Baubau climate

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Baubau is warmest in October, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 24 °C. December is the wettest month (311 mm) and August the driest (27 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Baubau averages 2,138 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.

Indonesia · population 161,280 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month October 31 °C
Coldest month August 24 °C
Driest month August 27 mm
Wettest month December 311 mm
Least cloud August 51 % cloud
Hottest on record February 35 °C
Coldest on record August 19 °C
Warmest sea April 30 °C

What to expectBaubau through the year

Baubau changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 29 and 31 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.

Counted across a normal year, 365 days a year reach 25 °C, 92 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. December averages 311 mm against 27 mm in August — 12 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Baubau is warmest in April at 30 °C and coldest in August at 27 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	28.9 °C	303 mm	89 %
February	29.0 °C	303 mm	88 %
March	29.1 °C	310 mm	82 %
April	29.2 °C	262 mm	79 %
May	28.9 °C	165 mm	69 %
June	28.3 °C	126 mm	65 %
July	28.0 °C	70 mm	59 %
August	28.9 °C	27 mm	51 %
September	30.3 °C	29 mm	54 %
October	31.1 °C	71 mm	59 %
November	30.6 °C	161 mm	70 %
December	29.1 °C	311 mm	88 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	28.9 °C	24.9 °C	26.6 °C	32.1 °C	23.2 °C	31	4
February	29.0 °C	24.8 °C	26.6 °C	34.8 °C	23.1 °C	28	4
March	29.1 °C	24.8 °C	26.6 °C	33.2 °C	23.1 °C	31	5
April	29.2 °C	24.9 °C	26.7 °C	34.1 °C	23.1 °C	30	5
May	28.9 °C	24.9 °C	26.6 °C	31.7 °C	22.5 °C	31	3
June	28.3 °C	24.5 °C	26.0 °C	30.6 °C	21.4 °C	30	1
July	28.0 °C	23.9 °C	25.6 °C	30.2 °C	20.0 °C	31	0
August	28.9 °C	23.5 °C	25.8 °C	31.6 °C	19.3 °C	31	4
September	30.3 °C	23.5 °C	26.5 °C	33.0 °C	19.4 °C	30	19
October	31.1 °C	24.3 °C	27.3 °C	34.6 °C	21.3 °C	31	25
November	30.6 °C	24.9 °C	27.4 °C	34.8 °C	22.3 °C	30	18
December	29.1 °C	25.0 °C	26.7 °C	33.4 °C	23.3 °C	31	6

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	303 mm	28	12 h/day	89 %	89 %	12 km/h	29.5 °C
February	303 mm	27	12 h/day	88 %	89 %	11 km/h	29.4 °C
March	310 mm	28	12 h/day	82 %	88 %	10 km/h	29.7 °C
April	262 mm	26	12 h/day	79 %	88 %	9.9 km/h	29.9 °C
May	165 mm	22	12 h/day	69 %	86 %	12 km/h	29.3 °C
June	126 mm	18	12 h/day	65 %	85 %	14 km/h	28.4 °C
July	70 mm	13	12 h/day	59 %	82 %	15 km/h	27.7 °C
August	27 mm	6	12 h/day	51 %	77 %	16 km/h	27.4 °C
September	29 mm	5	12 h/day	54 %	76 %	15 km/h	27.8 °C
October	71 mm	11	12 h/day	59 %	79 %	13 km/h	28.6 °C
November	161 mm	20	12 h/day	70 %	83 %	11 km/h	29.5 °C
December	311 mm	29	12 h/day	88 %	89 %	11 km/h	29.8 °C

How Baubau compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Baubau	31 °C	24 °C	2,138 mm	365
Kendari · Indonesia	31 °C	23 °C	2,800 mm	365
Makassar · Indonesia	30 °C	23 °C	2,829 mm	361
Parepare · Indonesia	32 °C	24 °C	2,049 mm	365
Palopo · Indonesia	30 °C	22 °C	3,402 mm	364
Labuan Bajo · Indonesia	29 °C	23 °C	2,303 mm	365
Dili · Timor Leste	33 °C	22 °C	1,300 mm	365

Where Baubau ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in December	3rdof 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in January	3rdof 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in December	3rdof 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in January	5thof 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in February	7thof 50	29 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in March	7thof 50	30 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Baubau.

QuestionsCommon questions about Baubau’s climate

When is the best time to visit Baubau?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, July, August sit closest to 20 °C on average, October is the warmest month and August the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Baubau get?

In October, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 92 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 24 °C in August, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Baubau?

December, averaging 311 mm over 29 days with rain. The driest month is August with 27 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,138 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Baubau rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.