Climate averages 1991–2020
Galesong weather
in January.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Galesong: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 915 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes January a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Makassar (20 km away). In January its highs average 27.0°C, about as warm as Galesong, with 446 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Galesong ranks joint 171st of 200 for the warmest January highs and 200th of 200 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 200 cities is 28.2°C; Galesong is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 915 mm to 746 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
Galesong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Makassar in JanuaryIndonesia · 20 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 24.2°C · 446 mm rain
- Watampone in JanuaryIndonesia · 137 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.8°C · 173 mm rain
- Parepare in JanuaryIndonesia · 148 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 24.8°C · 281 mm rain
- Majene in JanuaryIndonesia · 202 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 25.3°C · 165 mm rain
- Palopo in JanuaryIndonesia · 274 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 22.8°C · 418 mm rain
- Bima in JanuaryIndonesia · 357 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.9°C · 399 mm rain
- Labuan Bajo in JanuaryIndonesia · 358 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 24.5°C · 375 mm rain
- Baubau in JanuaryIndonesia · 359 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.9°C · 277 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.