Palu
Elevation 118 m0.90° S, 119.86° E
When to go?
Mean 27 °C, 25 rain days in the month (219 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 30 °C
- Often rainyrain on 8 days in 10
Mean 27 °C, 23 rain days in the month (212 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 30 °C
- Often rainyrain on 8 days in 10
Mean 27 °C, 26 rain days in the month (239 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 30 °C
- Often rainyrain on 8 days in 10
Mean 27 °C, 26 rain days in the month (262 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 31 °C
- Often rainyrain on 9 days in 10
Mean 27 °C, 27 rain days in the month (274 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 31 °C
- Often rainyrain on 9 days in 10
Mean 27 °C, 26 rain days in the month (282 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 30 °C
- Often rainyrain on 9 days in 10
Mean 26 °C, 25 rain days in the month (277 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 30 °C
- Often rainyrain on 8 days in 10
Mean 27 °C, 25 rain days in the month (272 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 30 °C
- Often rainyrain on 8 days in 10
Mean 27 °C, 25 rain days in the month (274 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 31 °C
- Often rainyrain on 8 days in 10
Mean 27 °C, 26 rain days in the month (261 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 31 °C
- Often rainyrain on 8 days in 10
Mean 27 °C, 26 rain days in the month (250 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 31 °C
- Often rainyrain on 9 days in 10
Mean 27 °C, 24 rain days in the month (205 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 30 °C
- Often rainyrain on 8 days in 10
No month without a contraindication; the least rainy is December. Avoid all year (hot and often rainy).
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Temperatures brought to the town's elevation: +2.1 °C (cells at 438 m).
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Sea temperature: Makassar Strait
Monthly mean sea temperature: Makassar Strait (°C)
Monthly mean sea temperature: Makassar Strait (°C)
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +0.5 °C; in the last ten years by +0.7 °C. Warmest year: 2024 (+1.0 °C), coldest: 1971 (−0.4 °C).
December and January warmed the most (+0.7 and +0.6 °C), August the least (+0.3 °C).
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: +2 % every ten years.
The sea, then and now
+0.4 °Cthe sea today, compared with 1961–1990