Climate averages 1991–2020
Kendari weather
in September.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Kendari: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 82 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Baubau (165 km away). In September its highs average 30.2°C, 0.6°C warmer than Kendari, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Kendari ranks joint 120th of 200 for the warmest September highs and 108th of 200 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 200 cities is 30.1°C; Kendari is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 82 mm to 121 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Baubau in SeptemberIndonesia · 165 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 24 mm rain
- Watampone in SeptemberIndonesia · 250 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 24.4°C · 54 mm rain
- Palopo in SeptemberIndonesia · 280 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.0°C · 62 mm rain
- Parepare in SeptemberIndonesia · 321 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 24.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Makassar in SeptemberIndonesia · 366 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.4°C · 64 mm rain
- Galesong in SeptemberIndonesia · 379 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.0°C · 4.9 mm rain
- Majene in SeptemberIndonesia · 396 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 25.1°C · 41 mm rain
- Gorontalo in SeptemberIndonesia · 506 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 104 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.