Climate averages 1991–2020
Galesong weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Galesong: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.7 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes August a very 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 Makassar (20 km away). In August its highs average 29.6°C, about as warm as Galesong, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Galesong ranks joint 105th of 200 for the warmest August highs and joint 5th of 200 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 200 cities is 29.5°C; Galesong is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.7 mm to 4.9 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Makassar in AugustIndonesia · 20 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Watampone in AugustIndonesia · 137 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 24.1°C · 73 mm rain
- Parepare in AugustIndonesia · 148 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.4°C · 22 mm rain
- Majene in AugustIndonesia · 202 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.7°C · 27 mm rain
- Palopo in AugustIndonesia · 274 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 21.7°C · 77 mm rain
- Bima in AugustIndonesia · 357 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 22.9°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Labuan Bajo in AugustIndonesia · 358 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.4°C · 16 mm rain
- Baubau in AugustIndonesia · 359 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 18 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.