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Muna Island

2,939 km² of land in the Banda Sea.

When to go

Muna Island seen from space, cut out from the sea (Sentinel-2)
RahaLasehaoLaworoLabungkari
N 10 km

Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.

In numbers

2,939km²

Area

511km

Coastline

109m

Highest point

30°C

Warmest sea

April

1,005km

To the mainland

When to go to Muna Island

Best for the beach from July to September.

The sea is warmest in April (30 °C) and coolest in August (28 °C). You can swim comfortably all year (21 °C or more).

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 Southeast Sulawesi Province, Indonesia

Muna Island is an island in Indonesia. It covers 2,939 km², with 511 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 109 m. The nearest mainland is 1,005 km away.

Read more on Wikipedia

Getting there

  • Matahora Airport (WNI)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 128 km in a straight lineCar hire at DPS airport (Kuta, Badung)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
  • FerriesTorobulu - Tampo, Baubau - Wamengkoli, Raha (Baru) - Pure, Kasipute - Tondasi
  • 1,005 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
  • From July to Septemberbest months to go (from 30 years of averages)

Plan the trip

Ferries, stays and things to do

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On the island

What you find on Muna Island.

  • 7beachesPantai Batubanawa, Pantai Wantopi, Pantai Labobo and 4 more
  • 1viewpointsNapabale
  • 6ferry terminalsWaara ferry port, Tondasi ferry port, Tampo ferry port and 3 more
  • 1ruins and archaeological sitesSitus Peninggalan Purbakala Liang Kobori dan Metanduno
  • 5hotels, guesthouses and apartments
  • 1restaurants, cafés and bars

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.

Cross-checked with our atlases

Muna Island in our other atlases

Everything Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas and Cascadyas know about what lies inside Muna Island, each with its own numbers.

  • 7beaches and covesCoastya
  • 2mountainsPeakyas
  • 1lakeLakeyas
  • Largest lake

    0.42km²

    Danau Airasin

    according to Lakeyas

  • Warmest lake

    31.2°C

    Danau Airasin

    surface water, warmest month · according to Lakeyas

  • Beach with the warmest sea

    30.1°C

    Teluk Tanjungbatu

    sea in the warmest month · according to Coastya

7 beaches

on Coastya, the beach atlas

  1. Teluk Wasolangkacove30.0°C
  2. Teluk Marobocove30.0°C
  3. Teluk Tanjungbatucove30.1°C
  4. Teluk Lakabucove30.1°C
  5. Teluk Wanseriwucove30.1°C
  6. Teluk Wanseriwulamacove30.1°C
  7. Teluk Katanganacove30.1°C

Open Coastya ↗

2 mountains

on Peakyas, the mountain atlas

  1. Gunung Pangilia
  2. Gunung Bombonawulu

Open Peakyas ↗

1 lakes

on Lakeyas, the lake atlas

  1. Danau Airasin0.42km²

Lakeyas is coming soonOpen Lakeyas ↗

The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 68 m above the sea. 94 % of it is below 200 m.

  • 52 %0–50 m
  • 42 %50–200 m
  • 6 %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).

Size, for real

Next to islands you may know.

Muna Island2,939 km²
Mallorca3,685 km²
Long Island3,529 km²

50 km

All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).

Towns on the island

  • Raha69,980 people
  • Katobu31,929 people
  • Lasehaono census figure
  • Laworono census figure
  • Labungkarino census figure

Month by month

The weather on the island.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon high (°C)282828282828282830323229
Night low (°C)252525252524232324252626
Sea (°C)303030302928282828293030
Rain (mm)212223246228215215122514761139253
Wet days2422242421181387101825
Sun h/day5.55.45.75.85.44.95.77.28.18.37.35.6
Wind (km/h)665567777656

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2020+0.6+0.7+0.7+0.5+0.1+0.1+0.2+0.4+0.1+0.4+0.1−0.1
2021−0.2−0.2+0.2+0.1+0.3+0.5+0.5+0.4+0.7+0.6+0.1−0.1
2022−0.1−0.1+0.4+0.2+0.7+0.7+1.0+0.7+0.9+0.8+0.1−0.1
2023±0.0−0.3−0.1±0.0+0.5+0.6+0.8+0.5±0.0±0.0+0.3+0.3
2024+0.7+0.6+0.4+0.7+0.4+0.5+0.7+0.5+0.5+0.8+0.8+0.1
2025+0.5+0.3+0.5+0.2+0.6+0.7+0.5+0.1+0.3+0.2±0.0−0.1

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Photos

Seen by visitors.

Halfbeaks, Muna island (3)
Livebearerguy · CC BY-SA 4.0
Acanthaster planci in Muna Island
Zulqanain · CC BY-SA 4.0
Halfbeaks, Muna island (2)
Livebearerguy · CC BY-SA 4.0

About these numbers

Names, area, populationWikidata (Q428076) · CC0
Outline© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020
ClimateNASA POWER · 1991–2020
Relief, 3D modelCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
TownsGeoNames · CC BY 4.0
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Beaches, mountains, lakes and waterfallsCoastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST; HydroLAKES (Messager et al. 2016) · CC BY 4.0, LakeTEMP (Korver et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

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

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