climigo

Sulawesi

When to go?

No ideal month: the best month is September, the least rainy with the right temperature. Avoid October–August (often rainy, at times hot and torrential rain).

Climate zones

Nusa TenggaraTimor-LesteMaluku IslandsKalimantanMalaysiaPhilippinesMakassarMakassarMakassarManadoManadoManadoPaluPaluPaluTana TorajaTana TorajaTana TorajaKendariKendariKendari

Mean maximum and minimum temperature and mean monthly precipitation of the season (the mean of its three months), ERA5-Land 1996–2025, at about 9 km resolution: colours are in levels (the same as the city scale) and smaller details are not real.

What is the climate like?

Area mean indicative, over the whole territory

Temperature and rain

January 28°22°
February 28°22°
March 28°22° torrential rain
April 28°22° torrential rain
May 28°22°
June 27°22°
July 27°21°
August 27°21°
September 28°21°
October 29°22°
November 28°22°
December 28°22°

Monthly min and max temperature (°C)

−5°0°5°10°15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec21.8 · 27.7 °CJanuary: 21.8 · 27.7 °C21.8 · 27.7 °CFebruary: 21.8 · 27.7 °C21.8 · 27.8 °CMarch: 21.8 · 27.8 °C22.0 · 27.8 °CApril: 22.0 · 27.8 °C22.1 · 27.7 °CMay: 22.1 · 27.7 °C21.6 · 27.1 °CJune: 21.6 · 27.1 °C21.2 · 26.8 °CJuly: 21.2 · 26.8 °C21.0 · 27.2 °CAugust: 21.0 · 27.2 °C21.1 · 28.1 °CSeptember: 21.1 · 28.1 °C21.6 · 28.6 °COctober: 21.6 · 28.6 °C21.9 · 28.3 °CNovember: 21.9 · 28.3 °C22.0 · 27.9 °CDecember: 22.0 · 27.9 °C

Monthly min and max temperature (°C)

Jan 21.8 – 27.7 °C
Feb 21.8 – 27.7 °C
Mar 21.8 – 27.8 °C
Apr 22.0 – 27.8 °C
May 22.1 – 27.7 °C
Jun 21.6 – 27.1 °C
Jul 21.2 – 26.8 °C
Aug 21.0 – 27.2 °C
Sep 21.1 – 28.1 °C
Oct 21.6 – 28.6 °C
Nov 21.9 – 28.3 °C
Dec 22.0 – 27.9 °C

How much it rains

January 282 mm26 d
February 261 mm24 d
March 300 mm26 d torrential rain
April 303 mm25 d torrential rain
May 276 mm25 d
June 256 mm22 d
July 211 mm19 d
August 158 mm16 d
September 144 mm14 d
October 178 mm17 d
November 243 mm23 d
December 278 mm26 d

Rain days and how much water

0102030 dJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec282 mm · 26 rain days · 11 mm a dayJanuary: 282 mm · 26 rain days · 11 mm a day261 mm · 24 rain days · 11 mm a dayFebruary: 261 mm · 24 rain days · 11 mm a day300 mm · 26 rain days · 12 mm a dayMarch: 300 mm · 26 rain days · 12 mm a day303 mm · 25 rain days · 12 mm a dayApril: 303 mm · 25 rain days · 12 mm a day276 mm · 25 rain days · 11 mm a dayMay: 276 mm · 25 rain days · 11 mm a day256 mm · 22 rain days · 12 mm a dayJune: 256 mm · 22 rain days · 12 mm a day211 mm · 19 rain days · 11 mm a dayJuly: 211 mm · 19 rain days · 11 mm a day158 mm · 16 rain days · 10 mm a dayAugust: 158 mm · 16 rain days · 10 mm a day144 mm · 14 rain days · 10 mm a daySeptember: 144 mm · 14 rain days · 10 mm a day178 mm · 17 rain days · 10 mm a dayOctober: 178 mm · 17 rain days · 10 mm a day243 mm · 23 rain days · 11 mm a dayNovember: 243 mm · 23 rain days · 11 mm a day278 mm · 26 rain days · 11 mm a dayDecember: 278 mm · 26 rain days · 11 mm a day

Rain days and how much water

Jan 282 mm26 d
Feb 261 mm24 d
Mar 300 mm26 d
Apr 303 mm25 d
May 276 mm25 d
Jun 256 mm22 d
Jul 211 mm19 d
Aug 158 mm16 d
Sep 144 mm14 d
Oct 178 mm17 d
Nov 243 mm23 d
Dec 278 mm26 d

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

January 12 h 14
February 12 h 11
March 12 h 07
April 12 h 04
May 12 h 01
June 11 h 59
July 12 h 00
August 12 h 02
September 12 h 06
October 12 h 10
November 12 h 13
December 12 h 15

Mean daylight hours over the whole territory.

Spatial mean over the whole area, weighted by area (cosine of the latitude), not by population: indicative only, since the climate varies a lot within an area (coasts, plains, mountains). Look at the cities for the weather you will find.

Cities