Climate averages 1991–2020
Galesong weather
in April.
A hot, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Galesong: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 247 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Makassar (20 km away). In April its highs average 28.4°C, about as warm as Galesong, with 292 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Galesong ranks joint 151st of 200 for the warmest April highs and 103rd of 200 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 200 cities is 29.0°C; Galesong is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 247 mm to 52 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Galesong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.1°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 915 | 29.9 | 12.412 h |
| February | 27.3°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 746 | 26.6 | 12.312 h |
| March | 27.8°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 497 | 26.4 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 28.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 247 | 18.7 | 12.012 h |
| May | 29.0°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 52 | 8.4 | 11.912 h |
| June | 28.7°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 33 | 5.2 | 11.812 h |
| July | 28.8°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 19 | 3.1 | 11.812 h |
| August | 29.6°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 3.7 | 1.1 | 11.912 h |
| September | 30.4°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 4.9 | 1.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 37 | 5.4 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.9°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 200 | 18.3 | 12.412 h |
| December | 27.5°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 838 | 28.9 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Makassar in AprilIndonesia · 20 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 24.6°C · 292 mm rain
- Watampone in AprilIndonesia · 137 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 24.4°C · 266 mm rain
- Parepare in AprilIndonesia · 148 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.9°C · 245 mm rain
- Majene in AprilIndonesia · 202 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 25.3°C · 144 mm rain
- Palopo in AprilIndonesia · 274 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 22.7°C · 497 mm rain
- Bima in AprilIndonesia · 357 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.9°C · 174 mm rain
- Labuan Bajo in AprilIndonesia · 358 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.9°C · 246 mm rain
- Baubau in AprilIndonesia · 359 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.9°C · 227 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 Galesong) is explained once on the Galesong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.