Climate averages 1991–2020
Palopo weather
by month.
See how the year changes. October has the highest average daily maximum; September has the lowest average monthly rainfall.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
Across the year Palopo averages a daytime high of 28.3°C and a nighttime low of 22.5°C, with about 3,383 mm of rain on roughly 277 days. October is the warmest month (average high 29.5°C) and July the coolest (27.1°C). April is the wettest month with 497 mm; September is the driest with 62 mm.
The annual picture
A year in Palopo
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
Palopo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.5°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 418 | 29.3 | 12.312 h |
| February | 28.5°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 402 | 27.4 | 12.212 h |
| March | 28.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 457 | 29.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.1°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 497 | 28.5 | 12.012 h |
| May | 27.9°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 288 | 26.2 | 12.012 h |
| June | 27.4°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 230 | 22.7 | 12.012 h |
| July | 27.1°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 143 | 18.8 | 12.012 h |
| August | 27.4°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 77 | 14.1 | 12.012 h |
| September | 28.6°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 62 | 10.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.5°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 125 | 15.5 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.3°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 245 | 24.3 | 12.212 h |
| December | 28.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 439 | 29.8 | 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
Nearby cities
- ParepareIndonesia · 130 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.8°C · 2,023 mm rain a year
- MajeneIndonesia · 149 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 25.2°C · 1,333 mm rain a year
- WatamponeIndonesia · 173 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.5°C · 2,095 mm rain a year
- MakassarIndonesia · 254 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.1°C · 2,863 mm rain a year
- GalesongIndonesia · 274 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.4°C · 3,590 mm rain a year
- KendariIndonesia · 280 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.1°C · 2,860 mm rain a year
- BaubauIndonesia · 383 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 1,881 mm rain a year
- BalikpapanIndonesia · 421 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 24.3°C · 2,385 mm rain a year
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 limitsWhat do the high and low temperatures mean?
We average the daily maximum and daily minimum for each calendar month over 1991–2020. They are not record extremes, a forecast range or temperatures at a fixed time of day.
How is a rain day counted?
A local calendar day (standard time, UTC+8, no daylight saving) with at least 1 mm of total precipitation counts as one rain day. We count these for each year and month, then average across 30 years. The average does not predict which days will be wet.
Where do the numbers come from?
ERA5-Land (temperature) and ERA5 (precipitation) reanalysis from the Copernicus Climate Change Service, read from the Open-Meteo open-data archive. Temperature comes from the 0.1° model cell at -2.90°, 120.20° (10 km from the city centre), adjusted up by 0.2°C for the difference between the city's elevation (8 m) and the cell's (35 m). Rain comes from the 0.25° cell at -3.00°, 120.25°. These are model estimates, not weather-station readings; coast, hills and city streets can differ.
Does this page show sunshine, humidity or sea temperature?
No. The data used here contain air temperature and precipitation only. Daylight hours are calculated from the city's latitude (sunrise to sunset), not measured sunshine.