Kendari climate

Name: Kendari
Address: ID

Kendari is warmest in November, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 23 °C. March is the wettest month (332 mm) and September the driest (78 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Kendari averages 2,800 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.

Indonesia · population 351,085 · 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 November 31 °C
Coldest month August 23 °C
Driest month September 78 mm
Wettest month March 332 mm
Least cloud September 60 % cloud
Hottest on record October 35 °C
Coldest on record August 19 °C
Warmest sea January 30 °C

What to expectKendari through the year

Kendari changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 28 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, 117 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in October.

Rain is strongly seasonal. March averages 332 mm against 78 mm in September — 4.2 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Kendari is warmest in January at 30 °C and coldest in August at 28 °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	29.8 °C	309 mm	90 %
February	29.7 °C	311 mm	90 %
March	29.7 °C	332 mm	86 %
April	29.4 °C	321 mm	84 %
May	28.9 °C	293 mm	77 %
June	28.1 °C	263 mm	74 %
July	27.8 °C	182 mm	68 %
August	28.3 °C	97 mm	60 %
September	29.6 °C	78 mm	60 %
October	30.7 °C	118 mm	64 %
November	30.8 °C	186 mm	75 %
December	30.1 °C	310 mm	89 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	29.8 °C	24.4 °C	26.7 °C	32.7 °C	23.0 °C	31	13
February	29.7 °C	24.4 °C	26.6 °C	33.9 °C	22.9 °C	28	10
March	29.7 °C	24.3 °C	26.6 °C	32.5 °C	22.9 °C	31	11
April	29.4 °C	24.2 °C	26.4 °C	33.0 °C	22.6 °C	30	8
May	28.9 °C	24.1 °C	26.2 °C	31.5 °C	22.6 °C	31	3
June	28.1 °C	23.6 °C	25.6 °C	30.5 °C	20.3 °C	30	0
July	27.8 °C	23.1 °C	25.2 °C	29.7 °C	19.5 °C	31	0
August	28.3 °C	22.8 °C	25.4 °C	31.0 °C	18.9 °C	31	0
September	29.6 °C	23.2 °C	26.2 °C	32.0 °C	19.0 °C	30	9
October	30.7 °C	24.2 °C	27.1 °C	34.5 °C	21.4 °C	31	23
November	30.8 °C	24.7 °C	27.3 °C	34.2 °C	22.2 °C	30	23
December	30.1 °C	24.5 °C	26.8 °C	34.4 °C	23.0 °C	31	16

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	309 mm	29	12 h/day	90 %	89 %	8.6 km/h	29.6 °C
February	311 mm	27	12 h/day	90 %	89 %	8.7 km/h	29.5 °C
March	332 mm	30	12 h/day	86 %	89 %	8.6 km/h	29.6 °C
April	321 mm	28	12 h/day	84 %	90 %	8.5 km/h	29.6 °C
May	293 mm	27	12 h/day	77 %	90 %	9.7 km/h	29.2 °C
June	263 mm	25	12 h/day	74 %	89 %	11 km/h	28.4 °C
July	182 mm	20	12 h/day	68 %	87 %	12 km/h	27.7 °C
August	97 mm	13	12 h/day	60 %	83 %	12 km/h	27.5 °C
September	78 mm	10	12 h/day	60 %	81 %	11 km/h	28.0 °C
October	118 mm	15	12 h/day	64 %	81 %	11 km/h	28.9 °C
November	186 mm	22	12 h/day	75 %	84 %	9.6 km/h	29.6 °C
December	310 mm	29	12 h/day	89 %	88 %	8.3 km/h	29.6 °C

How Kendari 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
Kendari	31 °C	23 °C	2,800 mm	365
Baubau · Indonesia	31 °C	24 °C	2,138 mm	365
Palopo · Indonesia	30 °C	22 °C	3,402 mm	364
Parepare · Indonesia	32 °C	24 °C	2,049 mm	365
Makassar · Indonesia	30 °C	23 °C	2,829 mm	361
Palu · Indonesia	31 °C	24 °C	3,588 mm	365
Ambon · Indonesia	29 °C	25 °C	1,934 mm	364

Where Kendari ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in January	2nd of 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in January	4th of 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in February	6th of 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in February	8th of 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in March	9th of 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in March	9th of 50	30 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Kendari’s climate

When is the best time to visit Kendari?

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, November is the warmest month and September the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Kendari get?

In November, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 117 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 23 °C in August, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Kendari?

March, averaging 332 mm over 30 days with rain. The driest month is September with 78 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,800 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 Kendari 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
Data point: -3.978°, 122.515° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
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.