Climate averages 1991–2020
Watampone weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Watampone: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 73 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Parepare (97 km away). In August its highs average 30.7°C, 3.4°C warmer than Watampone, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Watampone ranks joint 175th of 200 for the warmest August highs and joint 117th of 200 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 200 cities is 29.5°C; Watampone is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 73 mm to 54 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Watampone climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.4°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 173 | 22.9 | 12.412 h |
| February | 29.5°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 167 | 21.7 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.3°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 215 | 26.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.7°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 266 | 27.4 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 283 | 27.7 | 11.912 h |
| June | 27.3°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 265 | 25.8 | 11.912 h |
| July | 26.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 181 | 22.1 | 11.912 h |
| August, selected | 27.3°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 73 | 13.7 | 12.012 h |
| September | 28.4°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 54 | 10.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 91 | 15.1 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 135 | 21.3 | 12.312 h |
| December | 29.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 193 | 24.8 | 12.412 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
August in nearby cities
- Parepare in AugustIndonesia · 97 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.4°C · 22 mm rain
- Makassar in AugustIndonesia · 120 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Galesong in AugustIndonesia · 137 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Palopo in AugustIndonesia · 173 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 21.7°C · 77 mm rain
- Majene in AugustIndonesia · 187 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.7°C · 27 mm rain
- Kendari in AugustIndonesia · 250 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 98 mm rain
- Baubau in AugustIndonesia · 272 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 18 mm rain
- Labuan Bajo in AugustIndonesia · 443 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.4°C · 16 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 Watampone) is explained once on the Watampone year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.