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Where to stay in North Maluku

This guide covers 8 destinations in North Maluku, a first-level administrative division of Indonesia, with 11 places to stay between them. The largest by population are South Halmahera, Ternate and North Halmahera. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Sultan Babullah Airport (TTE).

Destinations in this guide
8
Places to stay
11
Main airport
TTESultan Babullah Airport
Currency
IDRrupiah
Time zone
Asia/Jayapura

Destinations

Destinations in North Maluku

Every destination in this guide in North 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.

DestinationPopulationPlaces to stayBest monthsNearest airport
Ternate204,21511TTE · 6 km
South Halmahera242,352TTE · 148 km
North Halmahera186,299TTE · 122 km
West Halmahera130,137TTE · 68 km
Sula Islands122,726
Tidore Islands103,171TTE · 32 km
East Halmahera76,353TTE · 135 km
Taliabu Island61,376

Where to stay

Hotels in North Maluku

11 hotels in North Maluku recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.

HotelWhereTypeOpenedWebsite
Emerald HotelTernatehotel
Hotel Ayu Lestari Ternate RedPartnerTernatehotel
Hotel Nirwana Ternate RedPartnerTernatehotel
Muara Hotel & Mall TernateTernatehotel
Muara Inn TernateTernatehotel
RedDoorz near Pantai Falajawa TernateTernatehotel
RedDoorz near Taman Kota TernateTernatehotel
RedDoorz Syariah near Ngade LakeTernatehotel
Sahid Bela TernateTernatehotel
The Batik HotelTernatehotel
Villa Ma'RasaiTernatehotel

When to go

Best time to visit North Maluku

From the climate of 8 destinations in North 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.

MonthComfortable destinationsTypical highTypical rainfall
January0 of 830 °C172 mm
February0 of 830 °C168 mm
March0 of 831 °C179 mm
April0 of 831 °C208 mm
May0 of 831 °C240 mm
June0 of 831 °C250 mm
July0 of 831 °C193 mm
August0 of 831 °C156 mm
September0 of 831 °C121 mm
October0 of 831 °C133 mm
November0 of 831 °C180 mm
December0 of 830 °C164 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 North Maluku

The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in North 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.

Good to know

Public holidays in North Maluku, 2026

Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).

Nationwide in Indonesia

1 Jan · New Year's Day16 Jan · Isra' and Mi'raj17 Feb · Lunar New Year19 Mar · Day of Silence21 Mar · Eid al-Fitr22 Mar · Eid al-Fitr Second Day3 Apr · Good Friday5 Apr · Easter Sunday1 May · International Labor Day14 May · Ascension Day27 May · Eid al-Adha31 May · Vesak Day1 Jun · Pancasila Day16 Jun · Islamic New Year17 Aug · Independence Day25 Aug · Prophet's Birthday25 Dec · Christmas Day

Nearby

Regions near North 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.

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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.