Climate averages 1991–2020
Palopo weather
in February.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Palopo: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 402 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Parepare (130 km away). In February its highs average 29.0°C, 0.6°C warmer than Palopo, with 228 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Palopo ranks joint 120th of 200 for the warmest February highs and 176th of 200 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 200 cities is 28.4°C; Palopo is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 402 mm to 457 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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
February in nearby cities
- Parepare in FebruaryIndonesia · 130 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.8°C · 228 mm rain
- Majene in FebruaryIndonesia · 149 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 25.4°C · 116 mm rain
- Watampone in FebruaryIndonesia · 173 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.7°C · 167 mm rain
- Makassar in FebruaryIndonesia · 254 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 349 mm rain
- Galesong in FebruaryIndonesia · 274 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 24.3°C · 746 mm rain
- Kendari in FebruaryIndonesia · 280 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.5°C · 314 mm rain
- Baubau in FebruaryIndonesia · 383 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.8°C · 265 mm rain
- Balikpapan in FebruaryIndonesia · 421 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 228 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.