Climate averages 1991–2020
Baubau weather
in January.
A hot, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Baubau: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 277 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes January a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 24 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kendari (165 km away). In January its highs average 29.9°C, 0.9°C warmer than Baubau, with 310 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Baubau ranks joint 51st of 200 for the warmest January highs and joint 56th of 200 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 200 cities is 28.2°C; Baubau is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 277 mm to 265 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Kendari in JanuaryIndonesia · 165 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 310 mm rain
- Watampone in JanuaryIndonesia · 272 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.8°C · 173 mm rain
- Makassar in JanuaryIndonesia · 353 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 24.2°C · 446 mm rain
- Maumere in JanuaryIndonesia · 354 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 25.6°C · 206 mm rain
- Galesong in JanuaryIndonesia · 359 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 24.3°C · 915 mm rain
- Parepare in JanuaryIndonesia · 367 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 24.8°C · 281 mm rain
- Palopo in JanuaryIndonesia · 383 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 22.8°C · 418 mm rain
- Ende in JanuaryIndonesia · 390 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 25.4°C · 313 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.