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Indonesia · 0.24°S 130.51°E · 30-year monthly averages, judged against the Tropical preset (highs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, any rain except monsoon)

Raja Ampat fits the Tropical preset all year: highs of 29–30 °C84–86 °F and nights of 23–24 °C73–75 °F.

Rain falls all year, 160–328 mm6.3–13 in a month, so there is no dry season. October is the driest month and June the wettest. Afternoon highs change little through the year, 29–30 °C84–86 °F, and peak in April.

The figures are 30-year monthly averages (WorldClim 2.1 monthly normals 1970–2000) for the 0.25° grid cell at -0.24, 130.51. This is a climate guide, not a forecast.

Raja Ampat weather by month

Pick the weather you like. Every month is then judged against it: temperature above the month names, rain below.

Weather you like

highs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, any rain except monsoon

Good time to go for a Tropical holiday: all year.

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▲ Highs average daily high , coldest to warmest month
30°85°JAN1766.930°85°FEB1847.230°85°MAR1847.230°86°APR2329.130°86°MAY2961229°84°JUN3281329°84°JUL3041229°84°AUG2561030°85°SEP2168.530°86°OCT1606.330°86°NOV1686.630°86°DEC1847.2
▼ Rainfall per month, driest to wettest

Reading the chart. Gold means good: the month fits what you picked. Any other colour shows the reason it does not. The temperature bar can be too cold or too hot; the rain bar can be too dry, too rainy or monsoon. A faded gold bar means that half fits but the other half does not. A gold month name means both halves fit.

What the verdicts mean. Temperature is the month's average daily high (the afternoon), judged against the preset's band (highs 28–38 °C82–100 °F for Tropical). Rain is judged by each month's class within Raja Ampat's own year, not by raw millimetres: dry under 60 mm2.4 in, showers 60–100 mm2.4–3.9 in, rainy from 100 mm3.9 in and at least 35 % of the wettest month. Too rainy is a rainy-season month that the preset does not allow. Monsoon is the heaviest kind of rainy season: 180 mm7.1 in or more (120 mm4.7 in near the yearly peak) in a climate where the wettest month has at least three times the rain of the driest. Every monsoon month is also a rainy-season month; the label says which kind. Full rules on the method page.

MonthRain High Low SeasonTropical verdict
January1766.930852373rainygood
February1847.230852373rainygood
March1847.230852474rainygood
April2329.130862474rainygood
May2961230862474rainygood
June3281329842373rainygood
July3041229842373rainygood
August2561029842373rainygood
September2168.530852373rainygood
October1606.330862474rainygood
November1686.630862474rainygood
December1847.230862373rainygood

When to go to Raja Ampat, by holiday type

Looking forRuleMonths that fit
Warmhighs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showersno month
Tropicalhighs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, any rain except monsoonall year
Beachhighs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, dry or showersno month
Coolhighs 3–19 °C37–66 °F, any rain except monsoonno month
Snowhighs below 3 °C37 °F, any rainno month

Is there a rainy season in Raja Ampat?

Not a clear one. Rain falls all year, 160–328 mm6.3–13 in a month, so there is no dry season. October is the driest month and June the wettest.

Afternoon highs change little through the year, 29–30 °C84–86 °F, and peak in April. Annual rainfall is about 2,688 mm106 in.

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