Climate averages 1991–2020
Majene weather
in January.
A hot, wet month: the joint 9th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Majene: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 25.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 165 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes January a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 18 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Parepare (90 km away). In January its highs average 28.8°C, 0.7°C warmer than Majene, with 281 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Majene ranks joint 138th of 200 for the warmest January highs and 6th of 200 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 200 cities is 28.2°C; Majene is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 165 mm to 116 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
Majene climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Parepare in JanuaryIndonesia · 90 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 24.8°C · 281 mm rain
- Palopo in JanuaryIndonesia · 149 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 22.8°C · 418 mm rain
- Makassar in JanuaryIndonesia · 186 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 24.2°C · 446 mm rain
- Watampone in JanuaryIndonesia · 187 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.8°C · 173 mm rain
- Galesong in JanuaryIndonesia · 202 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 24.3°C · 915 mm rain
- Balikpapan in JanuaryIndonesia · 347 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.9°C · 258 mm rain
- Nusantara in JanuaryIndonesia · 380 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.3°C · 323 mm rain
- Loa Janan in JanuaryIndonesia · 389 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.3°C · 277 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.