Climate averages 1991–2020
Palopo weather
in September.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Palopo: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Parepare (130 km away). In September its highs average 32.0°C, 3.4°C warmer than Palopo, with 37 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Palopo ranks joint 157th of 200 for the warmest September highs and joint 87th of 200 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 200 cities is 30.1°C; Palopo is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 62 mm to 125 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Parepare in SeptemberIndonesia · 130 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 24.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Majene in SeptemberIndonesia · 149 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 25.1°C · 41 mm rain
- Watampone in SeptemberIndonesia · 173 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 24.4°C · 54 mm rain
- Makassar in SeptemberIndonesia · 254 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.4°C · 64 mm rain
- Galesong in SeptemberIndonesia · 274 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.0°C · 4.9 mm rain
- Kendari in SeptemberIndonesia · 280 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.4°C · 82 mm rain
- Baubau in SeptemberIndonesia · 383 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 24 mm rain
- Balikpapan in SeptemberIndonesia · 421 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 24.6°C · 109 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.