Ternate climate

Name: Ternate
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Ternate is warmest in May, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 25 °C. May is the wettest month (290 mm) and August the driest (142 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Ternate averages 2,618 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.

Indonesia · population 210,836 · 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 May 29 °C
Coldest month July 25 °C
Driest month August 142 mm
Wettest month May 290 mm
Least cloud August 71 % cloud
Hottest on record April 33 °C
Coldest on record September 23 °C
Warmest sea May 30 °C

What to expectTernate through the year

Ternate 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, 12 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C, in April.

Rain is strongly seasonal. May averages 290 mm against 142 mm in August — 2.0 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Ternate is warmest in May 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	28.0 °C	224 mm	85 %
February	28.2 °C	181 mm	84 %
March	28.4 °C	225 mm	81 %
April	28.5 °C	277 mm	80 %
May	28.5 °C	290 mm	76 %
June	28.1 °C	269 mm	78 %
July	27.7 °C	202 mm	75 %
August	27.7 °C	142 mm	71 %
September	27.9 °C	163 mm	74 %
October	28.3 °C	174 mm	75 %
November	28.4 °C	218 mm	82 %
December	28.3 °C	252 mm	85 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	28.0 °C	25.4 °C	26.6 °C	32.2 °C	23.5 °C	31	1
February	28.2 °C	25.5 °C	26.7 °C	31.4 °C	23.6 °C	28	1
March	28.4 °C	25.5 °C	26.8 °C	32.0 °C	23.5 °C	31	1
April	28.5 °C	25.5 °C	26.9 °C	33.1 °C	23.3 °C	30	2
May	28.5 °C	25.6 °C	27.0 °C	31.3 °C	23.9 °C	31	2
June	28.1 °C	25.4 °C	26.6 °C	32.0 °C	23.1 °C	30	0
July	27.7 °C	25.3 °C	26.4 °C	31.5 °C	23.0 °C	31	0
August	27.7 °C	25.3 °C	26.4 °C	32.8 °C	23.1 °C	31	1
September	27.9 °C	25.3 °C	26.5 °C	31.2 °C	22.7 °C	30	1
October	28.3 °C	25.4 °C	26.8 °C	32.9 °C	23.1 °C	31	1
November	28.4 °C	25.5 °C	26.9 °C	33.0 °C	23.5 °C	30	2
December	28.3 °C	25.6 °C	26.8 °C	32.3 °C	23.6 °C	31	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	224 mm	26	12 h/day	85 %	85 %	15 km/h	28.6 °C
February	181 mm	22	12 h/day	84 %	83 %	16 km/h	28.6 °C
March	225 mm	24	12 h/day	81 %	84 %	14 km/h	28.8 °C
April	277 mm	26	12 h/day	80 %	85 %	12 km/h	29.4 °C
May	290 mm	27	12 h/day	76 %	85 %	12 km/h	29.6 °C
June	269 mm	24	12 h/day	78 %	85 %	13 km/h	29.2 °C
July	202 mm	22	12 h/day	75 %	83 %	15 km/h	28.5 °C
August	142 mm	18	12 h/day	71 %	82 %	17 km/h	28.1 °C
September	163 mm	19	12 h/day	74 %	83 %	16 km/h	28.2 °C
October	174 mm	21	12 h/day	75 %	84 %	14 km/h	29.0 °C
November	218 mm	27	12 h/day	82 %	85 %	12 km/h	29.4 °C
December	252 mm	28	12 h/day	85 %	85 %	14 km/h	29.1 °C

How Ternate 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
Ternate	29 °C	25 °C	2,618 mm	365
Bitung · Indonesia	30 °C	25 °C	2,894 mm	365
Manado · Indonesia	31 °C	24 °C	2,978 mm	365
Sorong · Indonesia	30 °C	24 °C	3,577 mm	365
Gorontalo · Indonesia	31 °C	24 °C	2,129 mm	365

Where Ternate ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in November	33rdof 50	29 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in December	34thof 50	29 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in December	41stof 50	29 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in November	43rdof 50	29 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in February	47thof 50	29 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in January	48thof 50	29 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Ternate.

QuestionsCommon questions about Ternate’s climate

When is the best time to visit Ternate?

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

How hot does Ternate get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 12 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 25 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Ternate?

May, averaging 290 mm over 27 days with rain. The driest month is August with 142 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,618 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 Ternate 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
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.