Climate averages 1991–2020
Watampone weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Watampone: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 283 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes May a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Parepare (97 km away). In May its highs average 29.8°C, 1.7°C warmer than Watampone, with 157 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Watampone ranks joint 169th of 200 for the warmest May highs and 191st of 200 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 200 cities is 29.2°C; Watampone is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 283 mm to 265 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Parepare in MayIndonesia · 97 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 25.0°C · 157 mm rain
- Makassar in MayIndonesia · 120 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.6°C · 231 mm rain
- Galesong in MayIndonesia · 137 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Palopo in MayIndonesia · 173 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.7°C · 288 mm rain
- Majene in MayIndonesia · 187 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 25.5°C · 135 mm rain
- Kendari in MayIndonesia · 250 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.3°C · 315 mm rain
- Baubau in MayIndonesia · 272 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 25.0°C · 143 mm rain
- Labuan Bajo in MayIndonesia · 443 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 96 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.