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Ende Island

10.0 km² of land in the Savu Sea.

When to go

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In numbers

10.0km²

Area

130m

Highest point

274,758

People

30°C

Warmest sea

December

742km

To the mainland

When to go to Ende Island

Best for the beach from June to October.

The sea is warmest in December (30 °C) and coolest in August (26 °C). You can swim comfortably all year (21 °C or more).

29°29°26°

Jan25

29°28°26°

Feb25

29°28°27°

Mar23

29°29°26°

Apr18

28°28°26°

May10

27°27°25°

Jun6

26°27°24°

Jul4

26°27°24°

Aug3

27°28°25°

Sep4

28°30°26°

Oct8

29°30°27°

Nov18

30°29°27°

Dec25

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 Ende Regency, East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia

Ende Island is an island in Indonesia. It covers 10.0 km². Its highest point rises to 130 m. About 274,758 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 742 km away.

Getting there

El Tari Airport (KOE)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 275 km in a straight lineCar hire at DPS airport (Kuta, Badung)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
742 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
From June to Octoberbest 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 182 m above the sea. 62 % of it is below 200 m.

2 %0–50 m
60 %50–200 m
38 %200–500 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)	29	28	28	29	28	27	27	27	28	30	30	29
Night low (°C)	26	26	27	26	26	25	24	24	25	26	27	27
Sea (°C)	29	29	29	29	28	27	26	26	27	28	29	30
Rain (mm)	229	228	237	145	84	37	25	15	37	68	141	273
Wet days	25	25	23	18	10	6	4	3	4	8	18	25
Sun h/day	6.2	6.6	7.2	7.9	8.0	7.8	8.2	8.9	9.4	9.2	8.5	6.6
Wind (km/h)	10	9	8	10	12	14	14	14	12	10	8	8

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	+0.5	+1.0	+0.6	+0.2	−0.4	+0.7	+0.5	+0.7	+0.7	+0.5	+0.7	+0.4
2021	+0.6	−0.1	+0.4	−0.3	+0.2	+0.6	+0.7	+0.9	+0.9	+0.5	+0.3	+0.3
2022	−0.2	−0.3	+0.4	+0.7	+1.1	+1.1	+0.6	+0.7	+1.1	+1.0	+0.4	+0.1
2023	+0.1	−0.3	±0.0	−0.2	±0.0	+0.3	+0.4	+0.6	−0.1	+0.2	+0.4	±0.0
2024	+0.2	+0.3	+0.6	+0.5	+0.1	+0.1	+0.6	+0.8	+0.6	+0.7	+0.5	−0.3
2025	+0.5	+0.2	+0.6	+0.5	+0.4	+0.5	+0.5	+0.3	+0.5	+0.7	−0.1	±0.0

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Photos

Seen by visitors.

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About these numbers

Names, area, population	Wikidata (Q24977488) · 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