Region · Indonesia
Where to stay in Maluku
This guide covers 8 destinations in Maluku, a first-level administrative division of Indonesia, with 30 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Central Maluku, Ambon and Western Seram. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Pattimura International Airport (AMQ).
- Destinations in this guide
- 8
- Places to stay
- 30
- Main airport
- AMQPattimura International Airport
- Currency
- IDRrupiah
- Time zone
- Asia/Jayapura
Destinations
Destinations in Maluku
Every destination in this guide in Maluku, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
| Destination | Population | Places to stay | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ambon | 372,249 | 29 | AMQ · 10 km |
| Tual | 82,955 | 1 | LUV · 13 km |
| Central Maluku | 418,510 | AMQ · 107 km | |
| Western Seram | 203,221 | AMQ · 72 km | |
| Saumlaki | 149,790 | ||
| Eastern Seram | 125,684 | ||
| South Buru | 71,409 | NAM · 82 km | |
| Southwest Maluku | 57,723 |
Where to stay
Hotels in Maluku
30 hotels in Maluku recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
When to go
Best time to visit Maluku
From the climate of 8 destinations in Maluku with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. No month is comfortable in any of them by this measure.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 8 | 30 °C | 184 mm |
| February | 0 of 8 | 30 °C | 168 mm |
| March | 0 of 8 | 30 °C | 184 mm |
| April | 0 of 8 | 31 °C | 172 mm |
| May | 0 of 8 | 30 °C | 251 mm |
| June | 0 of 8 | 30 °C | 279 mm |
| July | 0 of 8 | 30 °C | 256 mm |
| August | 0 of 8 | 30 °C | 194 mm |
| September | 0 of 8 | 30 °C | 174 mm |
| October | 0 of 8 | 31 °C | 118 mm |
| November | 0 of 8 | 31 °C | 116 mm |
| December | 0 of 8 | 30 °C | 202 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving Maluku
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Maluku name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
AMQ · Pattimura International Airport
NAM · Namniwel Airport
LUV · Karel Sadsuitubun Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Maluku, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in Indonesia
Nearby
Regions near Maluku
Other regions of Indonesia with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.