Climate averages 1991–2020
Majene weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 4th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Majene: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Parepare (90 km away). In August its highs average 30.7°C, 2.4°C warmer than Majene, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Majene ranks joint 151st of 200 for the warmest August highs and joint 62nd of 200 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 200 cities is 29.5°C; Majene is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 27 mm to 41 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Majene climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.1°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 165 | 21.0 | 12.312 h |
| February | 28.3°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 116 | 17.4 | 12.212 h |
| March | 28.4°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 130 | 22.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.3°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 144 | 23.2 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.3°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 135 | 20.0 | 12.012 h |
| June | 27.9°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 102 | 15.5 | 11.912 h |
| July | 27.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 63 | 10.6 | 11.912 h |
| August, selected | 28.3°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 27 | 6.6 | 12.012 h |
| September | 28.7°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 41 | 8.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.8°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 82 | 15.0 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 143 | 22.7 | 12.312 h |
| December | 28.1°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 187 | 23.8 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Parepare in AugustIndonesia · 90 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.4°C · 22 mm rain
- Palopo in AugustIndonesia · 149 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 21.7°C · 77 mm rain
- Makassar in AugustIndonesia · 186 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Watampone in AugustIndonesia · 187 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 24.1°C · 73 mm rain
- Galesong in AugustIndonesia · 202 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Balikpapan in AugustIndonesia · 347 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 24.6°C · 101 mm rain
- Nusantara in AugustIndonesia · 380 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 142 mm rain
- Loa Janan in AugustIndonesia · 389 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.5°C · 159 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 Majene) is explained once on the Majene year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.