Baucau climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Baucau?

Baucau has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.8 °C and it receives 1,828 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Baucau?

The hottest day measured in Baucau between 1940 and 2025 was 4 December 1969, reaching 34.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Baucau?

The coldest day measured in Baucau between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 1984, at 16.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Baucau?

Almost never: Baucau sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Baucau warmed?

Yes: Baucau warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Baucau?

The wettest day measured in Baucau between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1967, with 199 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Baucau?

The windiest day measured in Baucau between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 1961, with winds reaching 40.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Baucau?

The warmest month in Baucau is November (26.5 °C on average); the coldest is July (23.2 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Baucau?

Baucau receives on average 1,828 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 194 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Baucau?

Baucau gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Baucau (Timor-Leste) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.8 °C and it receives 1,828 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 November (26.5 °C on average) and the coldest is July (23.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in February.

Baucau averages 0 frost days, 43 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 194 rainy days per year.

Baucau has warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.12 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 34.9 °C (on 4 December 1969) and the coldest 16.4 °C (on 30 July 1984).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

BaucauBaucau

coords: -8.48°, 126.46°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthNovemberColdest monthJulyWettest monthFebruaryDriest monthAugust

Mean daily temperature

24.8°C

Average daily high

28.0°C

Average daily low

22.4°C

Annual rainfall

1,828mm

Sunshine / day

10.7h

Mean relative humidity

82%

Average peak wind

11.3km/h

Seasonal range

3.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

43 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

194 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

32.8 °C

Average feels-like low

25.9 °C

Average peak gust

33.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

340 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.3 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.0 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.59 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

