Climate averages 1991–2020
Kendari weather
in January.
A hot, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Kendari: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 310 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes January a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 19 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Baubau (165 km away). In January its highs average 28.9°C, 0.9°C cooler than Kendari, with 277 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Kendari ranks joint 4th of 200 for the warmest January highs and 99th of 200 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 200 cities is 28.2°C; Kendari is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs stay level at 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 310 mm to 314 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
Kendari climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 29.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 310 | 29.6 | 12.312 h |
| February | 29.8°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 314 | 27.4 | 12.212 h |
| March | 29.8°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 334 | 30.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.5°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 327 | 28.6 | 12.012 h |
| May | 29.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 315 | 27.5 | 11.912 h |
| June | 28.2°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 270 | 24.9 | 11.912 h |
| July | 27.8°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 189 | 21.3 | 11.912 h |
| August | 28.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 98 | 13.7 | 12.012 h |
| September | 29.6°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 82 | 10.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.7°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 121 | 14.3 | 12.212 h |
| November | 30.8°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 189 | 22.2 | 12.312 h |
| December | 30.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 311 | 29.5 | 12.312 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
- Baubau in JanuaryIndonesia · 165 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.9°C · 277 mm rain
- Watampone in JanuaryIndonesia · 250 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.8°C · 173 mm rain
- Palopo in JanuaryIndonesia · 280 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 22.8°C · 418 mm rain
- Parepare in JanuaryIndonesia · 321 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 24.8°C · 281 mm rain
- Makassar in JanuaryIndonesia · 366 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 24.2°C · 446 mm rain
- Galesong in JanuaryIndonesia · 379 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 24.3°C · 915 mm rain
- Majene in JanuaryIndonesia · 396 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 25.3°C · 165 mm rain
- Gorontalo in JanuaryIndonesia · 506 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.8°C · 164 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 Kendari) is explained once on the Kendari year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.