Place in South Papua, Indonesia
Sota is a village in Sota district, Merauke Regency in South Papua province, Indonesia. Its population is 1300.[1]: 2052 Sota and Jayapura are the only places with a direct road connection from Indonesia to Papua New Guinea.
Climate
Sota has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) with moderate to little rainfall from May to November and heavy rainfall from December to April.
| Climate data for Sota
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| Month
|
Jan
|
Feb
|
Mar
|
Apr
|
May
|
Jun
|
Jul
|
Aug
|
Sep
|
Oct
|
Nov
|
Dec
|
Year
|
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
|
30.9
(87.6)
|
30.8
(87.4)
|
30.8
(87.4)
|
30.8
(87.4)
|
30.2
(86.4)
|
29.2
(84.6)
|
28.5
(83.3)
|
29.0
(84.2)
|
30.3
(86.5)
|
31.1
(88.0)
|
32.0
(89.6)
|
31.7
(89.1)
|
30.4
(86.8)
|
| Daily mean °C (°F)
|
26.9
(80.4)
|
26.9
(80.4)
|
27.0
(80.6)
|
26.8
(80.2)
|
26.4
(79.5)
|
25.5
(77.9)
|
24.8
(76.6)
|
24.9
(76.8)
|
25.7
(78.3)
|
26.5
(79.7)
|
27.2
(81.0)
|
27.3
(81.1)
|
26.3
(79.4)
|
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
|
23.0
(73.4)
|
23.0
(73.4)
|
23.2
(73.8)
|
22.9
(73.2)
|
22.7
(72.9)
|
21.8
(71.2)
|
21.2
(70.2)
|
20.9
(69.6)
|
21.1
(70.0)
|
21.9
(71.4)
|
22.4
(72.3)
|
22.9
(73.2)
|
22.3
(72.1)
|
| Average precipitation mm (inches)
|
266
(10.5)
|
245
(9.6)
|
263
(10.4)
|
184
(7.2)
|
126
(5.0)
|
62
(2.4)
|
48
(1.9)
|
33
(1.3)
|
51
(2.0)
|
77
(3.0)
|
108
(4.3)
|
243
(9.6)
|
1,706
(67.2)
|
| Source: Climate-Data.org[2]
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