Makassar, Indonesia climate

As Tropical savanna (dry summer)

Makassar has a remarkably steady tropical climate (Tropical savanna (dry summer), Köppen As). The hottest month is October with an average daily high near 33°C, while the coldest is January averaging around 25°C at night. Precipitation totals about 1857 mm a year and is strongly seasonal — December alone averages 420 mm while August barely receives 5 mm.

☀️ All year

Hot

Daytime highs near 33°C most of the year.

🌙 Nights

Stays warm

Even the coolest nights stay near 25°C.

🌧️ Rain

Very wet

About 1857 mm of rain a year.

Wettest in December

⛅ Sky & trend

Often cloudy

Cloudy skies much of the year.

Temperature & precipitation

Daily high–low temperature range with the monthly average, plus monthly precipitation · 1991–2020 normals · hover a month for the exact figures

Hours of sunshine per day

Estimated sunny hours each month — daylight length × clear-sky fraction · 1991–2020 monthly cloud cover (NASA POWER)

Makassar climate normals (1991–2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	31	31	31	32	33	32	32	32	33	33	33	31
Avg temp (°C)	28	28	28	29	29	28	28	28	28	29	29	28
Avg low (°C)	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	25	25	25
Precipitation (mm)	419	289	224	145	54	50	28	5	19	51	153	420

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°C)	31	31	31	32	33	32
Avg temp (°C)	28	28	28	29	29	28
Avg low (°C)	25	25	25	25	25	25
Precipitation (mm)	419	289	224	145	54	50

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	32	32	33	33	33	31
Avg temp (°C)	28	28	28	29	29	28
Avg low (°C)	24	24	24	25	25	25
Precipitation (mm)	28	5	19	51	153	420

Sky & atmosphere

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	89	86	79	73	61	59	50	39	39	50	71	88
Relative humidity (%)	86	86	83	81	80	79	77	72	69	70	76	84
Wind speed (m/s)	3.0	2.9	2.3	2.0	2.4	2.7	3.0	3.1	2.9	2.4	2.0	2.7

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cloud cover (%)	89	86	79	73	61	59
Relative humidity (%)	86	86	83	81	80	79
Wind speed (m/s)	3.0	2.9	2.3	2.0	2.4	2.7

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	50	39	39	50	71	88
Relative humidity (%)	77	72	69	70	76	84
Wind speed (m/s)	3.0	3.1	2.9	2.4	2.0	2.7

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.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

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