Timika climate — normals and trends
Timika has a tropical rainforest climate, averaging 25.2 °C annually with 7,013 mm of rain per year.
Climate normals · ERA5
TimikaCentral Papua
- coords
- -4.61°, 136.68°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
The normals for this period
The average of every indicator across the whole window: temperature, water, sky, wind and notable days.
Mean daily temperature
25.2°C
Average daily high
29.0°C
Average daily low
22.6°C
Annual rainfall
7,013mm
Sunshine / day
7.4h
Mean relative humidity
89%
Average peak wind
6.0km/h
Seasonal range
1.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
119 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
336 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
35.1 °C
Average feels-like low
26.9 °C
Average peak gust
21.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
364 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
What the yearly averages say about warming here, and whether the slope is statistically solid.
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.86 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
Climate month by month
How an average year unfolds: when it rains, when it turns hot, when the sun is out.
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
The most extreme days ever measured here, then the year-by-year detail.
Hottest day
37.0 °C
28 February 2010
Coldest day
18.3 °C
29 September 1948
Wettest day
440 mm
20 April 1991
Windiest day
37.8 km/h
14 November 1992
Strongest gust
48.2 km/h
23 March 2018
Hottest feels-like
44.2 °C
6 February 2017
Coldest feels-like
20.4 °C
23 June 1941
Sunniest day
12.0 h
28 November 2019
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
A specific year
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 30.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 338 mm | -85 mm |
| Feb | 31.0 °C | +1.0 °C | 327 mm | -80 mm |
| Mar | 30.2 °C | +0.4 °C | 504 mm | +20 mm |
| Apr | 29.7 °C | +0.4 °C | 765 mm | +193 mm |
| May | 29.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 379 mm | -313 mm |
| Jun | 28.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 1060 mm | +198 mm |
| Jul | 28.0 °C | +0.8 °C | 1289 mm | +356 mm |
| Aug | 27.4 °C | -0.1 °C | 1200 mm | +391 mm |
| Sep | 28.5 °C | +0.1 °C | 851 mm | +225 mm |
| Oct | 30.0 °C | +0.5 °C | 446 mm | +34 mm |
| Nov | 30.2 °C | +0.3 °C | 491 mm | +140 mm |
| Dec | 30.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 461 mm | +16 mm |
The year's extremes
What was the weather like that day?
The weather actually measured on a given date, anywhere in the covered window.
Climate at a glance
What these normals say about the place, in a few sentences, and the notions needed to read them.
Timika (Indonesia) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 25.2 °C and it receives 7,013 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is February (25.8 °C on average) and the coldest is July (24.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Timika averages 0 frost days, 119 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 336 rainy days per year.
Timika has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.0 °C (on 28 February 2010) and the coldest 18.3 °C (on 29 September 1948).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Timika?
Timika has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.2 °C and it receives 7,013 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Timika?
The hottest day measured in Timika between 1940 and 2025 was 28 February 2010, reaching 37.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Timika?
The coldest day measured in Timika between 1940 and 2025 was 29 September 1948, at 18.3 °C.
Does it snow in Timika?
Almost never: Timika sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Timika warmed?
Yes: Timika warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Timika?
The wettest day measured in Timika between 1940 and 2025 was 20 April 1991, with 440 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Timika?
The windiest day measured in Timika between 1940 and 2025 was 14 November 1992, with winds reaching 37.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Timika?
The warmest month in Timika is February (25.8 °C on average); the coldest is July (24.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Timika?
Timika receives on average 7,013 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 336 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Timika?
Timika gets on average 7.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,701 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Timika?
Yes: Timika has on average 364 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Timika?
In Timika, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.2 °C on 6 February 2017, and the lowest was 20.4 °C on 23 June 1941.
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