Namlea

Namlea
Town
Namlea Location in the Maluku Islands of Indonesia
Coordinates: 3°15′S127°5′E / 3.250°S 127.083°E / -3.250; 127.083
Country	Indonesia
Province	Maluku
Regency	Buru
Area [1]
• Total	951.15 km2 (367.24 sq mi)
Population  (mid 2022 estimate) [2]
• Total	37,869
• Density	40/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (WIB)

Namlea ^[3] is a town and district ( kecamatan ) situated on the north side of Kayeli Bay on the northeastern coast of the Indonesian island of Buru. ^[4] It is the capital of the Buru Regency.

Climate

Namlea has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) with moderate to heavy rainfall from December to July and moderate to little rainfall from August to November. Due to a strong rainshadow effect, it has the lowest rainfall on Buru Island.

Climate data for Namlea
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	30.8 (87.4)	30.8 (87.4)	30.8 (87.4)	30.4 (86.7)	29.6 (85.3)	29.1 (84.4)	28.1 (82.6)	28.4 (83.1)	29.4 (84.9)	30.1 (86.2)	31.4 (88.5)	31.0 (87.8)	30.0 (86.0)
Daily mean °C (°F)	27.3 (81.1)	27.2 (81.0)	27.3 (81.1)	27.1 (80.8)	26.6 (79.9)	26.4 (79.5)	25.6 (78.1)	25.7 (78.3)	26.2 (79.2)	26.5 (79.7)	27.7 (81.9)	27.4 (81.3)	26.7 (80.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	23.8 (74.8)	23.7 (74.7)	23.8 (74.8)	23.8 (74.8)	23.7 (74.7)	23.7 (74.7)	23.2 (73.8)	23.0 (73.4)	23.0 (73.4)	22.9 (73.2)	24.0 (75.2)	23.8 (74.8)	23.5 (74.4)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	194 (7.6)	145 (5.7)	141 (5.6)	84 (3.3)	100 (3.9)	124 (4.9)	149 (5.9)	33 (1.3)	36 (1.4)	29 (1.1)	86 (3.4)	136 (5.4)	1,257 (49.5)
Source: Climate-Data.org [5]

References

1. "Karakteristik Daerah Kabupaten Buru". Archived from the original on 2013-10-02. Retrieved 2017-08-24.
2. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2023.
3. "Profil Kecamatan Namlea". Archived from the original on 2013-09-24. Retrieved 2017-08-24.
4. "Seram Island (map)". Indonesiatravelingguide.com. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
5. "Climate: Namlea". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 23 November 2020.