Palopo climate — normals and trends
Palopo (Indonesia) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 25.4 °C and it receives 3,352 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 (25.9 °C on average) and the coldest is July (24.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Palopo averages 0 frost days, 8 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 288 rainy days per year.
Palopo has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.0 °C (on 28 October 2023) and the coldest 19.4 °C (on 16 August 1977).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
PalopoSouth Sulawesi
- coords
- -2.99°, 120.20°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
25.4°C
Average daily high
27.7°C
Average daily low
23.5°C
Annual rainfall
3,352mm
Sunshine / day
10.0h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
9.0km/h
Seasonal range
1.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
8 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
288 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
32.9 °C
Average feels-like low
27.5 °C
Average peak gust
20.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
365 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.4 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.80 · 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).
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
Hottest day
33.0 °C
28 October 2023
Coldest day
19.4 °C
16 August 1977
Wettest day
260 mm
18 March 1969
Windiest day
19.5 km/h
30 January 1961
Strongest gust
38.2 km/h
7 December 2021
Hottest feels-like
38.4 °C
28 January 2020
Coldest feels-like
20.1 °C
28 August 1965
Sunniest day
12.0 h
11 December 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 28.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 506 mm | +112 mm |
| Feb | 29.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 337 mm | -79 mm |
| Mar | 28.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 514 mm | +47 mm |
| Apr | 28.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 753 mm | +320 mm |
| May | 28.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 473 mm | +194 mm |
| Jun | 27.5 °C | +0.4 °C | 322 mm | +100 mm |
| Jul | 27.9 °C | +1.2 °C | 290 mm | +132 mm |
| Aug | 27.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 85 mm | -25 mm |
| Sep | 29.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 88 mm | +2 mm |
| Oct | 29.9 °C | +1.4 °C | 185 mm | +64 mm |
| Nov | 29.0 °C | +0.5 °C | 486 mm | +240 mm |
| Dec | 28.5 °C | +0.6 °C | 587 mm | +167 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Palopo?
Palopo has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.4 °C and it receives 3,352 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Palopo?
The hottest day measured in Palopo between 1940 and 2025 was 28 October 2023, reaching 33.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Palopo?
The coldest day measured in Palopo between 1940 and 2025 was 16 August 1977, at 19.4 °C.
Does it snow in Palopo?
Almost never: Palopo sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Palopo warmed?
Yes: Palopo warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Palopo?
The wettest day measured in Palopo between 1940 and 2025 was 18 March 1969, with 260 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Palopo?
The windiest day measured in Palopo between 1940 and 2025 was 30 January 1961, with winds reaching 19.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Palopo?
The warmest month in Palopo is November (25.9 °C on average); the coldest is July (24.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Palopo?
Palopo receives on average 3,352 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 288 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Palopo?
Palopo gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Palopo?
Yes: Palopo has on average 365 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Palopo?
In Palopo, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.4 °C on 28 January 2020, and the lowest was 20.1 °C on 28 August 1965.
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