Climate averages 1991–2020
Baubau weather
in October.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Baubau: daytime highs average 30.9°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kendari (165 km away). In October its highs average 30.7°C, about as warm as Baubau, with 121 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Baubau ranks joint 72nd of 200 for the warmest October highs and joint 18th of 200 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 200 cities is 30.1°C; Baubau is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 66 mm to 151 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Kendari in OctoberIndonesia · 165 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.4°C · 121 mm rain
- Watampone in OctoberIndonesia · 272 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.6°C · 91 mm rain
- Makassar in OctoberIndonesia · 353 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.4°C · 163 mm rain
- Maumere in OctoberIndonesia · 354 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 25.7°C · 26 mm rain
- Galesong in OctoberIndonesia · 359 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Parepare in OctoberIndonesia · 367 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 25.1°C · 113 mm rain
- Palopo in OctoberIndonesia · 383 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 125 mm rain
- Ende in OctoberIndonesia · 390 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 25.2°C · 68 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.