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Barometric pressure in Kupang

1016hPa
Steady

Day to day, pressure has barely moved. A climb is beginning, and runs until this morning.

Sea level reading, as of 00:00 local time.

The past week and the days ahead

The shaded part shows the days already gone. The thicker line is the forecast. The thin grey line is the average over a whole day, so you can see where pressure is heading under the daily up and down.

now28° / 24°29° / 24°29° / 24°29° / 24°29° / 24°30° / 24°28° / 24°28° / 24°29° / 24°28° / 24°29° / 24°28° / 25°29° / 25°29° / 25°Mon 17Tue 18Wed 19Thu 20Fri 21Sat 22Sun 23Mon 24Tue 25Wed 26Thu 27Fri 28Sat 29Sun 301007.51010.01012.51015.01017.51020.0
The forecast runs 7 days ahead.

The week ahead

Each day at a glance: how far pressure moves, and the low and high it reaches.

TodayAug 24 0 hPa

Dips in the afternoon, and comes back by the end of the day.

Overcast28° / 24°

low 1013 · high 1017 hPa

TueAug 25 −1 hPa

The same daily dip.

Overcast29° / 24°

low 1013 · high 1017 hPa

WedAug 26 +1 hPa

The same daily dip.

Light drizzle28° / 24°0.9 mm

low 1013 · high 1016 hPa

ThuAug 27 0 hPa

The same daily dip.

Clear sky29° / 24°

low 1012 · high 1016 hPa

FriAug 28 0 hPa

The same daily dip.

Light drizzle28° / 25°2.4 mm

low 1012 · high 1015 hPa

SatAug 29 −1 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Clear sky29° / 25°

low 1011 · high 1016 hPa

SunAug 30 −1 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Mainly clear29° / 25°

low 1010 · high 1014 hPa

Hour by hour
Today Aug 24
HourWeather and temperatureRain (mm)Pressure (hPa)
00:00Overcast25°1016
01:00Partly cloudy25°1015
02:00Partly cloudy24°1015
03:00Partly cloudy24°1015
04:00Partly cloudy24°1015
05:00Partly cloudy24°1016
06:00Partly cloudy25°1016
07:00Mainly clear25°1017
08:00Mainly clear26°1017
09:00Mainly clear27°1017
10:00Clear sky27°1017
11:00Clear sky28°1016
12:00Clear sky28°1015
13:00Mainly clear28°1014
14:00Mainly clear27°1013
15:00Partly cloudy27°1013
16:00Partly cloudy27°1013
17:00Overcast26°1013
18:00Partly cloudy26°1014
19:00Mainly clear26°1015
20:00Clear sky25°1015
21:00Clear sky25°1016
22:00Clear sky25°1016
23:00Clear sky25°1016

A quiet week, with no day moving more than 5 hPa.

What happens next

Pressure tops out near 1017 hPa this morning, and falls after that.

The daily rhythm

Kupang has a strong daily rhythm: pressure swings about 4 hPa between a regular low and high, at almost the same hours each day. Most of what the graph shows is that daily wave, which is why the change since yesterday says more here than the change over a few hours.

Your own barometer

Kupang sits 89 m above sea level, so a barometer in the city reads about 10 hPa lower than the sea-level figure. A home station set to the local reading should show about 1006 hPa as of 00:00.

The hours already past are the model's record of each hour as it passed, anchored to real observations, though not a reading from an instrument in Kupang.

Cities nearby

Open one to see its pressure, or search for your own city at the top of the page.

Out in the sun today? Check the UV level in Kupang, on our sister site uvi.today.

Common questions

What is a normal barometric pressure?

Near 1013 hPa at sea level; the exact standard figure, 1013.25 hPa, is the same as 760 mmHg, 29.92 inHg or 101.3 kPa. Anything between roughly 1000 and 1025 hPa is ordinary. Which way it is going matters far more than the number itself.

Why does my own barometer show a different number?

Usually altitude, and sometimes the instrument itself. Weather services correct readings to what they would be at sea level, so that cities can be compared. The figure for Kupang, which stands 89 m above sea level, is in the note above: about 10 hPa below the sea-level reading. If your barometer is already set to sea level and still reads slightly differently, that is the setting on the instrument rather than the weather.

Is a millibar the same as a hectopascal?

Yes. One millibar and one hectopascal are exactly the same amount of pressure, so 1013 mbar and 1013 hPa mean the same thing. The name changed; the number did not.

Does falling pressure mean rain?

Not by itself. Away from the tropics, falling pressure usually means a low is approaching, and lows carry the fronts that bring cloud and rain, so the two often arrive together. But a shallow fall can pass with nothing more than cloud, and rain falls under steady pressure too. The graph tells you a system is on the way, not how wet it will be. The week ahead, just above, shows the rain forecast beside the pressure.