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Buru Island

80,516 km² rising to 2,700 m out of the Banda Sea.

When to go

In numbers

80,516km²

Area

2,700m

Highest point

Mount Kapalatmada

124,000

People

30°C

Warmest sea

December

1,033km

To the mainland

When to go to Buru Island

Best for the beach in January and from August to November.

The sea is warmest in December (30 °C) and coolest in August (27 °C). You can swim comfortably all year (21 °C or more).

29°28°22°

Jan24

29°28°22°

Feb22

29°28°22°

Mar23

29°28°23°

Apr22

29°27°23°

May21

28°26°22°

Jun20

27°26°21°

Jul20

27°26°21°

Aug13

27°27°21°

Sep11

28°29°22°

Oct11

29°30°22°

Nov12

30°29°23°

Dec22

Sea temperature (the water level) Air: night low to afternoon high Wet days Best months

Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.

Island in Maluku Province, Indonesia

Buru Island is an island in Indonesia. It covers 80,516 km². Its highest point, Mount Kapalatmada, rises to 2,700 m. About 124,000 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 1,033 km away.

Getting there

Namniwel Airport (NAM)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 51 km in a straight lineCar hire at DPS airport (Kuta, Badung)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
1,033 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
January and from August to Novemberbest months to go (from 30 years of averages)

Plan the trip

Ferries, stays and things to do

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The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 804 m above the sea. 0 % of it is below 200 m.

100 %500–1,000 m

Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).

Month by month

The weather on the island.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Afternoon high (°C)	28	28	28	28	27	26	26	26	27	29	30	29
Night low (°C)	22	22	22	23	23	22	21	21	21	22	22	23
Sea (°C)	29	29	29	29	29	28	27	27	27	28	29	30
Rain (mm)	207	190	175	168	187	254	188	110	78	64	72	158
Wet days	24	22	23	22	21	20	20	13	11	11	12	22
Sun h/day	5.4	5.6	5.9	6.2	6.2	5.2	5.4	6.5	7.1	7.7	7.4	5.8
Wind (km/h)	4	3	3	4	5	6	7	7	6	5	4	3

Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.

Recent years

Warmer and cooler years at sea.

Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2020	+0.6	+1.1	+0.5	+0.5	+0.2	+0.3	+0.3	+1.0	+0.6	+0.7	+0.4	+0.4
2021	+0.4	+0.4	+0.2	+0.1	+0.2	+0.5	+0.5	+1.2	+1.3	+0.9	+0.4	−0.4
2022	−0.4	−0.3	+0.3	+0.1	+0.8	+1.5	+1.2	+1.2	+1.3	+1.4	+0.5	±0.0
2023	−0.1	−0.4	−0.1	+0.1	+0.2	+0.3	+0.9	+0.6	−0.1	−0.2	−0.1	−0.1
2024	+0.4	+0.1	+0.5	+0.6	+0.4	±0.0	+0.5	+0.4	+0.5	+0.7	+0.7	+0.2
2025	+0.6	+0.2	+0.3	+0.1	+0.4	+0.7	+0.6	+0.5	+0.5	+0.4	±0.0	−0.1

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Nearby

More islands nearby.

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About these numbers

Names, area, population	Wikidata (Q271030) · CC0
Outline	Natural Earth · public domain
Sea temperature	NOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020
Climate	NASA POWER · 1991–2020
Relief, 3D model	Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Towns	GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
Images	EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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