Climate averages 1991–2020
Palopo weather
in April.
A hot, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Palopo: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 497 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes April a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Parepare (130 km away). In April its highs average 29.6°C, 1.6°C warmer than Palopo, with 245 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Palopo ranks joint 161st of 200 for the warmest April highs and 200th of 200 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 200 cities is 29.0°C; Palopo is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 497 mm to 288 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
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, selected | 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
April in nearby cities
- Parepare in AprilIndonesia · 130 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.9°C · 245 mm rain
- Majene in AprilIndonesia · 149 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 25.3°C · 144 mm rain
- Watampone in AprilIndonesia · 173 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 24.4°C · 266 mm rain
- Makassar in AprilIndonesia · 254 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 24.6°C · 292 mm rain
- Galesong in AprilIndonesia · 274 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 24.7°C · 247 mm rain
- Kendari in AprilIndonesia · 280 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.4°C · 327 mm rain
- Baubau in AprilIndonesia · 383 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.9°C · 227 mm rain
- Balikpapan in AprilIndonesia · 421 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.2°C · 264 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 Palopo) is explained once on the Palopo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.