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Climate and Average Weather Year Round in Baru Indonesia

In Baru, the wet season is overcast, the dry season is partly cloudy, and it is hot and oppressive year round. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from 69°F to 90°F and is rarely below 66°F or above 93°F.

Based on the tourism score, the best time of year to visit Baru for warm-weather activities is from early June to mid September.

Climate in Baru

hotJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNowNow52%52%9%9%overcastclearprecipitation: 9.4 inprecipitation: 9.4 in0.3 in0.3 inmuggy: 100%muggy: 100%72%72%tourism score: 6.9tourism score: 6.93.73.7
Baru weather by month. Click on each chart for more information.

The temperature in Baru varies so little throughout the year that it is not entirely meaningful to discuss hot and cold seasons.

Average High and Low Temperature in Baru

Average High and Low Temperature in BaruJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0°F0°F10°F10°F20°F20°F30°F30°F40°F40°F50°F50°F60°F60°F70°F70°F80°F80°F90°F90°F100°F100°FAug 988°FAug 988°FOct 2490°FOct 2490°F69°F69°F74°F74°FJan 386°FJan 386°FMar 1386°FMar 1386°F71°F71°F75°F75°F74°F74°F74°F74°FNowNow
The daily average high (red line) and low (blue line) temperature, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted lines are the corresponding average perceived temperatures.
AverageJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
High 86°F85°F87°F88°F88°F88°F88°F88°F89°F90°F90°F88°F
Temp. 79°F78°F79°F80°F80°F79°F78°F78°F79°F81°F81°F80°F
Low 74°F74°F74°F74°F73°F71°F70°F69°F71°F73°F75°F75°F

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the entire year of hourly average temperatures. The horizontal axis is the day of the year, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Average Hourly Temperature in Baru

Average Hourly Temperature in BaruJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMNowNowcomfortablecomfortablewarmwarmhothot
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The average hourly temperature, color coded into bands. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

Tapachula, Mexico (10,188 miles away); Masaya, Nicaragua (10,623 miles); and Pucallpa, Peru (10,899 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Baru (view comparison).

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In Baru, the average percentage of the sky covered by clouds experiences significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year in Baru begins around April 29 and lasts for 5.9 months, ending around October 27.

The clearest month of the year in Baru is August, during which on average the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 51% of the time.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 27 and lasts for 6.1 months, ending around April 29.

The cloudiest month of the year in Baru is January, during which on average the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy 90% of the time.

Cloud Cover Categories in Baru

Cloud Cover Categories in BaruclearercloudiercloudierJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%Aug 1752%Aug 1752%Jan 219%Jan 219%Apr 2930%Apr 2930%Oct 2731%Oct 2731%NowNowclearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercast
0% clear 20% mostly clear 40% partly cloudy 60% mostly cloudy 80% overcast 100%
The percentage of time spent in each cloud cover band, categorized by the percentage of the sky covered by clouds.
FractionJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Cloudier 90%89%80%73%63%57%52%49%54%65%80%89%
Clearer 10%11%20%27%37%43%48%51%46%35%20%11%

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. The chance of wet days in Baru varies very significantly throughout the year.

The wetter season lasts 5.2 months, from November 10 to April 18, with a greater than 38% chance of a given day being a wet day. The month with the most wet days in Baru is February, with an average of 20.1 days with at least 0.04 inches of precipitation.

The drier season lasts 6.8 months, from April 18 to November 10. The month with the fewest wet days in Baru is August, with an average of 1.7 days with at least 0.04 inches of precipitation.

Among wet days, we distinguish between those that experience rain alone, snow alone, or a mixture of the two. The month with the most days of rain alone in Baru is February, with an average of 20.1 days. Based on this categorization, the most common form of precipitation throughout the year is rain alone, with a peak probability of 71% on February 12.

