Maliana weather in January

In January, Maliana sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 357 mm of rain across 29.5 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 1st-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 1% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of January to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Maliana's 12th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Maliana's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 20°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 357 mm; 29.5 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 30 min; 6:34 AM – 7:03 PM
Cloud cover: 89%; 12th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 5.26 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.5; out of 10

Maliana is city in East Timor.

Density: 92/km²; people per km²

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

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month.

A typical January day in Maliana reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and on par with February.

	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	26	26	26	26	26	26	26
Avg low (°C)	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

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

Maliana weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 9th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	27° / 20°	357	29.5	12.5	3.5
Feb	26° / 20°	320	26.6	12.3	3.5
Mar	27° / 20°	289	26.1	12.1	4.0
Apr	27° / 19°	162	18.2	11.8	5.1
May	27° / 19°	87	11.9	11.6	6.2
Jun	26° / 18°	46	7	11.5	7.0
Jul	26° / 17°	23	4.9	11.5	7.4
Aug	27° / 16°	11	2.3	11.7	7.8
Sep	28° / 17°	21	3.7	11.9	7.0
Oct	29° / 19°	44	8.2	12.2	5.7
Nov	29° / 20°	137	17.3	12.4	4.4
Dec	28° / 21°	314	28.2	12.5	3.5

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 93%.

	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 (%)	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Cloudier (%)	93	93	93	93	92	92	92	92	91	91	91	91	91	91	92	92	92	92	93	93	93	93	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	7	93
2	7	93
3	7	93
4	7	93
5	8	92
6	8	92
7	8	92
8	8	92
9	9	91
10	9	91
11	9	91
12	9	91
13	9	91
14	9	91
15	8	92
16	8	92
17	8	92
18	8	92
19	7	93
20	7	93
21	7	93
22	7	93
23	5	95
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	5	95
27	5	95
28	5	95
29	5	95
30	5	95
31	5	95

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Maliana gets around 357 mm of rain over 29.5 wet days in January, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 95% and peaks near 98% 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 (%)	94	94	94	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	94	94	94	94	95	95	95	96	96	97	97	97	97	98	98	98	98	98	97	97

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

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the muggy band about 54% 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
Muggy (%)	47	47	47	48	49	50	51	51	52	53	53	54	55	55	56	56	57	57	57	56	56	56	55	55	55	55	55	55	56	56	56
Oppressive (%)	53	53	53	52	51	50	49	49	48	47	47	46	45	45	44	44	43	43	43	44	44	44	45	45	45	45	45	45	44	44	44

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	47	53
2	47	53
3	47	53
4	48	52
5	49	51
6	50	50
7	51	49
8	51	49
9	52	48
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	54	46
13	55	45
14	55	45
15	56	44
16	56	44
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	56	44
21	56	44
22	56	44
23	55	45
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	55	45
29	56	44
30	56	44
31	56	44

Wind in January

Winds average 5 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 5 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)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	4	calm
2	4	calm
3	4	calm
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8	4	calm
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31	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of January to 12 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:27 AM to 6:41 AM, and sunset from 6:58 PM to 7:04 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)	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:41
Sunset (PM)	6:58	6:58	6:59	6:59	6:59	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	6:27	6:58
2	12.5	6:27	6:58
3	12.5	6:28	6:59
4	12.5	6:28	6:59
5	12.5	6:29	6:59
6	12.5	6:29	7:00
7	12.5	6:30	7:00
8	12.5	6:30	7:00
9	12.5	6:31	7:01
10	12.5	6:31	7:01
11	12.5	6:32	7:01
12	12.5	6:32	7:02
13	12.5	6:33	7:02
14	12.5	6:33	7:02
15	12.5	6:34	7:02
16	12.5	6:34	7:03
17	12.5	6:35	7:03
18	12.5	6:35	7:03
19	12.5	6:36	7:03
20	12.5	6:36	7:03
21	12.4	6:37	7:04
22	12.4	6:37	7:04
23	12.4	6:37	7:04
24	12.4	6:38	7:04
25	12.4	6:38	7:04
26	12.4	6:39	7:04
27	12.4	6:39	7:04
28	12.4	6:39	7:04
29	12.4	6:40	7:04
30	12.4	6:40	7:04
31	12.4	6:41	7:04

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.26 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.65 kWh/m² to a high of 6.53 kWh/m² in October across the year — January's 5.26 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)	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2
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	5.3	Bright
5	5.3	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.3	Bright
8	5.3	Bright
9	5.3	Bright
10	5.3	Bright
11	5.3	Bright
12	5.3	Bright
13	5.2	Bright
14	5.2	Bright
15	5.2	Bright
16	5.2	Bright
17	5.2	Bright
18	5.2	Bright
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27	5.2	Bright
28	5.2	Bright
29	5.2	Bright
30	5.2	Bright
31	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Maliana

In seasonPeak

In January, Maliana sits inside its cyclone and monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

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

Maliana's monsoon runs December–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Cyclone

Monsoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Maliana?

