Weather in Makassar

The Makassar climate is warm and tropical with average temperatures ranging from 25 °C to 32 °C and humidity from 73% to 93%. A soft breeze from the sea blows over the city throughout the day, and not surprisingly Makassar is also known as the city of Anging Mammiri, which in the native language means breezy wind.

Situated around five degrees to the south of the equator, the city has a nearly even climate throughout the year. There are no extremes in temperature in Makassar and month to month variation is rarely more than a couple of degrees. But temperatures do vary as one travels from coastal areas (which are hotter with an average temperature of about 28 °C), to the higher mountain areas that are quite cooler (at 23 °C average temperature).

The climate in Makassar has only two seasons - the rainy season and the dry season - both evenly divided at about six months each. Rainy season starts from October and ends by March and dry climate prevails for the rest of the year. While the months between December and March gets the heaviest rains, the weather in Makassar during August and September are the driest.