Daily Chance of Precipitation in Baru

Daily Chance of Precipitation in BaruwetwetdryJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%Feb 1271%Feb 1271%Aug 114%Aug 114%Nov 1038%Nov 1038%Apr 1838%Apr 1838%NowNowrain
The percentage of days in which various types of precipitation are observed, excluding trace quantities: rain alone, snow alone, and mixed (both rain and snow fell in the same day).
Days ofJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Rain 20.9d20.1d16.7d11.5d6.0d3.0d2.0d1.7d3.7d6.8d12.8d19.7d

To show variation within the months and not just the monthly totals, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day of the year. Baru experiences extreme seasonal variation in monthly rainfall.

Rain falls throughout the year in Baru. The month with the most rain in Baru is January, with an average rainfall of 9.3 inches.

The month with the least rain in Baru is August, with an average rainfall of 0.4 inches.

Average Monthly Rainfall in Baru

Average Monthly Rainfall in BaruJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0 in0 in5 in5 in10 in10 in15 in15 inFeb 69.4 inFeb 69.4 inAug 70.3 inAug 70.3 inNowNow
The average rainfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average snowfall.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Rainfall 9.3″9.3″7.1″4.4″2.0″0.9″0.5″0.4″1.0″1.9″4.6″8.8″

The length of the day in Baru does not vary substantially over the course of the year, staying within 36 minutes of 12 hours throughout. In 2024, the shortest day is June 21, with 11 hours, 38 minutes of daylight; the longest day is December 21, with 12 hours, 37 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in Baru

The number of hours during which the Sun is visible (black line). From bottom (most yellow) to top (most gray), the color bands indicate: full daylight, twilight (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and full night.
Hours ofJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight 12.5h12.4h12.1h11.9h11.7h11.6h11.7h11.8h12.1h12.3h12.5h12.6h

The earliest sunrise is at 5:27 AM on November 15, and the latest sunrise is 46 minutes later at 6:13 AM on July 15. The earliest sunset is at 5:45 PM on May 25, and the latest sunset is 40 minutes later at 6:25 PM on January 29.

Daylight saving time (DST) is not observed in Baru during 2024.

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in Baru

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in BaruJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AMNov 155:27 AMNov 155:27 AM6:25 PMJan 296:25 PMJan 29May 255:45 PMMay 255:45 PM6:13 AMJul 156:13 AMJul 15daynightSolarMidnightSolarMidnightSolarNoonSunriseSunsetNowNow
The solar day over the course of the year 2024. From bottom to top, the black lines are the previous solar midnight, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and the next solar midnight. The day, twilights (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and night are indicated by the color bands from yellow to gray.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in Baru

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in BaruJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AM0000101010102020202030303030404040405050505060606060707070800000101010102020202030303030404040405050505060606070708058NowNow
northeastsouthwest
Solar elevation and azimuth over the course of the year 2024. The black lines are lines of constant solar elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon, in degrees). The background color fills indicate the azimuth (the compass bearing) of the sun. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries of the cardinal compass points indicate the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases.

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in Baru

The time in which the moon is above the horizon (light blue area), with new moons (dark gray lines) and full moons (blue lines) indicated. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

Baru experiences some seasonal variation in the perceived humidity.

The muggier period of the year lasts for 11 months, from August 25 to July 17, during which time the comfort level is muggy, oppressive, or miserable at least 79% of the time. The month with the most muggy days in Baru is January, with 31.0 days that are muggy or worse.

The month with the fewest muggy days in Baru is August, with 23.4 days that are muggy or worse.

Humidity Comfort Levels in Baru

Humidity Comfort Levels in BarumuggymuggyJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%Aug 572%Aug 572%100%Feb 6100%Feb 6NowNowmiserablemiserableoppressiveoppressivemuggymuggyhumidhumid
dry 55°F comfortable 60°F humid 65°F muggy 70°F oppressive 75°F miserable
The percentage of time spent at various humidity comfort levels, categorized by dew point.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Muggy days 31.0d29.0d31.0d29.9d30.3d27.2d24.5d23.4d26.8d30.0d29.9d31.0d

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed in Baru experiences mild seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The windier part of the year lasts for 2.8 months, from December 15 to March 10, with average wind speeds of more than 5.0 miles per hour. The windiest month of the year in Baru is January, with an average hourly wind speed of 6.2 miles per hour.