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

3.5

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

3.5

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Maliana.

What to pack for Maliana in January

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

In January, Maliana sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 20°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 30 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Maliana in January

The nearest coast averages about 29°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 40 km away) is warmest in December at about 30°C and coldest in August near 27°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	29	29	28	27	27	27	29	29	30
Comfort	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Warm	Warm	Warm	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	29	Tropical
Feb	29	Tropical
Mar	29	Tropical
Apr	29	Tropical
May	29	Tropical
Jun	28	Tropical
Jul	27	Warm
Aug	27	Warm
Sep	27	Warm
Oct	29	Tropical
Nov	29	Tropical
Dec	30	Tropical

UV index in Maliana in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January 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 Maliana peaks around March 10 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 10 at about 9 (very high).

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	16	16	14	11	10	9	12	14	14	14	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	16	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Maliana?

Maliana sits at 9.0°S, 125.2°E, 253 m above sea level, in Timor Leste. The nearest listed city is Atsabe, 21 km away.

Topography around Maliana

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Maliana has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 519 m around an average of 318 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,868 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,916 m.

The land around Maliana is covered by grassland (52%) and trees (33%) within 3 km, grassland (51%) and trees (42%) within 16 km, and water (48%) and trees (34%) within 80 km.

3 km

519 m

grassland 52%

16 km

1,868 m

grassland 51%

80 km

2,916 m

water 48%

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← December Maliana year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Atsabe 21 km · Suai 36 km · Gleno 38 km · Atambua 38 km · Maubara 42 km · Liquiçá 47 km · Aileu 48 km · Dili 62 km

Timor Leste travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / E / F / I; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 28% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $1,341; 2025
Homicide rate: 4.1; per 100k, 2015
Road deaths: 11.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
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 Maliana (-8.9917°, 125.2197°, elevation 253 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	7	93
2	7	93
3	7	93
4	7	93
5	8	92
6	8	92
7	8	92
8	8	92
9	9	91
10	9	91
11	9	91
12	9	91
13	9	91
14	9	91
15	8	92
16	8	92
17	8	92
18	8	92
19	7	93
20	7	93
21	7	93
22	7	93
23	5	95
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	5	95
27	5	95
28	5	95
29	5	95
30	5	95
31	5	95

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

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	47	53
2	47	53
3	47	53
4	48	52
5	49	51
6	50	50
7	51	49
8	51	49
9	52	48
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	54	46
13	55	45
14	55	45
15	56	44
16	56	44
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	56	44
21	56	44
22	56	44
23	55	45
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	55	45
29	56	44
30	56	44
31	56	44

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	7	93
2	7	93
3	7	93
4	7	93
5	8	92
6	8	92
7	8	92
8	8	92
9	9	91
10	9	91
11	9	91
12	9	91
13	9	91
14	9	91
15	8	92
16	8	92
17	8	92
18	8	92
19	7	93
20	7	93
21	7	93
22	7	93
23	5	95
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	5	95
27	5	95
28	5	95
29	5	95
30	5	95
31	5	95

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

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	47	53
2	47	53
3	47	53
4	48	52
5	49	51
6	50	50
7	51	49
8	51	49
9	52	48
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	54	46
13	55	45
14	55	45
15	56	44
16	56	44
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	56	44
21	56	44
22	56	44
23	55	45
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	55	45
29	56	44
30	56	44
31	56	44

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	7	93
2	7	93
3	7	93
4	7	93
5	8	92
6	8	92
7	8	92
8	8	92
9	9	91
10	9	91
11	9	91
12	9	91
13	9	91
14	9	91
15	8	92
16	8	92
17	8	92
18	8	92
19	7	93
20	7	93
21	7	93
22	7	93
23	5	95
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	5	95
27	5	95
28	5	95
29	5	95
30	5	95
31	5	95

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

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	47	53
2	47	53
3	47	53
4	48	52
5	49	51
6	50	50
7	51	49
8	51	49
9	52	48
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	54	46
13	55	45
14	55	45
15	56	44
16	56	44
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	56	44
21	56	44
22	56	44
23	55	45
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	55	45
29	56	44
30	56	44
31	56	44