Climate averages 1991–2020

Baubau weather
in February.

A hot, very wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 29.1°C Daytime mean, February
Average low 24.8°C Night-time mean, February
Rainfall 265 mm 27 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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February is a hot month in Baubau: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 24.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 265 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Kendari (165 km away). In February its highs average 29.8°C, 0.7°C warmer than Baubau, with 314 mm of rain.

Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Baubau ranks joint 52nd of 200 for the warmest February highs and joint 75th of 200 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 200 cities is 28.4°C; Baubau is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 265 mm to 257 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 20253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3000

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Baubau, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 28.9°C24.9°C24.9°C27728.312.412 h
February, selected 29.1°C24.8°C24.8°C26526.612.312 h
March 29.2°C24.8°C24.8°C25727.312.112 h
April 29.1°C24.9°C24.9°C22725.012.012 h
May 28.8°C25.0°C25.0°C14319.311.912 h
June 28.2°C24.5°C24.5°C10715.311.812 h
July 28.0°C24.0°C24.0°C589.911.812 h
August 28.8°C23.6°C23.6°C184.211.912 h
September 30.2°C23.6°C23.6°C244.112.112 h
October 30.9°C24.4°C24.4°C669.812.212 h
November 30.5°C25.0°C25.0°C15119.912.412 h
December 29.1°C25.0°C25.0°C28728.612.412 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

February in nearby cities

Distance from Baubau

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 limits

How 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.