Timika
4.55° S, 136.89° E
When to go?
Mean 26 °C, 26 rain days in the month (403 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 30 °C
- Often rainyrain on 8 days in 10
- Torrential rain16 mm per rain day
Mean 26 °C, 24 rain days in the month (384 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 30 °C
- Often rainyrain on 8 days in 10
- Torrential rain16 mm per rain day
Mean 25 °C, 27 rain days in the month (453 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 29 °C
- Often rainyrain on 9 days in 10
- Torrential rain17 mm per rain day
Mean 25 °C, 27 rain days in the month (591 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 29 °C
- Often rainyrain on 9 days in 10
- Torrential rain22 mm per rain day
Mean 25 °C, 28 rain days in the month (605 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 28 °C
- Often rainyrain on 9 days in 10
- Torrential rain22 mm per rain day
Mean 24 °C, 27 rain days in the month (772 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 9 days in 10
- Torrential rain29 mm per rain day
Mean 24 °C, 29 rain days in the month (796 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 9 days in 10
- Torrential rain27 mm per rain day
Mean 24 °C, 28 rain days in the month (676 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 9 days in 10
- Torrential rain24 mm per rain day
Mean 24 °C, 26 rain days in the month (561 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 9 days in 10
- Torrential rain22 mm per rain day
Mean 25 °C, 25 rain days in the month (354 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 29 °C
- Often rainyrain on 8 days in 10
- Torrential rain14 mm per rain day
Mean 25 °C, 26 rain days in the month (348 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 29 °C
- Often rainyrain on 9 days in 10
- Torrential rain13 mm per rain day
Mean 25 °C, 27 rain days in the month (427 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 29 °C
- Often rainyrain on 9 days in 10
- Torrential rain16 mm per rain day
No month without a contraindication; the least rainy is November. Avoid all year (often rainy and torrential rain, at times hot).
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +0.4 °C; in the last ten years by +0.7 °C. Warmest year: 2024 (+1.2 °C), coldest: 1965 (−0.4 °C).
January and February warmed the most (+0.7 and +0.6 °C), August the least (+0.1 °C).
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: no clear trend, dry and wet years alternate as before.