Climate averages 1991–2020
Gorontalo weather
in January.
A hot, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Gorontalo: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 164 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes January a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kotamobagu (141 km away). In January its highs average 28.7°C, 0.8°C cooler than Gorontalo, with 293 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Gorontalo ranks joint 14th of 200 for the warmest January highs and 5th of 200 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 200 cities is 28.2°C; Gorontalo is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 164 mm to 129 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
Gorontalo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 29.5°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 164 | 23.4 | 12.112 h |
| February | 29.8°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 129 | 19.8 | 12.112 h |
| March | 30.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 182 | 24.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.9°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 244 | 26.5 | 12.112 h |
| May | 29.7°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 234 | 26.3 | 12.112 h |
| June | 29.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 208 | 22.9 | 12.212 h |
| July | 28.7°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 151 | 17.7 | 12.112 h |
| August | 29.4°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 89 | 12.3 | 12.112 h |
| September | 30.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 104 | 14.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 167 | 20.6 | 12.112 h |
| November | 30.0°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 235 | 27.8 | 12.112 h |
| December | 29.7°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 204 | 28.2 | 12.112 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
- Kotamobagu in JanuaryIndonesia · 141 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.9°C · 293 mm rain
- Manado in JanuaryIndonesia · 225 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 24.4°C · 268 mm rain
- Bitung in JanuaryIndonesia · 251 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 24.9°C · 178 mm rain
- Toli-Toli in JanuaryIndonesia · 256 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 21.1°C · 174 mm rain
- Ternate in JanuaryIndonesia · 481 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 25.5°C · 240 mm rain
- Palopo in JanuaryIndonesia · 505 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 22.8°C · 418 mm rain
- Kendari in JanuaryIndonesia · 506 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 310 mm rain
- Bontang in JanuaryIndonesia · 622 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 205 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 Gorontalo) is explained once on the Gorontalo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.