The calmer time of year lasts for 9.2 months, from March 10 to December 15. The calmest month of the year in Baru is November, with an average hourly wind speed of 3.7 miles per hour.

Average Wind Speed in Baru

Average Wind Speed in BaruwindyJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0 mph0 mph1 mph1 mph2 mph2 mph3 mph3 mph4 mph4 mph5 mph5 mph6 mph6 mph7 mph7 mph8 mph8 mph9 mph9 mph10 mph10 mphJan 296.4 mphJan 296.4 mphNov 93.6 mphNov 93.6 mphDec 155.0 mphDec 155.0 mphMar 105.0 mphMar 105.0 mphNowNow
The average of mean hourly wind speeds (dark gray line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Wind Speed (mph) 6.26.14.64.04.44.84.94.84.33.93.75.0

The predominant average hourly wind direction in Baru varies throughout the year.

The wind is most often from the east for 7.4 months, from March 29 to November 12, with a peak percentage of 71% on August 14. The wind is most often from the north for 6.0 days, from November 12 to November 18, with a peak percentage of 30% on November 15. The wind is most often from the west for 4.4 months, from November 18 to March 29, with a peak percentage of 77% on January 1.

Wind Direction in Baru

Wind Direction in BaruWEWJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%NowNowwesteastnorthsouth
northeastsouthwest
The percentage of hours in which the mean wind direction is from each of the four cardinal wind directions, excluding hours in which the mean wind speed is less than 1.0 mph. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries are the percentage of hours spent in the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

Baru is located near a large body of water (e.g., ocean, sea, or large lake). This section reports on the wide-area average surface temperature of that water.

The average water temperature experiences some seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The time of year with warmer water lasts for 1.9 months, from October 31 to December 28, with an average temperature above 84°F. The month of the year in Baru with the warmest water is November, with an average temperature of 85°F.

The time of year with cooler water lasts for 2.3 months, from July 5 to September 14, with an average temperature below 82°F. The month of the year in Baru with the coolest water is August, with an average temperature of 81°F.

Average Water Temperature in Baru

Average Water Temperature in BaruwarmcoolJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec78°F78°F79°F79°F80°F80°F81°F81°F82°F82°F83°F83°F84°F84°F85°F85°F86°F86°F87°F87°FNov 2885°FNov 2885°F81°FAug 781°FAug 7Jul 582°FJul 582°FSep 1482°FSep 1482°FNowNow
The daily average water temperature (purple line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.
WaterJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Temperature 84°F83°F84°F85°F84°F82°F81°F81°F82°F83°F85°F85°F

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Baru throughout the year, we compute two travel scores.

The tourism score favors clear, rainless days with perceived temperatures between 65°F and 80°F. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Baru for general outdoor tourist activities is from early June to mid September, with a peak score in the second week of August.

Tourism Score in Baru

Tourism Score in Barubest timeJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec002244668810106.96.93.73.7NowNowtemperaturetemperature cloudscloudsprecipitationprecipitationtourism score
The tourism score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with perceived temperatures between 75°F and 90°F. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Baru for hot-weather activities is from late April to late October, with a peak score in the second week of June.

Beach/Pool Score in Baru

Beach/Pool Score in Barubest timeJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec002244668810106.66.64.04.0NowNowtemperaturetemperature cloudscloudsprecipitationprecipitationbeach/pool score
The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Methodology

For each hour between 8:00 AM and 9:00 PM of each day in the analysis period (1980 to 2016), independent scores are computed for perceived temperature, cloud cover, and total precipitation. Those scores are combined into a single hourly composite score, which is then aggregated into days, averaged over all the years in the analysis period, and smoothed.

Our cloud cover score is 10 for fully clear skies, falling linearly to 9 for mostly clear skies, and to 1 for fully overcast skies.

Our precipitation score, which is based on the three-hour precipitation centered on the hour in question, is 10 for no precipitation, falling linearly to 9 for trace precipitation, and to 0 for 0.04 inches of precipitation or more.

