Toli-Toli climate
Toli-Toli is warmest in September, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 23 °C. June is the wettest month (203 mm) and March the driest (147 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Toli-Toli averages 2,049 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.
Indonesia · population 242,783 · 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 September 30 °C
- Coldest month July 23 °C
- Driest month March 147 mm
- Wettest month June 203 mm
- Least cloud August 67 % cloud
- Hottest on record September 36 °C
- Coldest on record February 20 °C
- Warmest sea June 30 °C
What to expectToli-Toli through the year
Toli-Toli changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 29 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, 365 days a year reach 25 °C, 62 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in September.
Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 147 mm in March to 203 mm in June. There is no dry season to aim for.
The sea off Toli-Toli is warmest in June at 30 °C and coldest in February 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 | 28.1 °C | 194 mm | 88 % |
| February | 28.3 °C | 159 mm | 86 % |
| March | 28.8 °C | 147 mm | 83 % |
| April | 29.2 °C | 147 mm | 81 % |
| May | 29.4 °C | 185 mm | 78 % |
| June | 29.2 °C | 203 mm | 77 % |
| July | 29.2 °C | 200 mm | 73 % |
| August | 29.5 °C | 159 mm | 67 % |
| September | 29.6 °C | 163 mm | 70 % |
| October | 29.5 °C | 151 mm | 79 % |
| November | 28.9 °C | 161 mm | 86 % |
| December | 28.5 °C | 180 mm | 90 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.1 °C | 23.3 °C | 25.4 °C | 31.5 °C | 20.7 °C | 31 | 1 | 0 |
| February | 28.3 °C | 23.2 °C | 25.5 °C | 31.2 °C | 19.9 °C | 28 | 1 | 0 |
| March | 28.8 °C | 23.3 °C | 25.8 °C | 31.9 °C | 20.3 °C | 31 | 3 | 0 |
| April | 29.2 °C | 23.6 °C | 26.1 °C | 32.6 °C | 21.3 °C | 30 | 5 | 0 |
| May | 29.4 °C | 23.6 °C | 26.2 °C | 34.2 °C | 21.1 °C | 31 | 7 | 0 |
| June | 29.2 °C | 23.3 °C | 26.0 °C | 34.6 °C | 21.2 °C | 30 | 6 | 0 |
| July | 29.2 °C | 23.0 °C | 25.8 °C | 32.5 °C | 20.8 °C | 31 | 6 | 0 |
| August | 29.5 °C | 23.0 °C | 26.0 °C | 34.4 °C | 20.9 °C | 31 | 9 | 0 |
| September | 29.6 °C | 23.0 °C | 26.1 °C | 35.8 °C | 21.0 °C | 30 | 9 | 0 |
| October | 29.5 °C | 23.4 °C | 26.2 °C | 33.8 °C | 20.5 °C | 31 | 9 | 0 |
| November | 28.9 °C | 23.6 °C | 26.0 °C | 32.7 °C | 21.3 °C | 30 | 4 | 0 |
| December | 28.5 °C | 23.7 °C | 25.8 °C | 32.0 °C | 21.3 °C | 31 | 2 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind | Sea temp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 194 mm | 24 | 12 h/day | 88 % | 89 % | 13 km/h | 28.6 °C |
| February | 159 mm | 20 | 12 h/day | 86 % | 88 % | 13 km/h | 28.4 °C |
| March | 147 mm | 22 | 12 h/day | 83 % | 87 % | 14 km/h | 28.6 °C |
| April | 147 mm | 22 | 12 h/day | 81 % | 87 % | 13 km/h | 29.1 °C |
| May | 185 mm | 26 | 12 h/day | 78 % | 89 % | 12 km/h | 29.5 °C |
| June | 203 mm | 25 | 12 h/day | 77 % | 89 % | 10 km/h | 29.6 °C |
| July | 200 mm | 24 | 12 h/day | 73 % | 88 % | 11 km/h | 29.4 °C |
| August | 159 mm | 22 | 12 h/day | 67 % | 86 % | 11 km/h | 29.4 °C |
| September | 163 mm | 23 | 12 h/day | 70 % | 86 % | 12 km/h | 29.5 °C |
| October | 151 mm | 24 | 12 h/day | 79 % | 87 % | 13 km/h | 29.5 °C |
| November | 161 mm | 25 | 12 h/day | 86 % | 88 % | 13 km/h | 29.2 °C |
| December | 180 mm | 24 | 12 h/day | 90 % | 88 % | 13 km/h | 28.9 °C |
How Toli-Toli 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toli-Toli | 30 °C | 23 °C | 2,049 mm | 365 |
| Palu · Indonesia | 31 °C | 24 °C | 3,588 mm | 365 |
| Gorontalo · Indonesia | 31 °C | 24 °C | 2,129 mm | 365 |
| Bontang · Indonesia | 30 °C | 24 °C | 2,776 mm | 365 |
| Tarakan · Indonesia | 29 °C | 25 °C | 3,063 mm | 365 |
| Samarinda · Indonesia | 31 °C | 23 °C | 2,992 mm | 365 |
| Manado · Indonesia | 31 °C | 24 °C | 2,978 mm | 365 |
Where Toli-Toli ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in October | 43rd of 50 | 30 °C |
| Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in January | 47th of 50 | 29 °C |
| Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in September | 50th of 50 | 30 °C |
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QuestionsCommon questions about Toli-Toli’s climate
When is the best time to visit Toli-Toli?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, February, March sit closest to 20 °C on average, September is the warmest month and March the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Toli-Toli get?
In September, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 62 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 23 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.
Which month is wettest in Toli-Toli?
June, averaging 203 mm over 25 days with rain. The driest month is March with 147 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,049 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 Toli-Toli 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
- 1.040°, 120.818° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
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.