Climate averages 1991–2020
Kendari weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Kendari: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 121 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes October a wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Baubau (165 km away). In October its highs average 30.9°C, about as warm as Kendari, with 66 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Kendari ranks joint 80th of 200 for the warmest October highs and joint 62nd of 200 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 200 cities is 30.1°C; Kendari is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 30.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 121 mm to 189 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Baubau in OctoberIndonesia · 165 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 24.4°C · 66 mm rain
- Watampone in OctoberIndonesia · 250 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.6°C · 91 mm rain
- Palopo in OctoberIndonesia · 280 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 125 mm rain
- Parepare in OctoberIndonesia · 321 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 25.1°C · 113 mm rain
- Makassar in OctoberIndonesia · 366 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.4°C · 163 mm rain
- Galesong in OctoberIndonesia · 379 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Majene in OctoberIndonesia · 396 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 25.2°C · 82 mm rain
- Gorontalo in OctoberIndonesia · 506 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.8°C · 167 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.