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Ternate climate by month
What the weather is like
Ternate has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw): .
The warmest month is April, when afternoons average 32° and nights 26°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 28° and lows of 23°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 3°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 2,047 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. October is the wettest month (231 mm, 30 wet days) and April the driest (24 mm, 16 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 21% in March to 71% in August.
The sea reaches about 30° in June. Sea temperatures lag the air by a month or two, so late summer is usually warmer for swimming than early summer.
Compared with Manila, the capital, Ternate is 0.8° cooler on a April afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 32° · April
- Coldest nights
- 23° · January
- Wettest month
- October
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- March · 21% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 30° · June
- Longest day
- 12 h 58 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 17 min
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columns, sea temperature lineTemperature curve
Average high, low and seaDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthClimate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 28° | 29° | 30° | 32° | 31° | 30° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 28° |
| Average low | 23° | 23° | 24° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 24° |
| Precipitation | 13 mm | 11 mm | 13 mm | 24 mm | 131 mm | 284 mm | 427 mm | 428 mm | 327 mm | 231 mm | 107 mm | 51 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 25 | 19.5 | 17.5 | 16.2 | 24.8 | 27.7 | 29.7 | 27.5 | 28 | 29.8 | 26.8 | 28.7 |
| Cloud cover | 28% | 24% | 21% | 22% | 47% | 60% | 67% | 71% | 66% | 54% | 42% | 34% |
| Sea temperature | 27° | 27° | 27° | 29° | 30° | 30° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 28° |
| Daylight | 11h 22 | 11h 40 | 12h 02 | 12h 27 | 12h 47 | 12h 58 | 12h 54 | 12h 37 | 12h 13 | 11h 50 | 11h 28 | 11h 17 |
| Month score | 55 | 51 | 45 | 39 | 34 | 34 | 35 | 35 | 36 | 39 | 46 | 53 |