Climate averages 1991–2020
Baubau weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 9th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Baubau: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kendari (165 km away). In August its highs average 28.3°C, about as warm as Baubau, with 98 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Baubau ranks joint 135th of 200 for the warmest August highs and joint 39th of 200 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 200 cities is 29.5°C; Baubau is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 18 mm to 24 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Baubau climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 277 | 28.3 | 12.412 h |
| February | 29.1°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 265 | 26.6 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.2°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 257 | 27.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.1°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 227 | 25.0 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.8°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 143 | 19.3 | 11.912 h |
| June | 28.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 107 | 15.3 | 11.812 h |
| July | 28.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 58 | 9.9 | 11.812 h |
| August, selected | 28.8°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 18 | 4.2 | 11.912 h |
| September | 30.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 24 | 4.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 66 | 9.8 | 12.212 h |
| November | 30.5°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 151 | 19.9 | 12.412 h |
| December | 29.1°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 287 | 28.6 | 12.412 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Kendari in AugustIndonesia · 165 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 98 mm rain
- Watampone in AugustIndonesia · 272 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 24.1°C · 73 mm rain
- Makassar in AugustIndonesia · 353 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Maumere in AugustIndonesia · 354 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.9°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Galesong in AugustIndonesia · 359 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Parepare in AugustIndonesia · 367 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.4°C · 22 mm rain
- Palopo in AugustIndonesia · 383 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 21.7°C · 77 mm rain
- Ende in AugustIndonesia · 390 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.3°C · 10 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Baubau) is explained once on the Baubau year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.