Masamba climate — normals and trends
Masamba has a tropical rainforest climate, averaging 21.9 °C annually with 2,713 mm of rain per year.
Climate normals · ERA5
MasambaSouth Sulawesi
- coords
- -2.55°, 120.33°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
The normals for this period
The average of every indicator across the whole window: temperature, water, sky, wind and notable days.
Mean daily temperature
21.9°C
Average daily high
26.4°C
Average daily low
18.6°C
Annual rainfall
2,713mm
Sunshine / day
9.7h
Mean relative humidity
84%
Average peak wind
5.9km/h
Seasonal range
1.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
6 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
298 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
30.7 °C
Average feels-like low
20.7 °C
Average peak gust
25.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
40 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
What the yearly averages say about warming here, and whether the slope is statistically solid.
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.86 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
Climate month by month
How an average year unfolds: when it rains, when it turns hot, when the sun is out.
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
The most extreme days ever measured here, then the year-by-year detail.
Hottest day
33.4 °C
2 December 2019
Coldest day
12.1 °C
29 August 1965
Wettest day
197 mm
30 June 1959
Windiest day
10.6 km/h
11 September 2023
Strongest gust
52.9 km/h
18 March 2004
Hottest feels-like
38.0 °C
7 February 2017
Coldest feels-like
11.1 °C
29 August 1965
Sunniest day
12.0 h
7 January 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
A specific year
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 28.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 458 mm | +194 mm |
| Feb | 28.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 295 mm | +14 mm |
| Mar | 28.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 458 mm | +108 mm |
| Apr | 27.8 °C | +1.4 °C | 478 mm | +142 mm |
| May | 27.9 °C | +1.8 °C | 369 mm | +103 mm |
| Jun | 26.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 248 mm | +30 mm |
| Jul | 27.0 °C | +1.9 °C | 253 mm | +78 mm |
| Aug | 27.0 °C | +1.6 °C | 179 mm | +23 mm |
| Sep | 28.5 °C | +2.3 °C | 131 mm | +9 mm |
| Oct | 29.7 °C | +2.3 °C | 156 mm | +40 mm |
| Nov | 28.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 182 mm | +10 mm |
| Dec | 27.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 263 mm | +8 mm |
The year's extremes
What was the weather like that day?
The weather actually measured on a given date, anywhere in the covered window.
Climate at a glance
What these normals say about the place, in a few sentences, and the notions needed to read them.
Masamba (Indonesia) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.9 °C and it receives 2,713 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is November (22.5 °C on average) and the coldest is July (21.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Masamba averages 0 frost days, 6 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 298 rainy days per year.
Masamba has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.4 °C (on 2 December 2019) and the coldest 12.1 °C (on 29 August 1965).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Masamba?
Masamba has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.9 °C and it receives 2,713 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Masamba?
The hottest day measured in Masamba between 1940 and 2025 was 2 December 2019, reaching 33.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Masamba?
The coldest day measured in Masamba between 1940 and 2025 was 29 August 1965, at 12.1 °C.
Does it snow in Masamba?
Almost never: Masamba sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Masamba warmed?
Yes: Masamba warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Masamba?
The wettest day measured in Masamba between 1940 and 2025 was 30 June 1959, with 197 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Masamba?
The windiest day measured in Masamba between 1940 and 2025 was 11 September 2023, with winds reaching 10.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Masamba?
The warmest month in Masamba is November (22.5 °C on average); the coldest is July (21.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Masamba?
Masamba receives on average 2,713 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 298 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Masamba?
Masamba gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Masamba?
Yes: Masamba has on average 40 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Masamba?
In Masamba, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.0 °C on 7 February 2017, and the lowest was 11.1 °C on 29 August 1965.
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