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F L O R E S
C L I M A T E
Flores island is
one of the Lesser Sunda islands located in the
eastern part of Sumbawa and Komodo National
Park with an approximately area of 14,300km2.
This island is the largest island on the east
nusa tenggara region.
Flores island is one of the island on East
Nusa Tenggara province. It stretches between
the east longitudes of 118° and 125°, and
between the latitudes of 8° and 8,58° south
and extends over a length of 360kms, NW of
Australia. It thus belongs to the
South-eastern islands of the Indonesian
archipelago (Nusa Tenggara province) with,
in particular, the islands of Timor and
Sumba.
The weather in Flores like the rest of
Indonesia tropical and based on a wet and a
dry season that alternate every year. The
island features with hilly and mountain and
also known as one of the most lowest rain
fall in Indonesia
The Wet season is commonly between November
and March leaving April to October to the
dry season. This is a general guideline
which can shift depending on local and large
weather patterns meaning that the transition
periods between the seasons can shift, this
may be something you wish to consider if
booking a holiday in the transition periods.
West Manggarai has a climate classified as
tropical and semi-arid meaning that there
are tendencies in the dry seasons for water
to become extremely scarce, in Flores this
is due to a combination of extremely low
rainfall throughout the dry season, a very
high evaporation rate, rain blocking and
mountain ranges. This dry arid climate
extends to the surrounding islands and along
Flores coastline where rainfall is also very
low.
West Manggarai is also influenced heavily by
the monsoon winds that can bring dry or wet
weather depending on the time of year and
the origin of the winds. Between April and
October in the dry season, dry winds from
the southeast monsoon pass over the region.
Between November and March salvation blows
in from the northwest in the form of large
and heavy amounts of rain.
Flores climate also differs depending on
where about you are and in what kind of
terrain you are in. for instance West Flores
in a similar way to the rest of Flores and
indeed Indonesia there are a string of high
mountain ranges situated very close to the
beaches. As you move higher in altitude the
climate will become cooler and more humid
which can be extremely refreshing and is an
excellent compliment to the incredible views
from these points, mist and fog can cling to
the mountains that hydrate the forest
landscapes that are cool sheltered and
extremely humid.
West Flores climate and differences n
weather are inline with the rest of
Indonesia, the main difference being the
longer and more severe dry season, during
this period the weather is more comfortable
due to the lack of humidity but water
supplies and droughts can cause major issues
particularly in the in the west Manggarai
area. If you wish to travel to these regions
then please observe and respect this problem
by keeping water use to a bare minimum. Do
not however let these extremities put you
off a visit to this magnificent and
beautiful area as the weather is manageable
and it is always possible to buy bottled
water
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