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When to go to Dili
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What the averages say
On these averages, Dili has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in March to August.
Of those months, it is also dry (under 50 mm of rain) and not humid in July and August.
- Hot months (a mean high of 32°C or more): September to November.
- Wet months (150 mm of rain or more): December to February.
- Humid months (a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more): December to June.
- The warmest month is October (33°C) and the coolest February (28°C). The wettest is January (243 mm) and the driest August (4 mm); about 924 mm of rain falls in a year.
How these sentences are worded
Each sentence is written from the figures by fixed rules, and says no more than they do. Mild to warm: a mean daily high from 18°C up to 32°C. Hot: 32°C or more. Cool: 10°C up to 18°C. Cold: under 10°C. Dry: under 50 mm of rain in the month; wet: 150 mm or more. Humid: a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more. A month is described as good for going when it is mild to warm and not wet.
The year at a glance
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
- JanWet
- FebWet
- MarMild–warm, mixed
- AprMild–warm, mixed
- MayMild–warm, mixed
- JunMild–warm, mixed
- JulMild–warm, dry
- AugMild–warm, dry
- SeptHot
- OctHot
- NovHot
- DecWet
Month by month
Every month in Dili
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29°C | 25°C | 243 mm | 82% | 86% | 5.3 | 23°C | Wet |
| February | 28°C | 25°C | 203 mm | 84% | 83% | 5.5 | 24°C | Wet |
| March | 29°C | 25°C | 120 mm | 81% | 77% | 5.5 | 27°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| April | 30°C | 25°C | 54 mm | 75% | 65% | 5.6 | 31°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| May | 30°C | 24°C | 33 mm | 74% | 62% | 5.1 | 35°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| June | 29°C | 23°C | 21 mm | 71% | 57% | 4.8 | 37°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| July | 29°C | 22°C | 8 mm | 69% | 50% | 5.1 | 39°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| August | 30°C | 22°C | 4 mm | 65% | 43% | 6 | 39°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| September | 32°C | 23°C | 5 mm | 62% | 42% | 6.6 | 37°C | Hot |
| October | 33°C | 25°C | 13 mm | 61% | 47% | 6.8 | 34°C | Hot |
| November | 32°C | 26°C | 54 mm | 64% | 61% | 6.5 | 29°C | Hot |
| December | 30°C | 26°C | 166 mm | 76% | 83% | 5.5 | 25°C | Wet |
The Dubai column is Dubai's mean daily high, for comparison.
Modelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.
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