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

Hottest day

34.9 °C

4 December 1969

Coldest day

16.4 °C

30 July 1984

Wettest day

199 mm

9 January 1967

Windiest day

40.1 km/h

3 February 1961

Strongest gust

98.3 km/h

27 January 1961

Hottest feels-like

40.5 °C

1 December 2023

Coldest feels-like

16.2 °C

30 July 1984

Sunniest day

12.5 h

2 January 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.6 °C2 November 2025	18.5 °C13 August 2025	25.4 °C	2,166 mm	60
2024	33.4 °C26 October 2024	18.5 °C13 July 2024	25.6 °C	2,272 mm	63
2023	33.8 °C5 December 2023	18.6 °C1 September 2023	25.2 °C	1,734 mm	68
2022	31.2 °C26 September 2022	17.5 °C24 July 2022	25.3 °C	2,472 mm	17
2021	33.8 °C22 October 2021	19.1 °C25 July 2021	25.5 °C	2,411 mm	52
2020	34.0 °C4 November 2020	18.7 °C1 August 2020	25.6 °C	1,632 mm	68
2019	34.5 °C1 December 2019	17.8 °C31 August 2019	25.2 °C	1,652 mm	82
2018	33.8 °C28 October 2018	18.7 °C14 July 2018	25.4 °C	1,587 mm	79
2017	33.2 °C3 November 2017	18.5 °C30 August 2017	25.3 °C	2,252 mm	57
2016	31.5 °C8 November 2016	18.7 °C8 August 2016	25.8 °C	1,730 mm	43
2015	33.0 °C16 November 2015	17.6 °C18 August 2015	24.9 °C	1,395 mm	47
2014	32.1 °C24 November 2014	17.5 °C2 September 2014	25.0 °C	1,395 mm	45
2013	32.4 °C11 October 2013	17.4 °C11 August 2013	25.1 °C	2,357 mm	51
2012	32.7 °C24 November 2012	17.7 °C24 July 2012	24.8 °C	1,884 mm	59
2011	32.6 °C12 October 2011	17.7 °C17 August 2011	24.8 °C	1,968 mm	57
2010	30.6 °C6 December 2010	20.0 °C15 August 2010	25.3 °C	2,321 mm	7
2009	33.0 °C23 November 2009	17.9 °C10 July 2009	25.2 °C	1,461 mm	70
2008	31.4 °C18 October 2008	17.6 °C29 July 2008	24.9 °C	1,832 mm	49
2007	31.6 °C28 October 2007	17.2 °C26 August 2007	24.9 °C	1,730 mm	46
2006	32.7 °C3 December 2006	17.3 °C2 September 2006	24.7 °C	2,045 mm	46
2005	31.7 °C7 November 2005	18.8 °C1 July 2005	25.2 °C	1,530 mm	34
2004	33.3 °C13 November 2004	17.4 °C15 August 2004	24.9 °C	1,607 mm	47
2003	32.4 °C4 November 2003	17.3 °C29 June 2003	25.0 °C	1,518 mm	40
2002	32.9 °C1 November 2002	17.2 °C17 August 2002	25.0 °C	1,424 mm	59
2001	33.1 °C3 November 2001	17.3 °C1 August 2001	24.9 °C	2,044 mm	39
2000	31.1 °C23 November 2000	18.2 °C19 August 2000	24.7 °C	2,076 mm	32
1999	32.4 °C23 October 1999	17.9 °C16 July 1999	24.6 °C	2,287 mm	19
1998	31.9 °C12 October 1998	19.2 °C3 September 1998	25.4 °C	2,253 mm	19
1997	30.9 °C16 November 1997	17.4 °C18 August 1997	24.5 °C	1,423 mm	14
1996	31.7 °C10 November 1996	17.8 °C29 July 1996	24.8 °C	1,884 mm	17
1995	31.1 °C28 October 1995	17.9 °C15 July 1995	24.7 °C	1,931 mm	14
1994	31.6 °C11 November 1994	17.7 °C13 July 1994	24.7 °C	1,454 mm	24
1993	31.3 °C13 November 1993	18.7 °C15 July 1993	24.9 °C	1,624 mm	18
1992	31.6 °C30 September 1992	18.8 °C24 June 1992	24.9 °C	1,464 mm	48
1991	31.4 °C29 October 1991	17.3 °C18 July 1991	24.7 °C	1,207 mm	24
1990	34.5 °C20 November 1990	17.9 °C3 August 1990	25.0 °C	1,586 mm	61
1989	33.0 °C30 November 1989	19.1 °C21 August 1989	25.1 °C	1,835 mm	59
1988	33.1 °C2 November 1988	18.3 °C27 June 1988	25.3 °C	2,039 mm	48
1987	32.9 °C13 November 1987	19.3 °C9 August 1987	24.9 °C	1,514 mm	35
1986	32.0 °C8 November 1986	19.1 °C12 September 1986	24.9 °C	2,263 mm	28
1985	31.4 °C16 October 1985	17.9 °C8 August 1985	24.8 °C	1,650 mm	42
1984	32.9 °C15 November 1984	16.4 °C30 July 1984	24.8 °C	2,068 mm	38
1983	31.2 °C13 November 1983	19.1 °C31 July 1983	24.9 °C	1,836 mm	30
1982	31.3 °C9 November 1982	18.3 °C29 August 1982	24.5 °C	1,322 mm	25
1981	31.7 °C19 October 1981	18.9 °C10 August 1981	24.9 °C	1,751 mm	33
1980	33.0 °C2 November 1980	18.9 °C27 July 1980	24.9 °C	1,584 mm	40
1979	34.0 °C22 November 1979	19.8 °C21 July 1979	25.2 °C	1,224 mm	81
1978	31.9 °C9 November 1978	18.6 °C17 July 1978	24.7 °C	2,440 mm	21
1977	33.2 °C21 November 1977	17.6 °C19 July 1977	24.4 °C	1,581 mm	51
1976	33.0 °C12 October 1976	18.5 °C14 September 1976	24.4 °C	1,636 mm	54
1975	32.2 °C19 November 1975	18.9 °C19 August 1975	24.4 °C	2,902 mm	13
1974	31.5 °C2 November 1974	18.4 °C10 July 1974	24.4 °C	1,977 mm	12
1973	31.5 °C12 October 1973	19.0 °C11 July 1973	24.9 °C	1,981 mm	21
1972	32.1 °C25 October 1972	18.5 °C6 August 1972	24.4 °C	1,363 mm	42
1971	31.5 °C4 September 1971	18.1 °C30 July 1971	24.5 °C	2,174 mm	27
1970	31.3 °C12 October 1970	18.3 °C11 August 1970	24.8 °C	2,081 mm	24
1969	34.9 °C4 December 1969	19.1 °C1 August 1969	24.9 °C	1,371 mm	60
1968	33.6 °C16 November 1968	17.6 °C20 August 1968	24.7 °C	1,564 mm	67
1967	33.2 °C25 November 1967	17.4 °C13 June 1967	24.3 °C	1,690 mm	52
1966	32.5 °C7 November 1966	17.5 °C21 July 1966	24.5 °C	1,765 mm	42
1965	33.6 °C15 November 1965	16.9 °C22 July 1965	24.3 °C	1,904 mm	53
1964	29.9 °C13 October 1964	17.8 °C7 July 1964	24.4 °C	2,089 mm	0
1963	32.2 °C6 November 1963	17.9 °C7 July 1963	24.3 °C	1,983 mm	31
1962	31.6 °C20 October 1962	18.1 °C11 September 1962	24.6 °C	1,987 mm	25
1961	32.5 °C27 October 1961	18.5 °C29 August 1961	24.5 °C	1,914 mm	43
1960	33.0 °C26 October 1960	19.0 °C17 July 1960	24.4 °C	2,320 mm	40
1959	33.7 °C19 November 1959	17.6 °C24 July 1959	24.5 °C	2,067 mm	57
1958	33.2 °C26 October 1958	19.1 °C3 July 1958	24.9 °C	1,743 mm	56
1957	33.5 °C2 November 1957	17.9 °C18 August 1957	24.5 °C	2,025 mm	51
1956	33.2 °C7 December 1956	18.4 °C17 September 1956	24.5 °C	1,881 mm	47
1955	31.8 °C13 October 1955	19.0 °C7 August 1955	24.5 °C	2,138 mm	25
1954	31.5 °C10 November 1954	17.4 °C15 July 1954	24.3 °C	2,240 mm	10
1953	33.6 °C25 October 1953	18.1 °C8 August 1953	24.8 °C	1,327 mm	63
1952	33.6 °C27 October 1952	18.7 °C17 June 1952	24.8 °C	1,572 mm	52
1951	34.3 °C17 November 1951	19.2 °C29 August 1951	24.9 °C	1,220 mm	86
1950	31.1 °C18 October 1950	18.7 °C30 August 1950	24.2 °C	2,240 mm	14
1949	32.8 °C31 October 1949	17.9 °C28 July 1949	24.2 °C	2,463 mm	30
1948	33.6 °C2 November 1948	17.9 °C18 June 1948	24.6 °C	1,289 mm	75
1947	33.7 °C10 November 1947	19.0 °C16 July 1947	24.9 °C	1,311 mm	73
1946	33.7 °C13 December 1946	17.5 °C2 September 1946	24.4 °C	1,440 mm	83
1945	31.0 °C5 December 1945	18.8 °C16 July 1945	24.2 °C	2,288 mm	6
1944	32.6 °C14 November 1944	18.7 °C10 July 1944	24.1 °C	1,868 mm	34
1943	33.4 °C4 December 1943	17.3 °C24 July 1943	24.1 °C	2,012 mm	67
1942	32.7 °C6 November 1942	18.7 °C9 August 1942	24.4 °C	1,937 mm	23
1941	32.9 °C26 October 1941	18.0 °C23 August 1941	24.4 °C	1,581 mm	51
1940	33.2 °C19 November 1940	18.3 °C9 July 1940	24.3 °C	1,204 mm	74

