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Weather extremes

How extreme does Makassar's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Makassar has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 33 years of daily weather observations (1992–present), from the Ujang Pandang/Paotere station 4 km away. Updated through March 2025 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Makassar has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
105°F Sep 11, 2000

That is about 14°F hotter than a normal September afternoon in Makassar (typical high near 91°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 105°F Sep 11, 2000
2 103°F Mar 24, 2011
3 103°F Jun 16, 2014
❄️ Coldest night
55°F Sep 1, 1997

About 21°F colder than a normal September night in Makassar (typical low near 76°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 55°F Sep 1, 1997
2 55°F Feb 19, 2010
3 56°F Nov 1, 1994
🌧️ Most rain in one day
8.03 in Dec 18, 2007

About 49% of a typical December's rain in a single day (Makassar averages roughly 16.5 in across the month).

The three most extreme on record

1 8.03 in Dec 18, 2007
2 7.80 in Feb 13, 2023
3 7.36 in Dec 6, 2021

How hot and cold it gets, month by month

The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.

30°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 105°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Makassar's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — September's 105°F is about 14°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.

In plain terms

In a normal year, Makassar's warmest days reach the low 90s°F and its coldest nights drop to the mid-70s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 105°F and as low as 55°F. A single day has delivered over 8 inches of rain. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.
Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 25 years of daily observations at Ujang Pandang/paotere, a weather station, about 4 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →