Tual weather in April

In April, Tual sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 232 mm of rain across 24.5 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 4th-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 13% of the time in April, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of April to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Tual's 8th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tual's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
26°
10th coldest
Rainfall
232 mm
24.5 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
6:13 AM – 6:06 PM
Cloud cover
76%
8th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.11 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.0
out of 10

Tual is city in Maluku Province, Indonesia.

Density
356/km²
people per km²
Founded
2007

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

Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

A typical April day in Tual reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 2°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, April runs on par with March and on par with May.

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How April really feels in Tual

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 12 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
12
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Tual weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 3rd-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 26°27426.612.33.8
Feb28° / 26°2502412.23.7
Mar28° / 26°23925.1124.0
Apr28° / 26°23224.511.94.0
May28° / 26°20822.811.74.5
Jun27° / 26°16318.511.75.2
Jul26° / 25°731211.76.3
Aug26° / 25°407.711.87.1
Sep26° / 25°408.6126.8
Oct27° / 26°6412.512.16.1
Nov28° / 26°9116.412.35.1
Dec28° / 26°22825.712.33.7

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 72%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12476
22377
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Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Tual gets around 232 mm of rain over 24.5 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 81% and peaks near 85% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, April lands in the miserable band about 52% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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25446
35446
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55446
65347
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95347
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115347
125248
135248
145248
155149
165050
174951
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194654
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224357
234258
244159
254060
264060
273961
283961
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303862

Wind in April

Winds average 15 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 19 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 hours at the start of April to 11 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:15 AM to 6:12 AM, and sunset from 6:12 PM to 6:01 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202530
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.06:156:12
211.96:156:12
311.96:156:11
411.96:156:11
511.96:146:10
611.96:146:10
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Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.11 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.63 kWh/m² to a high of 6.42 kWh/m² in October across the year — April's 5.11 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Tual

In seasonPeak

In April, Tual sits inside its cyclone and rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

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

Tual's rainy season runs December–June, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is April a good time to visit Tual?

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

4.0
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
4.4
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Tual for sightseeing.

What to pack for Tual in April

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

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

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Tual in April

The nearest coast averages about 29°C in April — 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
May29Tropical
Jun27Warm
Jul26Warm
Aug26Warm
Sep27Warm
Oct28Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec29Tropical

UV index in Tual in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 15 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Tual peaks around February 22 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 11 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeFeb 22UV 16Jun 23UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Tual?

Tual sits at 5.6°S, 132.8°E, 41 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Dobo, 165 km away.

FakfakNabireBintuniTimikaTeminabuanRansikiMasohi

Topography around Tual

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tual has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 80 m around an average of 15 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 95 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 756 m.

The land around Tual is covered by trees (37%) and water (33%) within 3 km, water (64%) and trees (31%) within 16 km, and water (93%) within 80 km.

3 km
80 m
16 km
95 m
80 km
756 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswater
April weather nearby: Dobo 165 km · Fakfak 305 km · Nabire 396 km · Bintuni 401 km · Timika 449 km · Teminabuan 473 km · Ransiki 484 km · Masohi 493 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 Tual (-5.6288°, 132.7523°, elevation 41 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).