Climate averages 1991–2020
Palopo weather
in May.
A warm, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Palopo: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 288 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 59 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Parepare (130 km away). In May its highs average 29.8°C, 1.9°C warmer than Palopo, with 157 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Palopo ranks joint 172nd of 200 for the warmest May highs and 193rd of 200 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 200 cities is 29.2°C; Palopo is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 288 mm to 230 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Parepare in MayIndonesia · 130 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 25.0°C · 157 mm rain
- Majene in MayIndonesia · 149 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 25.5°C · 135 mm rain
- Watampone in MayIndonesia · 173 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 24.5°C · 283 mm rain
- Makassar in MayIndonesia · 254 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.6°C · 231 mm rain
- Galesong in MayIndonesia · 274 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Kendari in MayIndonesia · 280 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.3°C · 315 mm rain
- Baubau in MayIndonesia · 383 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 25.0°C · 143 mm rain
- Balikpapan in MayIndonesia · 421 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.6°C · 198 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.