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Taliabu Island

Island

Taliabu Island in North Maluku offers rainforest, remote beaches and coral reefs and hosts endemic bird species; unpaved interior tracks cross the island. Visitors come for diving, birding and off-the-grid island travel.

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Taliabu Island essentials

Country: Indonesia
Driest months: Aug-Oct
Pay in: Rupiah (Rp)
Language: Indonesian
Emergency: 110

Taliabu Island at a Glance

About Taliabu Island

Taliabu Island is an island in Indonesia’s North Maluku province, part of the Sula Islands archipelago. It is a largely forested island with villages along the coast and significant areas of natural habitat.

The island is noted for its relative remoteness and for supporting a range of island ecosystems and local livelihoods based on fishing and small-scale agriculture. Access is by sea and by limited air links via nearby regional airports.

Taliabu sits north of the eastern part of Sulawesi and west of the Maluku islands, within the chain of islands that lie between Sulawesi and Halmahera.

  • Administrative: Part of the Sula Islands group administratively within North Maluku province, the island is dominated by forest and is sparsely populated relative to larger Indonesian islands.
When to Go

Weather & Climate near Taliabu Island

Climate

Taliabu Island's climate is classified as Tropical Rainforest - Tropical Rainforest climate with consistently warm temperatures year-round. Temperatures range from 20°C to 29°C. Heavy rainfall (2485 mm/year), wettest in January.

Air Quality: AQI 40 Good
Best Time to Visit
SeptemberOctoberAugust
Temperature & Rainfall
Temperature Range
31°
Warmest Month
24°
Coldest Month
Monthly Conditions
Month Comfort Temp Feels Rain Sky Humidity Wind UV Daylight
January Good 21° - 29° 25° 332 mm overcast 80% 2.2 m/s 2.3 extreme 12.1h
February Good 21° - 29° 25° 266 mm overcast 80% 2.3 m/s 2.4 extreme 12.1h
March Good 21° - 29° 25° 259 mm overcast 79% 2.0 m/s 2.5 extreme 12.0h
April Good 21° - 29° 25° 226 mm overcast 80% 2.1 m/s 2.4 extreme 12.0h
May Good 21° - 29° 25° 217 mm partly cloudy 82% 2.1 m/s 2.2 extreme 11.9h
June Good 20° - 28° 24° 230 mm overcast 84% 2.1 m/s 1.9 very high 11.9h
July Good 20° - 28° 24° 180 mm overcast 84% 2.2 m/s 2.0 extreme 11.9h
August Very Good 20° - 28° 24° 129 mm partly cloudy 82% 2.6 m/s 2.3 extreme 12.0h
September Excellent 20° - 28° 24° 96 mm partly cloudy 82% 2.1 m/s 2.5 extreme 12.0h
October Very Good 20° - 29° 25° 113 mm partly cloudy 79% 2.0 m/s 2.5 extreme 12.0h
November Very Good 21° - 29° 25° 178 mm partly cloudy 77% 2.1 m/s 2.4 extreme 12.1h
December Good 21° - 29° 25° 259 mm overcast 78% 1.9 m/s 2.2 extreme 12.1h