Climate averages 1991–2020
Gunungsitoli weather
in January.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Gunungsitoli: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 284 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes January a very wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sibolga (139 km away). In January its highs average 29.3°C, about as warm as Gunungsitoli, with 338 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Gunungsitoli ranks joint 51st of 200 for the warmest January highs and joint 72nd of 200 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 200 cities is 28.2°C; Gunungsitoli is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 284 mm to 237 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
Gunungsitoli climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 28.9°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 284 | 26.1 | 12.112 h |
| February | 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
January in nearby cities
- Sibolga in JanuaryIndonesia · 139 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.9°C · 338 mm rain
- Subulussalam in JanuaryIndonesia · 156 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 20.9°C · 329 mm rain
- Padangsidempuan in JanuaryIndonesia · 184 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.1°C · 240 mm rain
- Kabanjahe in JanuaryIndonesia · 224 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 17.3°C · 189 mm rain
- Pematangsiantar in JanuaryIndonesia · 246 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 20.2°C · 240 mm rain
- Rantauprapat in JanuaryIndonesia · 263 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.3°C · 231 mm rain
- Binjai in JanuaryIndonesia · 275 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.5°C · 237 mm rain
- Sunggal in JanuaryIndonesia · 278 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.8°C · 237 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.