Climate averages 1991–2020
Palopo weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Palopo: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 125 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes October a wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Parepare (130 km away). In October its highs average 32.2°C, 2.7°C warmer than Palopo, with 113 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Palopo ranks joint 129th of 200 for the warmest October highs and 68th of 200 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 200 cities is 30.1°C; Palopo is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 125 mm to 245 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Parepare in OctoberIndonesia · 130 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 25.1°C · 113 mm rain
- Majene in OctoberIndonesia · 149 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 25.2°C · 82 mm rain
- Watampone in OctoberIndonesia · 173 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.6°C · 91 mm rain
- Makassar in OctoberIndonesia · 254 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.4°C · 163 mm rain
- Galesong in OctoberIndonesia · 274 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Kendari in OctoberIndonesia · 280 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.4°C · 121 mm rain
- Baubau in OctoberIndonesia · 383 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 24.4°C · 66 mm rain
- Balikpapan in OctoberIndonesia · 421 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 24.5°C · 158 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.