Climate averages 1991–2020
Makassar weather
in April.
A hot, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Makassar: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 292 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Galesong (20 km away). In April its highs average 28.4°C, about as warm as Makassar, with 247 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Makassar ranks joint 151st of 200 for the warmest April highs and 149th of 200 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 200 cities is 29.0°C; Makassar is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 292 mm to 231 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Makassar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.0°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 446 | 29.7 | 12.412 h |
| February | 27.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 349 | 26.4 | 12.312 h |
| March | 27.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 284 | 27.8 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 28.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 292 | 28.1 | 12.012 h |
| May | 29.0°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 231 | 23.9 | 11.912 h |
| June | 28.8°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 173 | 19.7 | 11.812 h |
| July | 28.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 117 | 13.8 | 11.912 h |
| August | 29.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 56 | 8.4 | 11.912 h |
| September | 30.2°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 64 | 9.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 163 | 19.2 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.6°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 255 | 28.1 | 12.312 h |
| December | 27.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 433 | 29.8 | 12.412 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
April in nearby cities
- Galesong in AprilIndonesia · 20 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 24.7°C · 247 mm rain
- Watampone in AprilIndonesia · 120 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 24.4°C · 266 mm rain
- Parepare in AprilIndonesia · 128 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.9°C · 245 mm rain
- Majene in AprilIndonesia · 186 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 25.3°C · 144 mm rain
- Palopo in AprilIndonesia · 254 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 22.7°C · 497 mm rain
- Baubau in AprilIndonesia · 353 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.9°C · 227 mm rain
- Kendari in AprilIndonesia · 366 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.4°C · 327 mm rain
- Labuan Bajo in AprilIndonesia · 376 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.9°C · 246 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 Makassar) is explained once on the Makassar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.