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Best time to visit Manado
Indonesia · Southeast Asia
All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.
The year in Manado
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- JanJManado in January: avoid
- FebFManado in February: avoid
- MarMManado in March: avoid
- AprAManado in April: avoid
- MayMManado in May: ok
- JunJManado in June: avoid
- JulJManado in July: sweet spot
- AugAManado in August: ok
- SepSManado in September: ok, busy
- OctOManado in October: sweet spot
- NovNManado in November: avoid
- DecDManado in December: avoid
- Sweet spot
- Good
- OK
- Avoid
- Busy
No dry season: more than 6 rainy days in every month.
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Month by month
| Month | Max °C | Rain days | Humidity | Sun h/day | Verdict | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 29° | 20d | 88% | 8.6h | avoid | monsoon: 20 rainy days, 352mm |
| Feb | 29° | 17d | 87% | 8.9h | avoid | monsoon: 17 rainy days, 283mm |
| Mar | 29° | 18d | 87% | 9.4h | avoid | monsoon: 18 rainy days, 265mm |
| Apr | 30° | 16d* | 85% | 9.9h | avoid | monsoon: 16 rainy days, 200mm |
| May | 30° | 14d | 86% | 9.9h | ok | 30C max, 14 rainy days |
| Jun | 30° | 17d | 86% | 9.5h | avoid | monsoon: 17 rainy days, 248mm |
| Jul | 30° | 13d | 82% | 9.9h | sweet spot | 30C max, 13 rainy days |
| Aug | 31° | 11d | 78% | 10.5h | ok | 31C max, 11 rainy days |
| Sep | 31° | 10d | 77% | 10.2h | okbusy | busier than usual |
| Oct | 31° | 10d | 81% | 9.9h | sweet spot | 31C max, 10 rainy days |
| Nov | 30° | 17d* | 85% | 9.6h | avoid | monsoon: 17 rainy days, 192mm |
| Dec | 29° | 20d | 87% | 9.2h | avoid | monsoon: 20 rainy days, 262mm |
Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.
Weather read at the city, the boats to Bunaken, 11 km from the airport (MDC): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.* Rainy days in April and November are as the weather station at Manado Airport (10 km away) counts them, where it and the model disagree on a wet month (WMO 97014, 2017–2026).
A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.
How busy it gets
Then and now
No month in Manado is clearly warmer than in 1981–1990: the differences are inside the ordinary spread between one year and the next.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981–90 | 28.5° | 28.5° | 29.0° | 29.8° | 30.1° | 30.0° | 29.8° | 30.5° | 30.8° | 30.5° | 29.5° | 28.7° |
| 2017–26 | 28.5° | 28.5° | 28.9° | 29.7° | 30.1° | 29.6° | 30.1° | 30.6° | 31.0° | 30.8° | 29.9° | 29.1° |
| Change | +0.1° | +0.0° | -0.1° | -0.1° | -0.0° | -0.3° | +0.4° | +0.2° | +0.2° | +0.2° | +0.3° | +0.4° |
The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.
Getting there
How far Manado is depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.
- from Manila
- from Jakarta
- from Ho Chi Minh City
- from Singapore
- from Kuala Lumpur
- from Hong Kong
- from Taipei
- from Hanoi
Open in Rome2rio for every way from to Manado, flying or not.
Before you go
Type C and F plugs at 127 / 230 V. Drives on the left. The currency is the Rupiah. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Global Affairs Canada: Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories). US State Department: Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution. Everything for Indonesia: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.
Being there
On arrival
- Paying — Cards work in hotels, malls and larger restaurants; carry cash for warungs, markets and small shops. QRIS codes are common, and bank apps from some Asian countries can scan them.
- UPI, for visitors from India — Not accepted for paying here; bring a card that works abroad.
- Tipping — Not expected, though often hoped for in Bali and other tourist areas; if you tip, hand it over quietly.
Getting around Manado
- Apps — Rides: Bluebird, Gojek, Grab. Maps: Google Maps. Messages: WhatsApp. In parts of Bali, such as Canggu, Jimbaran and Uluwatu, local taxi drivers bar app pick-ups; walk a short way off before booking.
The main ways of getting around are ojek/ompreng, moped taxis that can be a bit scary, or with Mikrolets (mikros), the blue minibuses that you jump on just standing by the street. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Manado, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Help
- Emergency — police 110 · ambulance 118 or 119 · fire 113. From a mobile, 112 is the general emergency number.
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.
Your embassy — : how to reach your embassy or consulate abroad. A guess from your city, : a city is not a passport.
Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 3 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.
Sources (14)
- gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/indonesia/getting-help
- indonesia.travel/gb/en/general-information/staying-safe-in-indonesia
- en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Indonesia
- en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Jakarta
- en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Bali
- gojek.com/en-id
- grab.com/id/en
- bankmandiri.co.id/en/emv-transit
- periskop.id/kota/20260729/naik-mrt-jakarta-kini-bisa-tap-kartu-kredit-visa-dan-mastercard
- en.antaranews.com/amp/news/433019/bi-expands-cross-border-qris-to-boost-foreign-tourists-spending
- infobip.com/blog/most-popular-messaging-apps-by-country
- developers.google.com/maps/coverage
- pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2286608
- rbidocs.rbi.org.in/rdocs/AnnualReport/PDFs/09PAYMENT290526C6588B796E664822A2BD0DEB6452CAD4.PDF
Manado in pictures
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Christian Gloor, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Midori, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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User: (WT-shared) Jpatokal at wts wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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en:Wihelmin, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
What Manado is like
Manado is the largest and capital city in, and main gateway to Northern Sulawesi (Sulawesi Utara), Indonesia. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth seeing
- Manado's attractions are a mixture of waterfront scenery, historic neighbourhoods, religious architecture and everyday city life, rather than a concentration of major monuments. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth doing
- Day trip to Bunaken: Manado is famous throughout the region for its diving areas. Bunaken is one of the well-known national marine park in Indonesia. More on Wikivoyage
- Getting in
- Manado is quite far from the rest of Indonesia, and most visitors arrive by plane. Sam Ratulangi International Airport (Bandara Internasional Sam Ratulangi, MDC IATA), Jalan A.A. Maramis. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Manado, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.
Around Manado
Also in Indonesia
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- Bali best Aug, Sep, Oct
- Bandung best Jun, Jul, Aug
- Belitung best Jul, Aug, Sep
- Gili Islands best Aug, Sep, Oct
- Jakarta best Jul, Aug, Sep
- Labuan Bajo best May, Jun, Aug
- Lake Toba best Jun, Jul, Aug
- Lombok best May, Sep, Oct
- Lovina best Aug, Sep, Oct
- Mount Bromo best Jul, Aug, Sep
- Mount Rinjani best Aug, Sep, Oct
- Nusa Lembongan best May, Sep, Oct
- Raja Ampat best Feb
- Ubud best Jun, Jul, Aug
- Yogyakarta best Jul, Aug, Sep
Nearby
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- Bohol Philippines · 904 km
- Cebu City Philippines · 984 km
Kind of place
Manado is in Indonesia, Southeast Asia. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.
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