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Raja Ampat in February
sweet spot busy · the best month to go · the driest month of the year
The year in Raja Ampat
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- JanJRaja Ampat in January: avoid
- FebFRaja Ampat in February: sweet spot, busy
- MarMRaja Ampat in March: avoid
- AprARaja Ampat in April: avoid
- MayMRaja Ampat in May: avoid
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- JulJRaja Ampat in July: avoid
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- OctORaja Ampat in October: avoid
- NovNRaja Ampat in November: avoid
- DecDRaja Ampat in December: avoid
- Sweet spot
- Good
- OK
- Avoid
- Busy
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The numbers
| Daily high | 30°C |
|---|---|
| Nightly low | 25°C |
| Feels like, afternoon | 36°C |
| Rainy days, 1 mm or more | 14 · 214 mm |
| Humidity | 85% |
| Sunshine | 9.2 h/day |
| Daylight | 12.1 h/day |
| Beach and sea | 15 of 28 days dry and 23–35 °C; sea 29 °C, warm fair |
| Crowds | 49 / 100, higher is quieter |
Ten-year averages for this calendar month. A rainy day is one with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts it. The model these figures come from drizzles more than a rain gauge, the more so the warmer the month, so its days count from 2 mm, rising to 5 mm in the hottest.
Weather read at Waisai (or the homestays): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.
How busy it gets
Public holidays in February
- Lunar New Year 6 Feb 2027
- Eid al-Fitr (estimated) 27 Feb 2028
- Eid al-Fitr Second Day (estimated) 28 Feb 2028
Holidays crowd a place out and push fares up around them; they count toward the crowd score above.
Raja Ampat in pictures
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Pavel Kirillov, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Max Mossler, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Jonathan Chase, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
What to pack
- Summer clothes by day, highs around 30°C.
- Rain gear you will actually use: about 14 rainy days and 214 mm.
- Sun protection: about 9 hours of sunshine a day.
- Humidity averages 85%; breathable fabrics dry faster.
Each line is a threshold over the ten-year figures above, not advice from anywhere else.
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.
On arrival in Raja Ampat: the apps, paying, getting around, tipping and the emergency numbers.
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