IndonesiaIsland

Taliabu Island

2,913 km² rising to 1,363 m out of the Banda Sea.

When to go

Bobong

N 20 km

Ferry portsPeaksWaterfallsAirports

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

In numbers

2,913km²

Area

307km

Coastline

measured on a simplified outline

1,363m

Highest point

61,376

People

30°C

Warmest sea

April

1,247km

To the mainland

When to go to Taliabu Island

Best for the beach from January to February and from August to October.

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

29°28°27°

Jan25

29°28°27°

Feb24

29°28°27°

Mar26

30°28°27°

Apr26

29°28°27°

May24

29°28°26°

Jun23

28°27°26°

Jul20

28°27°25°

Aug14

28°27°26°

Sep14

29°28°26°

Oct15

29°29°27°

Nov20

30°29°27°

Dec26

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 Taliabu Island Regency, North Maluku Province, Indonesia

Taliabu Island is an island in Indonesia. It covers 2,913 km², with 307 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 1,363 m. About 61,376 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 1,247 km away.

Getting there

Namniwel Airport (NAM)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 279 km in a straight lineCar hire at DPS airport (Kuta, Badung)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
FerriesKendari - Bobong, Bobong - Tikong
1,247 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
From January to February and from August to Octoberbest 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 Taliabu Island.

1ferry terminalsPelabuhan Fery
2named peaksBapeng Mbehang, Bapeng Godo
1waterfalls

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

Taliabu Island in our other atlases

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

1beachCoastya
3mountainsPeakyas

Beach with the warmest sea
29.5°C
Jiko Salung
sea in the warmest month · according to Coastya

1 beaches

on Coastya, the beach atlas

Jiko Salungcove29.5°C

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3 mountains

on Peakyas, the mountain atlas

Bapeng Mbehang
Bapeng Godo
Bapeng Sofan

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The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 321 m above the sea. 52 % of it is below 200 m.

25 %0–50 m
28 %50–200 m
22 %200–500 m
20 %500–1,000 m
6 %1,000–2,000 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).

Size, for real

Next to islands you may know.

Taliabu Island2,913 km²

Mallorca3,685 km²

Long Island3,529 km²

100 km

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

Towns on the island

Bobongno census figure

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	28	28	27	27	27	28	29	29
Night low (°C)	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	25	26	26	27	27
Sea (°C)	29	29	29	30	29	29	28	28	28	29	29	30
Rain (mm)	145	126	158	190	174	205	161	89	89	65	104	154
Wet days	25	24	26	26	24	23	20	14	14	15	20	26
Sun h/day	5.8	5.9	6.2	6.4	7.1	6.5	6.9	7.5	7.9	8.1	7.3	6.0
Wind (km/h)	12	14	11	9	11	14	16	17	14	11	8	10

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	+0.3	+0.5	+0.6	+0.5	+0.6	+0.3	+0.6	+0.8	+0.6	+0.4	+0.4	+0.3
2021	+0.5	+0.5	+0.5	+0.2	+0.2	+0.3	+0.7	+1.0	+0.9	+0.7	+0.5	+0.2
2022	+0.2	+0.1	+0.4	+0.2	+0.6	+1.0	+0.8	+1.1	+1.2	+1.0	+0.3	+0.2
2023	+0.4	−0.1	+0.4	+0.4	+0.3	+0.3	+0.7	+0.4	−0.1	−0.2	+0.5	+0.4
2024	+0.3	+0.1	+0.3	+0.6	+0.6	+0.2	+0.4	+0.4	+0.6	+0.7	+0.8	+0.4
2025	+0.8	+0.7	+0.6	+0.2	+0.4	+0.3	+0.5	+0.3	+0.5	+0.4	+0.1	+0.1

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Nearby

More islands nearby.

Mangoli Island

Indonesia1,210 km²211 m104 km away

Banggai Island

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Sulabesi Island

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Peling Island

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Bacan Island

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Obimayor Island

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About these numbers

Names, area, population	Wikidata (Q27868248) · 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
Beaches, mountains, lakes and waterfalls	Coastya, Peakyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST