27	24
3	27	24
4	27	24
5	27	24
6	27	24
7	27	24
8	27	24
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10	27	24
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17	27	24
18	27	24
19	27	24
20	27	24
21	27	24
22	27	24
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24	27	24
25	27	24
26	27	24
27	27	24
28	27	24
29	27	24
30	27	24
31	27	24

Sofifi 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	27° / 25°	238	26.3	12	3.9
Feb	27° / 25°	187	21.9	12	4.1
Mar	28° / 25°	234	24.6	12	4.1
Apr	28° / 25°	291	26.3	12	3.8
May	28° / 25°	301	27.2	12	3.8
Jun	27° / 25°	294	24.6	12	4.1
Jul	27° / 24°	219	22.2	12	4.6
Aug	27° / 24°	151	17.9	12	5.2
Sep	27° / 24°	180	19.8	12	4.8
Oct	28° / 24°	187	21.3	12	4.6
Nov	28° / 25°	228	26.7	12	3.7
Dec	28° / 25°	265	27.8	12	3.6

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 67%.

	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 (%)	34	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	33	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	35	34	35	35	35	35	33	32	32	31	31	31
Cloudier (%)	66	67	67	66	66	66	66	66	67	66	67	67	67	67	67	67	66	66	66	65	66	65	65	65	65	67	68	68	69	69	69

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	33	67
3	33	67
4	34	66
5	34	66
6	34	66
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	33	67
10	34	66
11	33	67
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	33	67
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	34	66
18	34	66
19	34	66
20	35	65
21	34	66
22	35	65
23	35	65
24	35	65
25	35	65
26	33	67
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	31	69
30	31	69
31	31	69

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Sofifi gets around 151 mm of rain over 17.9 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 59% and peaks near 67% 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 (%)	57	56	55	55	54	54	54	54	54	54	55	55	56	56	57	57	58	58	59	60	60	61	61	62	63	64	64	65	66	66	67

	Rain chance (%)
1	57
2	56
3	55
4	55
5	54
6	54
7	54
8	54
9	54
10	54
11	55
12	55
13	56
14	56
15	57
16	57
17	58
18	58
19	59
20	60
21	60
22	61
23	61
24	62
25	63
26	64
27	64
28	65
29	66
30	66
31	67

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 95% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Oppressive (%)	95	95	95	94	94	94	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	94	94	95	95	95	96	96	96	97	97	98	98	98	98	98	98

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	5	95
2	5	95
3	5	95
4	6	94
5	6	94
6	6	94
7	7	93
8	7	93
9	7	93
10	7	93
11	7	93
12	7	93
13	7	93
14	7	93
15	7	93
16	6	94
17	6	94
18	5	95
19	5	95
20	5	95
21	4	96
22	4	96
23	4	96
24	3	97
25	3	97
26	2	98
27	2	98
28	2	98
29	2	98
30	2	98
31	2	98

Wind in August

Winds average 13 km/h in August, the windiest month of the year.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 13 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)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	13	light breeze
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31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

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

Days grow by about 0 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:35 AM to 6:29 AM, and sunset from 6:37 PM to 6:30 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	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0
Sunrise (AM)	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:29
Sunset (PM)	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:30

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	6:35	6:37
2	12.0	6:35	6:37
3	12.0	6:35	6:37
4	12.0	6:35	6:37
5	12.0	6:35	6:36
6	12.0	6:35	6:36
7	12.0	6:34	6:36
8	12.0	6:34	6:36
9	12.0	6:34	6:36
10	12.0	6:34	6:36
11	12.0	6:34	6:36
12	12.0	6:34	6:35
13	12.0	6:34	6:35
14	12.0	6:33	6:35
15	12.0	6:33	6:35
16	12.0	6:33	6:35
17	12.0	6:33	6:34
18	12.0	6:33	6:34
19	12.0	6:33	6:34
20	12.0	6:32	6:34
21	12.0	6:32	6:33
22	12.0	6:32	6:33
23	12.0	6:32	6:33
24	12.0	6:31	6:32
25	12.0	6:31	6:32
26	12.0	6:31	6:32
27	12.0	6:31	6:32
28	12.0	6:30	6:31
29	12.0	6:30	6:31
30	12.0	6:30	6:31
31	12.0	6:29	6:30

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.63 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.94 kWh/m² to a high of 6.05 kWh/m² in October across the year — August's 5.63 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7
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	5.5	Bright
6	5.5	Bright
7	5.5	Bright
8	5.5	Bright
9	5.5	Bright
10	5.5	Bright
11	5.6	Bright
12	5.6	Bright
13	5.6	Bright
14	5.6	Bright
15	5.6	Bright
16	5.6	Bright
17	5.7	Bright
18	5.7	Bright
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20	5.7	Bright
21	5.7	Bright
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27	5.7	Bright
28	5.7	Bright
29	5.7	Bright
30	5.7	Bright
31	5.7	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Sofifi?

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

5.2

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

5.3

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Sofifi for sightseeing.

