Climate averages 1991–2020
Palopo weather
in March.
A hot, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Palopo: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 457 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Parepare (130 km away). In March its highs average 29.3°C, 0.9°C warmer than Palopo, with 258 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Palopo ranks joint 151st of 200 for the warmest March highs and joint 194th of 200 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 200 cities is 28.8°C; Palopo is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 457 mm to 497 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Parepare in MarchIndonesia · 130 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 258 mm rain
- Majene in MarchIndonesia · 149 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 25.3°C · 130 mm rain
- Watampone in MarchIndonesia · 173 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.6°C · 215 mm rain
- Makassar in MarchIndonesia · 254 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 24.3°C · 284 mm rain
- Galesong in MarchIndonesia · 274 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 24.4°C · 497 mm rain
- Kendari in MarchIndonesia · 280 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.5°C · 334 mm rain
- Baubau in MarchIndonesia · 383 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.8°C · 257 mm rain
- Balikpapan in MarchIndonesia · 421 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 271 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.