Climate averages 1991–2020
Makassar weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Makassar: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Galesong (20 km away). In August its highs average 29.6°C, about as warm as Makassar, with 3.7 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Makassar ranks joint 105th of 200 for the warmest August highs and joint 99th of 200 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 200 cities is 29.5°C; Makassar is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 56 mm to 64 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Galesong in AugustIndonesia · 20 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Watampone in AugustIndonesia · 120 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 24.1°C · 73 mm rain
- Parepare in AugustIndonesia · 128 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.4°C · 22 mm rain
- Majene in AugustIndonesia · 186 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.7°C · 27 mm rain
- Palopo in AugustIndonesia · 254 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 21.7°C · 77 mm rain
- Baubau in AugustIndonesia · 353 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 18 mm rain
- Kendari in AugustIndonesia · 366 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 98 mm rain
- Labuan Bajo in AugustIndonesia · 376 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.4°C · 16 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.