Climate averages 1991–2020
Gunungsitoli weather
in February.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Gunungsitoli: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 237 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sibolga (139 km away). In February its highs average 29.7°C, about as warm as Gunungsitoli, with 313 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Gunungsitoli ranks joint 36th of 200 for the warmest February highs and joint 48th of 200 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 200 cities is 28.4°C; Gunungsitoli is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs stay level at 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 237 mm to 312 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Gunungsitoli climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 284 | 26.1 | 12.112 h |
| February, selected | 29.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 237 | 23.2 | 12.112 h |
| March | 29.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 312 | 28.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 360 | 28.2 | 12.112 h |
| May | 29.4°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 285 | 25.3 | 12.212 h |
| June | 29.3°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 233 | 22.3 | 12.212 h |
| July | 28.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 268 | 24.4 | 12.212 h |
| August | 28.6°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 332 | 27.0 | 12.212 h |
| September | 28.7°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 352 | 27.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 471 | 28.8 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.0°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 511 | 28.6 | 12.112 h |
| December | 28.4°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 399 | 28.4 | 12.012 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
February in nearby cities
- Sibolga in FebruaryIndonesia · 139 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.0°C · 313 mm rain
- Subulussalam in FebruaryIndonesia · 156 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 20.9°C · 294 mm rain
- Padangsidempuan in FebruaryIndonesia · 184 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.2°C · 215 mm rain
- Kabanjahe in FebruaryIndonesia · 224 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 17.3°C · 156 mm rain
- Pematangsiantar in FebruaryIndonesia · 246 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 20.2°C · 190 mm rain
- Rantauprapat in FebruaryIndonesia · 263 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.5°C · 184 mm rain
- Binjai in FebruaryIndonesia · 275 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.4°C · 180 mm rain
- Sunggal in FebruaryIndonesia · 278 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.7°C · 180 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 Gunungsitoli) is explained once on the Gunungsitoli year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.