Climate averages 1991–2020
Palopo weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Palopo: daytime highs average 27.4°C and nights cool to about 21.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 77 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Parepare (130 km away). In August its highs average 30.7°C, 3.3°C warmer than Palopo, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Palopo ranks 174th of 200 for the warmest August highs and 124th of 200 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 200 cities is 29.5°C; Palopo is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 77 mm to 62 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
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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Parepare in AugustIndonesia · 130 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.4°C · 22 mm rain
- Majene in AugustIndonesia · 149 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.7°C · 27 mm rain
- Watampone in AugustIndonesia · 173 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 24.1°C · 73 mm rain
- Makassar in AugustIndonesia · 254 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Galesong in AugustIndonesia · 274 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Kendari in AugustIndonesia · 280 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 98 mm rain
- Baubau in AugustIndonesia · 383 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 18 mm rain
- Balikpapan in AugustIndonesia · 421 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 24.6°C · 101 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.