Palu climate

Name: Palu
Address: ID

Palu is warmest in October, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 24 °C. May is the wettest month (326 mm) and February the driest (249 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Palu averages 3,588 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.

Indonesia · population 389,959 · 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 February 249 mm
Wettest month May 326 mm
Least cloud August 73 % cloud
Hottest on record September 35 °C
Coldest on record March 21 °C

What to expectPalu through the year

Palu changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 30 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, 205 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in September.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 249 mm in February to 326 mm in May. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	29.7 °C	266 mm	94 %
February	30.0 °C	249 mm	93 %
March	30.1 °C	290 mm	91 %
April	30.2 °C	318 mm	90 %
May	30.3 °C	326 mm	85 %
June	29.9 °C	317 mm	81 %
July	29.8 °C	316 mm	78 %
August	30.1 °C	292 mm	73 %
September	30.5 °C	311 mm	76 %
October	30.6 °C	325 mm	84 %
November	30.2 °C	316 mm	92 %
December	30.0 °C	264 mm	95 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	29.7 °C	23.8 °C	26.2 °C	33.1 °C	22.0 °C	31	12
February	30.0 °C	23.8 °C	26.3 °C	33.3 °C	21.3 °C	28	14
March	30.1 °C	23.9 °C	26.4 °C	33.0 °C	20.7 °C	31	17
April	30.2 °C	24.1 °C	26.6 °C	32.8 °C	22.3 °C	30	18
May	30.3 °C	24.2 °C	26.7 °C	33.0 °C	22.6 °C	31	20
June	29.9 °C	23.9 °C	26.3 °C	32.9 °C	22.6 °C	30	15
July	29.8 °C	23.6 °C	26.1 °C	32.5 °C	21.6 °C	31	14
August	30.1 °C	23.6 °C	26.2 °C	33.1 °C	21.9 °C	31	17
September	30.5 °C	23.8 °C	26.5 °C	34.7 °C	21.3 °C	30	22
October	30.6 °C	24.0 °C	26.7 °C	34.1 °C	21.9 °C	31	22
November	30.2 °C	24.1 °C	26.5 °C	33.4 °C	22.7 °C	30	18
December	30.0 °C	24.0 °C	26.5 °C	33.1 °C	22.1 °C	31	16

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	266 mm	27	12 h/day	94 %	91 %	7.6 km/h
February	249 mm	25	12 h/day	93 %	91 %	7.7 km/h
March	290 mm	27	12 h/day	91 %	91 %	7.6 km/h
April	318 mm	27	12 h/day	90 %	92 %	7.3 km/h
May	326 mm	28	12 h/day	85 %	92 %	6.8 km/h
June	317 mm	27	12 h/day	81 %	92 %	6.4 km/h
July	316 mm	27	12 h/day	78 %	91 %	6.6 km/h
August	292 mm	27	12 h/day	73 %	90 %	7.0 km/h
September	311 mm	27	12 h/day	76 %	90 %	7.3 km/h
October	325 mm	29	12 h/day	84 %	90 %	7.4 km/h
November	316 mm	28	12 h/day	92 %	91 %	7.4 km/h
December	264 mm	27	12 h/day	95 %	91 %	7.6 km/h

How Palu 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
Palu	31 °C	24 °C	3,588 mm	365
Palopo · Indonesia	30 °C	22 °C	3,402 mm	364
Toli-Toli · Indonesia	30 °C	23 °C	2,049 mm	365
Bontang · Indonesia	30 °C	24 °C	2,776 mm	365
Samarinda · Indonesia	31 °C	23 °C	2,992 mm	365
Loa Janan · Indonesia	31 °C	23 °C	2,917 mm	365
Balikpapan · Indonesia	29 °C	24 °C	2,499 mm	365

Where Palu ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Asia in December	41stof 50	30 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Palu’s climate

When is the best time to visit Palu?

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

How hot does Palu get?

In October, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 205 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 Palu?

May, averaging 326 mm over 28 days with rain. The driest month is February with 249 mm. The year as a whole averages 3,588 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 Palu 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.