Maubara weather in January

In January, Maubara sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 122 mm of rain across 19.2 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 1st-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 8% of the time in January, and the air most often feels oppressive.

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 Maubara's 12th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Maubara's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
6th warmest
Overnight low
26°
10th coldest
Rainfall
122 mm
19.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
6:35 AM – 7:02 PM
Cloud cover
83%
12th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
5.16 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.7
out of 10

Maubara is human settlement.

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

← DecemberMaubara year-round climateFebruary →Best places to visit in January
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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

A typical January day in Maubara 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, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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How January really feels in Maubara

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

January sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Maubara weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 6th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 26°12219.212.44.7
Feb28° / 26°10719.812.34.5
Mar28° / 26°8617.212.15.1
Apr28° / 26°9014.811.85.3
May28° / 26°5010.211.66.4
Jun27° / 26°33711.57.0
Jul27° / 25°174.211.57.7
Aug27° / 25°61.511.78.2
Sep27° / 25°61.611.98.0
Oct28° / 26°164.112.27.3
Nov28° / 27°431112.45.7
Dec28° / 27°9919.812.54.4

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 85%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Maubara gets around 122 mm of rain over 19.2 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 63% and peaks near 70% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the oppressive band about 79% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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Wind in January

Winds average 10 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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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 6:28 AM to 6:41 AM, and sunset from 6:57 PM to 7:04 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.56:286:57
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.16 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.02 kWh/m² to a high of 6.58 kWh/m² in October across the year — January's 5.16 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Maubara

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

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

Is January a good time to visit Maubara?

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

4.7
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
5.0
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Maubara for sightseeing.

What to pack for Maubara in January

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

In January, Maubara sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Maubara 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 offshore is warmest in November 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.

26°28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan29Tropical
Feb29Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr29Tropical
May29Tropical
Jun28Tropical
Jul28Warm
Aug27Warm
Sep28Warm
Oct29Tropical
Nov30Tropical
Dec30Tropical

UV index in Maubara 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 Maubara 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.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug12Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Maubara?

Maubara sits at 8.6°S, 125.2°E, 21 m above sea level, in Timor Leste. The nearest listed city is Liquiçá, 15 km away.

GlenoAtsabeDiliAileuMalianaAtambuaSuai

Topography around Maubara

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Maubara has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 530 m around an average of 100 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,140 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,916 m.

The land around Maubara is covered by water (45%) and trees (35%) within 3 km, water (55%) and trees (34%) within 16 km, and water (52%) and trees (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
530 m
16 km
1,140 m
80 km
2,916 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
← DecemberMaubara year-round climateFebruary →Best places to visit in January
January weather nearby: Liquiçá 15 km · Gleno 28 km · Atsabe 41 km · Dili 41 km · Aileu 42 km · Maliana 42 km · Atambua 65 km · Suai 78 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
Catholic 91%other 7%Protestant Evangelical 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 Maubara (-8.6119°, 125.2061°, elevation 21 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).