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.7 °C

+0.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

60 d/yr

+17

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2166 mm

+338 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	28.5 °C	+0.8 °C	370 mm	+71 mm
Feb	28.4 °C	+1.0 °C	332 mm	+21 mm
Mar	28.6 °C	+0.8 °C	301 mm	-2 mm
Apr	28.2 °C	+0.3 °C	252 mm	+78 mm
May	27.6 °C	+0.2 °C	184 mm	+82 mm
Jun	26.9 °C	+0.2 °C	34 mm	-24 mm
Jul	27.6 °C	+1.2 °C	14 mm	-24 mm
Aug	28.5 °C	+1.3 °C	4 mm	-14 mm
Sep	29.9 °C	+1.3 °C	39 mm	+19 mm
Oct	30.9 °C	+0.7 °C	52 mm	+9 mm
Nov	30.2 °C	-0.1 °C	249 mm	+92 mm
Dec	28.7 °C	0.0 °C	338 mm	+29 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.6 °C

2 Nov 2025

Coldest day

18.5 °C

13 Aug 2025

Wettest day

51.1 mm

14 Mar 2025

Windiest day

22.4 km/h

10 Feb 2025

Strongest gust

66.6 km/h

10 Feb 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.2 °C

3 Nov 2025

Coldest feels-like

19.5 °C

13 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

12.5 h

1 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Baucau?

Baucau has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.8 °C and it receives 1,828 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Baucau?

The hottest day measured in Baucau between 1940 and 2025 was 4 December 1969, reaching 34.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Baucau?

The coldest day measured in Baucau between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 1984, at 16.4 °C.

Does it snow in Baucau?

Almost never: Baucau sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Baucau warmed?

Yes: Baucau warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Baucau?

The wettest day measured in Baucau between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1967, with 199 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Baucau?

The windiest day measured in Baucau between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 1961, with winds reaching 40.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Baucau?

The warmest month in Baucau is November (26.5 °C on average); the coldest is July (23.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Baucau?

Baucau receives on average 1,828 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 194 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Baucau?

Baucau gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Baucau?

Yes: Baucau has on average 340 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Baucau?

In Baucau, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.5 °C on 1 December 2023, and the lowest was 16.2 °C on 30 July 1984.

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