What to pack for Sofifi in August

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

In August, Sofifi sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Sofifi in August

The nearest coast averages about 28°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 24 km away) is warmest in May at about 30°C and coldest in August near 28°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	30	30	29	29	28	28	29	29	29
Comfort	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical

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

UV index in Sofifi 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 Sofifi peaks around March 16 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 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)	14	14	15	14	12	11	12	13	14	15	13	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

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

Location & terrain

Where is Sofifi?

Sofifi sits at 0.7°N, 127.6°E, 9 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Ternate, 20 km away.

Topography around Sofifi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sofifi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 168 m around an average of 11 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 988 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,686 m.

The land around Sofifi is covered by water (52%) and trees (34%) within 3 km, water (52%) and trees (44%) within 16 km, and water (56%) and trees (42%) within 80 km.

3 km

168 m

water 52%

16 km

988 m

water 52%

80 km

1,686 m

water 56%

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← July Sofifi year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Ternate 20 km · Tobelo 121 km · Daruba 167 km · Kawasi 259 km · Bitung 281 km · Tondano 301 km · Manado 312 km · Tomohon 313 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 Sofifi (0.7373°, 127.5588°, elevation 9 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	27	24
2	27	24
3	27	24
4	27	24
5	27	24
6	27	24
7	27	24
8	27	24
9	27	24
10	27	24
11	27	24
12	27	24
13	27	24
14	27	24
15	27	24
16	27	24
17	27	24
18	27	24
19	27	24
20	27	24
21	27	24
22	27	24
23	27	24
24	27	24
25	27	24
26	27	24
27	27	24
28	27	24
29	27	24
30	27	24
31	27	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	33	67
3	33	67
4	34	66
5	34	66
6	34	66
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	33	67
10	34	66
11	33	67
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	33	67
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	34	66
18	34	66
19	34	66
20	35	65
21	34	66
22	35	65
23	35	65
24	35	65
25	35	65
26	33	67
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	31	69
30	31	69
31	31	69

	Rain chance (%)
1	57
2	56
3	55
4	55
5	54
6	54
7	54
8	54
9	54
10	54
11	55
12	55
13	56
14	56
15	57
16	57
17	58
18	58
19	59
20	60
21	60
22	61
23	61
24	62
25	63
26	64
27	64
28	65
29	66
30	66
31	67

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	5	95
2	5	95
3	5	95
4	6	94
5	6	94
6	6	94
7	7	93
8	7	93
9	7	93
10	7	93
11	7	93
12	7	93
13	7	93
14	7	93
15	7	93
16	6	94
17	6	94
18	5	95
19	5	95
20	5	95
21	4	96
22	4	96
23	4	96
24	3	97
25	3	97
26	2	98
27	2	98
28	2	98
29	2	98
30	2	98
31	2	98

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	33	67
3	33	67
4	34	66
5	34	66
6	34	66
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	33	67
10	34	66
11	33	67
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	33	67
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	34	66
18	34	66
19	34	66
20	35	65
21	34	66
22	35	65
23	35	65
24	35	65
25	35	65
26	33	67
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	31	69
30	31	69
31	31	69

	Rain chance (%)
1	57
2	56
3	55
4	55
5	54
6	54
7	54
8	54
9	54
10	54
11	55
12	55
13	56
14	56
15	57
16	57
17	58
18	58
19	59
20	60
21	60
22	61
23	61
24	62
25	63
26	64
27	64
28	65
29	66
30	66
31	67

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	5	95
2	5	95
3	5	95
4	6	94
5	6	94
6	6	94
7	7	93
8	7	93
9	7	93
10	7	93
11	7	93
12	7	93
13	7	93
14	7	93
15	7	93
16	6	94
17	6	94
18	5	95
19	5	95
20	5	95
21	4	96
22	4	96
23	4	96
24	3	97
25	3	97
26	2	98
27	2	98
28	2	98
29	2	98
30	2	98
31	2	98

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	33	67
3	33	67
4	34	66
5	34	66
6	34	66
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	33	67
10	34	66
11	33	67
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	33	67
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	34	66
18	34	66
19	34	66
20	35	65
21	34	66
22	35	65
23	35	65
24	35	65
25	35	65
26	33	67
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	31	69
30	31	69
31	31	69

	Rain chance (%)
1	57
2	56
3	55
4	55
5	54
6	54
7	54
8	54
9	54
10	54
11	55
12	55
13	56
14	56
15	57
16	57
17	58
18	58
19	59
20	60
21	60
22	61
23	61
24	62
25	63
26	64
27	64
28	65
29	66
30	66
31	67

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	5	95
2	5	95
3	5	95
4	6	94
5	6	94
6	6	94
7	7	93
8	7	93
9	7	93
10	7	93
11	7	93
12	7	93
13	7	93
14	7	93
15	7	93
16	6	94
17	6	94
18	5	95
19	5	95
20	5	95
21	4	96
22	4	96
23	4	96
24	3	97
25	3	97
26	2	98
27	2	98
28	2	98
29	2	98
30	2	98
31	2	98