Labuan Bajo climate

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Labuan Bajo is warmest in October, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 23 °C. January is the wettest month (429 mm) and August the driest (17 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Labuan Bajo averages 2,303 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.

Indonesia · population 188,724 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month October 29 °C
Coldest month August 23 °C
Driest month August 17 mm
Wettest month January 429 mm
Least cloud August 43 % cloud
Hottest on record October 34 °C
Coldest on record July 20 °C
Warmest sea November 30 °C

What to expectLabuan Bajo through the year

Labuan Bajo changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 28 and 29 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.

Counted across a normal year, 365 days a year reach 25 °C, 14 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C, in October.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 429 mm against 17 mm in August — 25 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Labuan Bajo is warmest in November at 30 °C and coldest in August at 28 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	27.6 °C	429 mm	89 %
February	27.5 °C	393 mm	88 %
March	28.1 °C	317 mm	78 %
April	28.6 °C	229 mm	67 %
May	28.7 °C	89 mm	53 %
June	28.3 °C	53 mm	49 %
July	28.1 °C	32 mm	46 %
August	28.3 °C	17 mm	43 %
September	28.8 °C	48 mm	45 %
October	29.3 °C	134 mm	50 %
November	29.3 °C	223 mm	66 %
December	28.2 °C	339 mm	86 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	27.6 °C	24.5 °C	25.9 °C	30.7 °C	22.7 °C	31	0
February	27.5 °C	24.4 °C	25.8 °C	29.7 °C	22.5 °C	28	0
March	28.1 °C	24.6 °C	26.2 °C	30.3 °C	22.9 °C	31	0
April	28.6 °C	24.8 °C	26.5 °C	31.2 °C	22.4 °C	30	1
May	28.7 °C	24.7 °C	26.4 °C	31.8 °C	22.4 °C	31	2
June	28.3 °C	24.1 °C	25.9 °C	31.6 °C	19.9 °C	30	1
July	28.1 °C	23.4 °C	25.4 °C	31.4 °C	19.5 °C	31	1
August	28.3 °C	23.2 °C	25.4 °C	31.7 °C	20.0 °C	31	1
September	28.8 °C	23.8 °C	26.0 °C	31.7 °C	20.1 °C	30	1
October	29.3 °C	24.7 °C	26.7 °C	33.9 °C	20.7 °C	31	3
November	29.3 °C	25.2 °C	27.0 °C	31.9 °C	22.7 °C	30	4
December	28.2 °C	24.8 °C	26.4 °C	31.6 °C	23.1 °C	31	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	429 mm	29	13 h/day	89 %	88 %	14 km/h	28.6 °C
February	393 mm	26	12 h/day	88 %	89 %	14 km/h	28.4 °C
March	317 mm	26	12 h/day	78 %	87 %	11 km/h	28.7 °C
April	229 mm	21	12 h/day	67 %	84 %	9.4 km/h	29.3 °C
May	89 mm	11	12 h/day	53 %	81 %	9.9 km/h	29.2 °C
June	53 mm	7	12 h/day	49 %	78 %	11 km/h	28.7 °C
July	32 mm	4	12 h/day	46 %	76 %	11 km/h	28.0 °C
August	17 mm	3	12 h/day	43 %	74 %	11 km/h	27.6 °C
September	48 mm	6	12 h/day	45 %	77 %	10 km/h	27.9 °C
October	134 mm	15	12 h/day	50 %	80 %	9.9 km/h	28.7 °C
November	223 mm	23	13 h/day	66 %	83 %	9.5 km/h	29.5 °C
December	339 mm	27	13 h/day	86 %	87 %	12 km/h	29.2 °C

How Labuan Bajo compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Labuan Bajo	29 °C	23 °C	2,303 mm	365
Bima · Indonesia	33 °C	23 °C	1,941 mm	365
Makassar · Indonesia	30 °C	23 °C	2,829 mm	361
Mataram · Indonesia	31 °C	22 °C	1,660 mm	365
Kupang · Indonesia	33 °C	23 °C	1,181 mm	365
Baubau · Indonesia	31 °C	24 °C	2,138 mm	365
Klungkung · Indonesia	29 °C	23 °C	2,241 mm	365

Where Labuan Bajo ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Asia in August	7th of 50	98/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in July	17th of 50	95/100
Best beach destinations in the world in August	18th of 50	98/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in June	23rd of 50	88/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in September	23rd of 50	91/100
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in December	26th of 50	29 °C

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QuestionsCommon questions about Labuan Bajo’s climate

When is the best time to visit Labuan Bajo?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. February, July, August sit closest to 20 °C on average, October is the warmest month and August the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Labuan Bajo get?

In October, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 14 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 23 °C in August, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Labuan Bajo?

January, averaging 429 mm over 29 days with rain. The driest month is August with 17 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,303 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Labuan Bajo rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: -8.496°, 119.888° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.