Dili climate

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Dili is warmest in October, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 22 °C. January is the wettest month (252 mm) and August the driest (3.2 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Dili averages 1,300 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.

Timor Leste · population 150,000 · 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 33 °C
Coldest month August 22 °C
Driest month August 3 mm
Wettest month January 252 mm
Least cloud August 38 % cloud
Hottest on record October 37 °C
Coldest on record July 18 °C
Warmest sea November 30 °C

What to expectDili through the year

Dili changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 32 and 33 °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, 284 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in October.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 252 mm against 3 mm in August — 78 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Dili is warmest in November at 30 °C and coldest in August at 27 °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	30.2 °C	252 mm	86 %
February	29.9 °C	248 mm	85 %
March	30.2 °C	214 mm	76 %
April	30.7 °C	135 mm	64 %
May	30.9 °C	42 mm	53 %
June	30.7 °C	18 mm	47 %
July	30.8 °C	9 mm	42 %
August	31.7 °C	3 mm	38 %
September	33.1 °C	9 mm	39 %
October	33.5 °C	28 mm	45 %
November	32.4 °C	105 mm	59 %
December	30.7 °C	237 mm	81 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	30.2 °C	25.4 °C	27.5 °C	33.3 °C	23.5 °C	31	17
February	29.9 °C	25.1 °C	27.2 °C	32.5 °C	22.8 °C	28	13
March	30.2 °C	25.0 °C	27.4 °C	32.7 °C	21.3 °C	31	19
April	30.7 °C	24.7 °C	27.4 °C	34.4 °C	21.3 °C	30	22
May	30.9 °C	24.3 °C	27.2 °C	33.8 °C	19.0 °C	31	26
June	30.7 °C	23.4 °C	26.7 °C	33.1 °C	17.7 °C	30	23
July	30.8 °C	22.5 °C	26.3 °C	33.3 °C	17.6 °C	31	25
August	31.7 °C	22.1 °C	26.6 °C	34.2 °C	18.1 °C	31	28
September	33.1 °C	23.0 °C	27.8 °C	35.9 °C	18.5 °C	30	29
October	33.5 °C	24.5 °C	28.6 °C	36.7 °C	19.9 °C	31	31
November	32.4 °C	25.7 °C	28.7 °C	36.3 °C	22.7 °C	30	28
December	30.7 °C	25.7 °C	27.9 °C	34.7 °C	23.1 °C	31	23

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	252 mm	27	13 h/day	86 %	88 %	14 km/h	28.9 °C
February	248 mm	25	12 h/day	85 %	88 %	14 km/h	28.6 °C
March	214 mm	25	12 h/day	76 %	87 %	11 km/h	28.8 °C
April	135 mm	17	12 h/day	64 %	85 %	11 km/h	29.3 °C
May	42 mm	7	12 h/day	53 %	81 %	13 km/h	29.0 °C
June	18 mm	3	12 h/day	47 %	77 %	15 km/h	28.3 °C
July	9 mm	1	12 h/day	42 %	73 %	16 km/h	27.5 °C
August	3 mm	1	12 h/day	38 %	69 %	16 km/h	27.1 °C
September	9 mm	2	12 h/day	39 %	67 %	16 km/h	27.6 °C
October	28 mm	6	12 h/day	45 %	71 %	14 km/h	28.7 °C
November	105 mm	17	13 h/day	59 %	79 %	11 km/h	29.8 °C
December	237 mm	27	13 h/day	81 %	87 %	11 km/h	29.7 °C

How Dili 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
Dili	33 °C	22 °C	1,300 mm	365
Kupang · Indonesia	33 °C	23 °C	1,181 mm	365
Baubau · Indonesia	31 °C	24 °C	2,138 mm	365
Labuan Bajo · Indonesia	29 °C	23 °C	2,303 mm	365

Where Dili ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in December	10thof 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in November	16thof 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in January	44thof 50	29 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Dili’s climate

When is the best time to visit Dili?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, 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 Dili get?

In October, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 284 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 22 °C in August, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Dili?

January, averaging 252 mm over 27 days with rain. The driest month is August with 3 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,300 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 Dili 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.