Our tourism temperature score is 0 for perceived temperatures below 50°F, rising linearly to 9 for 65°F, to 10 for 75°F, falling linearly to 9 for 80°F, and to 1 for 90°F or hotter.

Our beach/pool temperature score is 0 for perceived temperatures below 65°F, rising linearly to 9 for 75°F, to 10 for 82°F, falling linearly to 9 for 90°F, and to 1 for 100°F or hotter.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

Temperatures in Baru are sufficiently warm year round that it is not entirely meaningful to discuss the growing season in these terms. We nevertheless include the chart below as an illustration of the distribution of temperatures experienced throughout the year.

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in Baru

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in BaruJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%100%Jan 1100%Jan 1100%Jul 2100%Jul 2NowNowcomfortablewarmhot
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The percentage of time spent in various temperature bands. The black line is the percentage chance that a given day is within the growing season.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

Growing Degree Days in Baru

Growing Degree Days in BaruJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0°F0°F2,000°F2,000°F4,000°F4,000°F6,000°F6,000°F8,000°F8,000°F10,000°F10,000°FJul 490°FJul 490°FAug 3900°FAug 3900°FJun 3010,526°FJun 3010,526°FNowNow
The average growing degree days accumulated over the course of the year, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy experiences some seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The brighter period of the year lasts for 2.4 months, from August 20 to November 3, with an average daily incident shortwave energy per square meter above 6.5 kWh. The brightest month of the year in Baru is September, with an average of 7.0 kWh.

The darker period of the year lasts for 3.2 months, from December 3 to March 10, with an average daily incident shortwave energy per square meter below 4.9 kWh. The darkest month of the year in Baru is January, with an average of 4.5 kWh.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in Baru

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in BarubrightdarkdarkJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0 kWh0 kWh1 kWh1 kWh2 kWh2 kWh3 kWh3 kWh4 kWh4 kWh5 kWh5 kWh6 kWh6 kWh7 kWh7 kWh8 kWh8 kWhOct 27.1 kWhOct 27.1 kWhJan 234.4 kWhJan 234.4 kWhAug 206.5 kWhAug 206.5 kWhDec 34.9 kWhDec 34.9 kWhMar 104.9 kWhMar 104.9 kWhNowNow
The average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground per square meter (orange line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Solar Energy (kWh) 4.54.55.15.45.45.45.76.47.06.95.84.7

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Baru are -8.307 deg latitude, 120.491 deg longitude, and 36 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Baru contains very significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 1,204 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 256 feet. Within 10 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (3,573 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (7,749 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Baru is covered by trees (40%), cropland (32%), and water (17%), within 10 miles by water (39%) and trees (35%), and within 50 miles by water (65%) and trees (20%).

This report illustrates the typical weather in Baru, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016.

Temperature and Dew Point

There is only a single weather station, Mau Hau Airport, in our network suitable to be used as a proxy for the historical temperature and dew point records of Baru.

At a distance of 153 kilometers from Baru, further than our threshold of 150 kilometers, this station is deemed insufficiently nearby to be relied upon as our primary source for temperature and dew point records. Consequently, the station records are blended with interpolated values from NASA's MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis , and both are corrected for elevation differences according to the International Standard Atmosphere .

The weight assigned to the MERRA-2 value depends on the distance from Baru to the nearest station, increasing from 0% at 150 kilometers to 100% at 200 kilometers. In this case, the MERRA-2 weight is 6%, making the weight assigned to the weather station 94%.

Other Data

All data relating to the Sun's position (e.g., sunrise and sunset) are computed using astronomical formulas from the book, Astronomical Algorithms 2nd Edition , by Jean Meeus.

All other weather data, including cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and direction, and solar flux, come from NASA's MERRA-2 Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis . This reanalysis combines a variety of wide-area measurements in a state-of-the-art global meteorological model to reconstruct the hourly history of weather throughout the world on a 50-kilometer grid.

Land Use data comes from the Global Land Cover SHARE database , published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Elevation data comes from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) , published by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Names, locations, and time zones of places and some airports come from the GeoNames Geographical Database .

Time zones for airports and weather stations are provided by AskGeo.com .

Maps are © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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