Palopo climate

Name: Palopo
Address: ID

Palopo is warmest in October, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 22 °C. April is the wettest month (479 mm) and September the driest (75 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Palopo averages 3,402 mm of rain and 364 days above 25 °C.

Indonesia · population 184,961 · 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 30 °C
Coldest month August 22 °C
Driest month September 75 mm
Wettest month April 479 mm
Least cloud September 59 % cloud
Hottest on record March 34 °C
Coldest on record July 18 °C
Warmest sea March 30 °C

What to expectPalopo through the year

Palopo changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 28 and 30 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.

Counted across a normal year, 364 days a year reach 25 °C, 32 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C, in March.

Rain is strongly seasonal. April averages 479 mm against 75 mm in September — 6.4 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Palopo is warmest in March 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	28.6 °C	397 mm	93 %
February	28.6 °C	396 mm	93 %
March	28.5 °C	439 mm	90 %
April	28.2 °C	479 mm	88 %
May	28.0 °C	306 mm	78 %
June	27.5 °C	268 mm	73 %
July	27.2 °C	159 mm	68 %
August	27.5 °C	86 mm	61 %
September	28.7 °C	75 mm	59 %
October	29.6 °C	134 mm	70 %
November	29.3 °C	237 mm	83 %
December	28.7 °C	426 mm	93 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	28.6 °C	23.0 °C	25.7 °C	32.1 °C	19.5 °C	31	2
February	28.6 °C	22.9 °C	25.6 °C	32.0 °C	20.1 °C	28	2
March	28.5 °C	22.9 °C	25.5 °C	34.0 °C	19.9 °C	31	2
April	28.2 °C	22.9 °C	25.5 °C	31.7 °C	20.4 °C	30	1
May	28.0 °C	22.9 °C	25.4 °C	32.2 °C	20.0 °C	31	1
June	27.5 °C	22.4 °C	24.9 °C	30.2 °C	18.4 °C	30	0
July	27.2 °C	22.0 °C	24.5 °C	33.4 °C	17.7 °C	31	0
August	27.5 °C	21.9 °C	24.6 °C	30.4 °C	17.7 °C	31	0
September	28.7 °C	22.1 °C	25.4 °C	31.4 °C	18.1 °C	30	3
October	29.6 °C	22.7 °C	26.1 °C	33.1 °C	18.3 °C	31	11
November	29.3 °C	23.3 °C	26.2 °C	32.3 °C	20.4 °C	30	9
December	28.7 °C	23.1 °C	25.8 °C	32.6 °C	20.2 °C	31	3

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	397 mm	28	12 h/day	93 %	85 %	8.7 km/h	30.0 °C
February	396 mm	27	12 h/day	93 %	86 %	8.7 km/h	30.0 °C
March	439 mm	29	12 h/day	90 %	86 %	8.7 km/h	30.2 °C
April	479 mm	28	12 h/day	88 %	87 %	8.4 km/h	30.1 °C
May	306 mm	26	12 h/day	78 %	86 %	8.1 km/h	29.8 °C
June	268 mm	22	12 h/day	73 %	85 %	8.0 km/h	29.2 °C
July	159 mm	19	12 h/day	68 %	84 %	8.2 km/h	28.5 °C
August	86 mm	14	12 h/day	61 %	81 %	8.8 km/h	28.4 °C
September	75 mm	11	12 h/day	59 %	77 %	9.4 km/h	28.9 °C
October	134 mm	15	12 h/day	70 %	77 %	9.8 km/h	29.6 °C
November	237 mm	24	12 h/day	83 %	82 %	9.6 km/h	30.1 °C
December	426 mm	29	12 h/day	93 %	86 %	8.9 km/h	30.1 °C

How Palopo 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
Palopo	30 °C	22 °C	3,402 mm	364
Parepare · Indonesia	32 °C	24 °C	2,049 mm	365
Palu · Indonesia	31 °C	24 °C	3,588 mm	365
Makassar · Indonesia	30 °C	23 °C	2,829 mm	361
Kendari · Indonesia	31 °C	23 °C	2,800 mm	365
Baubau · Indonesia	31 °C	24 °C	2,138 mm	365
Balikpapan · Indonesia	29 °C	24 °C	2,499 mm	365

Where Palopo ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in December	1stof 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in February	1stof 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in January	1stof 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in March	1stof 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in December	1stof 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in February	1stof 50	30 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Palopo’s climate

When is the best time to visit Palopo?

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 September the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Palopo get?

In October, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 32 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 22 °C in August, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Palopo?

April, averaging 479 mm over 28 days with rain. The driest month is September with 75 mm. The year as a whole averages 3,402 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 Palopo 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.