Climate averages 1991–2020
Watampone weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the joint 4th 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 Watampone: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 91 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes October a wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Parepare (97 km away). In October its highs average 32.2°C, 2.8°C warmer than Watampone, with 113 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Watampone ranks joint 131st of 200 for the warmest October highs and 45th of 200 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 200 cities is 30.1°C; Watampone is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 91 mm to 135 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Parepare in OctoberIndonesia · 97 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 25.1°C · 113 mm rain
- Makassar in OctoberIndonesia · 120 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.4°C · 163 mm rain
- Galesong in OctoberIndonesia · 137 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Palopo in OctoberIndonesia · 173 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 125 mm rain
- Majene in OctoberIndonesia · 187 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 25.2°C · 82 mm rain
- Kendari in OctoberIndonesia · 250 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.4°C · 121 mm rain
- Baubau in OctoberIndonesia · 272 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 24.4°C · 66 mm rain
- Labuan Bajo in OctoberIndonesia · 443 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.9°C · 144 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.