IndonesiaIsland

Wawonii Island

715 km² rising to 593 m out of the Banda Sea.

When to go

MunseLangara

N 5 km

Ferry portsPeaks

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

In numbers

715km²

Area

100km

Coastline

measured on a simplified outline

593m

Highest point

28,944

People

30°C

Warmest sea

December

1,112km

To the mainland

When to go to Wawonii Island

Best for the beach from August to October.

The sea is warmest in December (30 °C) and coolest in August (27 °C). You can swim comfortably all year (21 °C or more).

30°28°27°

Jan29

29°28°27°

Feb27

29°28°27°

Mar28

30°28°27°

Apr28

29°28°27°

May26

28°28°26°

Jun23

27°27°25°

Jul18

27°27°25°

Aug11

28°28°26°

Sep8

29°29°26°

Oct12

30°30°27°

Nov19

30°29°27°

Dec28

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 Konawe Islands Regency, Southeast Sulawesi Province, Indonesia

Wawonii Island is an island in Indonesia. It covers 715 km², with 100 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 593 m. About 28,944 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 1,112 km away.

Getting there

Matahora Airport (WNI)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 144 km in a straight lineCar hire at DPS airport (Kuta, Badung)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
FerriesKendari - Wawonii (Langara)
1,112 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
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 Wawonii Island.

1ferry terminalsLanggara ferry port
5named peaksPuncak Wowoni, Wawo Lawatuapi, Wawo Lantambaga and 2 more

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.

The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 205 m above the sea. 60 % of it is below 200 m.

27 %0–50 m
33 %50–200 m
28 %200–500 m
11 %500–1,000 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.

Wawonii Island715 km²

Madeira Island742 km²

Tenerife2,038 km²

20 km

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

Towns on the island

Munseno census figure
Langarano 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	28	29	30	29
Night low (°C)	27	27	27	27	27	26	25	25	26	26	27	27
Sea (°C)	30	29	29	30	29	28	27	27	28	29	30	30
Rain (mm)	204	203	230	221	224	205	130	58	46	52	113	203
Wet days	29	27	28	28	26	23	18	11	8	12	19	28
Sun h/day	5.7	5.9	6.2	5.9	6.0	5.7	6.6	7.8	8.5	8.8	8.3	6.1
Wind (km/h)	8	8	8	9	12	14	15	15	13	11	9	8

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	+0.4	+0.6	+0.5	+0.6	+0.5	+0.3	+0.2	+0.6	+0.2	+0.3	+0.3	−0.2
2021	+0.2	+0.5	+0.3	+0.1	+0.1	+0.5	+0.5	+0.5	+0.5	+0.6	+0.1	±0.0
2022	±0.0	±0.0	+0.4	+0.4	+0.8	+1.1	+1.2	+0.9	+0.9	+1.0	+0.2	+0.2
2023	+0.2	+0.1	+0.1	+0.2	+0.4	+0.5	+0.9	+0.4	−0.2	−0.2	+0.3	+0.1
2024	+0.5	+0.3	+0.4	+0.6	+0.4	+0.4	+0.6	+0.4	+0.4	+0.5	+0.7	+0.3
2025	+0.5	+0.3	+0.6	+0.4	+0.4	+0.7	+0.6	+0.2	+0.2	+0.2	+0.1	−0.1

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Nearby

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About these numbers

Names, area, population	Wikidata (Q2732929) · 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

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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