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Southwest Sumba in October

Hot and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Southwest Sumba is hot: highs near 88°F, lows near 78°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 11 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Southwest Sumba is hot: highs near 31°C, lows near 26°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 11 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
88°F31°Caverage
Low
78°F26°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 30% of days
Daylight
12h 20mon average

Is October a good time to visit Southwest Sumba?

A good month, just outside Southwest Sumba's most comfortable months, which run from June to September.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How October sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 88°F in October, against 86°F to 89°F through the year.Highs near 31°C in October, against 30°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

30% of days in October, against 7% to 91% through the year.

Cloud cover

64% cover in October, against 54% to 78% through the year.

Daylight

12h 20m in October, against 11h 35m to 12h 40m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with October shaded. The olive line marks the most comfortable months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. September87°31°low 76°low 24°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. October88°31°low 78°low 26°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. November89°32°low 80°low 27°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Southwest Sumba sits, in October

Asia/Makassar
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
5:41 AMsets 5:59 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
9.5°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
West Sumba57 km south-east

The land around Southwest Sumba, shaded by its typical high in October, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Indonesia in October

high · low · wet days
See October on the planning mapThe whole year in Southwest Sumba

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 8 km north-east of Southwest Sumba. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (0 m) against the climate model's (52 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (0 m) against the climate model's (52 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.