Tambolaka weather in August

In August, Tambolaka sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 6 mm of rain across 1.4 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% 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 Tambolaka's 2nd-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tambolaka's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
4th warmest
Overnight low
22°
1st coldest
Rainfall
6 mm
1.4 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
6:17 AM – 5:58 PM
Cloud cover
50%
2nd clearest
Wind
6 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.89 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.5
out of 10

Tambolaka 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 31°C through the month.

A typical August day in Tambolaka reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 32°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 Tambolaka

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August 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
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Tambolaka weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 4th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 25°28828.412.53.0
Feb29° / 25°2852612.33.0
Mar30° / 25°24227.212.13.0
Apr31° / 25°14821.511.83.4
May31° / 24°5310.911.64.6
Jun30° / 23°224.911.55.4
Jul30° / 22°142.811.55.6
Aug31° / 22°61.411.75.5
Sep32° / 23°214.311.94.9
Oct32° / 25°5711.512.24.1
Nov31° / 25°13420.512.43.3
Dec30° / 25°2512712.52.9

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 27% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 35%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16238
26238
36238
46238
56238
66238
76238
86238
96238
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Tambolaka gets around 6 mm of rain over 1.4 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 5% and peaks near 7% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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55
65
75
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95
105
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306
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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 63% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 86% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
11468171
21468171
31469170
41468180
51467190
61467190
71565200
81565200
91565200
101663210
111663210
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231463230
241363240
251263250
261162270
271062280
281061290
29961300
30861310
31761320

Wind in August

Winds average 6 km/h in August.

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
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137calm
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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 6:22 AM to 6:09 AM, and sunset from 5:57 PM to 5:57 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.66:225:57
211.66:215:57
311.66:215:57
411.66:215:57
511.66:215:57
611.66:205:57
711.66:205:57
811.66:205:57
911.66:195:57
1011.66:195:57
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1211.76:185:58
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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 5.89 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.07 kWh/m² to a high of 6.78 kWh/m² in October across the year — August's 5.89 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.6Bright
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206.0Bright
216.0Intense
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256.1Intense
266.1Intense
276.2Intense
286.2Intense
296.2Intense
306.2Intense
316.2Intense
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Tambolaka

In seasonPeak

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

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

Tambolaka's monsoon runs November–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 Tambolaka?

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

5.5
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
8.0
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Tambolaka for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Tambolaka in August

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

In August, Tambolaka sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Tambolaka in August

The nearest coast averages about 26°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 December at about 29°C and coldest in August near 26°C.

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

24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan29Tropical
Feb29Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr29Tropical
May28Warm
Jun27Warm
Jul26Warm
Aug26Warm
Sep27Warm
Oct28Warm
Nov29Tropical
Dec29Tropical

UV index in Tambolaka 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 Tambolaka peaks around February 21 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeFeb 21UV 15Jun 22UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug12Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Tambolaka?

Tambolaka sits at 9.4°S, 119.2°E, 79 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Waingapu, 115 km away.

Topography around Tambolaka

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tambolaka has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 180 m around an average of 74 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 703 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 909 m.

The land around Tambolaka is covered by trees (69%) and grassland (24%) within 3 km, trees (53%) and water (29%) within 16 km, and water (73%) within 80 km.

3 km
180 m
16 km
703 m
80 km
909 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Waingapu 115 km · Bima 121 km · Labuan Bajo 126 km · Dompu 131 km · Ruteng 162 km · Sumbawa Besar 225 km · Taliwang 273 km · Ende 274 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 Tambolaka (-9.4283°, 119.238°, elevation 79 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).