Climate and average weather in Majene

In Majene, the weather is muggy, hot, wet, and mostly cloudy and remarkably steady, with daytime highs holding near hot levels all year. The wettest stretch peaks around December.

Best: late June to early October

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Majene typically varies from 25°C to 28°C, and is rarely below 25°C or above 29°C. May is the hottest month of the year, while July is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Majene for warm-weather activities is from late June to early October.

Hottest
May
28°
Coldest
Jul
25°
Wettest
Dec
187 mm
Driest
Aug
27 mm
Rain / yr
1332 mm
207 wet days
Daylight
11.8–12.2 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
8 m
3.5°S
Clearest
Aug
54% cloud

Majene is capital of Majene Regency, West Sulawesi Province, Indonesia.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Majene weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around late June to early October.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Majene, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

Temperatures in Majene stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is May, with an average high of 28°C and low of 26°C; the coolest is July, with an average low of 25°C and high of 27°C.

Days typically run about 2°C warmer than nights year-round.

18°20°22°24°26°28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2826
Feb2826
Mar2826
Apr2826
May2826
Jun2826
Jul2725
Aug2825
Sep2826
Oct2826
Nov2826
Dec2826

Average hourly temperature in Majene

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on May afternoons, near 28°C, and coldest before dawn in July, near 25°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Majene weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 26°1642112.24.4
Feb28° / 26°11517.212.14.6
Mar28° / 26°13022.4124.3
Apr28° / 26°14423.211.94.1
May28° / 26°1352011.84.8
Jun28° / 26°10215.511.85.4
Jul27° / 25°6310.611.86.3
Aug28° / 25°276.611.97.0
Sep28° / 26°418.6126.5
Oct28° / 26°821512.15.4
Nov28° / 26°14322.712.24.2
Dec28° / 26°18723.812.24.0

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Majene gets about 1332 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is very wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 7.4 months, from around Oct 29 to Jun 11, peaking in November at about 81% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Aug 14.

December is the wettest month by volume, with 187 mm over about 24 wet days; August is the driest, with 27 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetNov 25 · 81%Aug 14 · 20%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan6821
Feb6317
Mar7122
Apr7723
May6420
Jun5216
Jul3411
Aug227
Sep299
Oct4815
Nov7423
Dec7724

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Majene collects about 1332 mm of rain across 207 wet days — roughly 111 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. December is the wettest month with 187 mm, while August is the driest at just 27 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 37% of the year’s total.

050100150200JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec16411513014413510263274182143187
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan16421
Feb11517
Mar13022
Apr14423
May13520
Jun10216
Jul6311
Aug277
Sep419
Oct8215
Nov14323
Dec18724

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Majene, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around May 6 and lasts for 5.9 months, ending around November 1. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 56% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around November 2 and lasts for 6.1 months, ending around May 5. The cloudiest month is February, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 96% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAug 9 · 57%Dec 28 · 3%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan496
Feb496
Mar1090
Apr1684
May3268
Jun3664
Jul4654
Aug5644
Sep5149
Oct3565
Nov1684
Dec595

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. Close to the equator, Majene barely changes through the year: days stay near 12 h 12 min of light in every season.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan12.26:086:19
Feb12.16:156:22
Mar12.06:136:14
Apr11.96:076:02
May11.86:055:56
Jun11.86:105:58
Jul11.86:156:04
Aug11.96:126:05
Sep12.05:595:58
Oct12.15:475:52
Nov12.25:445:54
Dec12.25:546:06

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Majene averages about 4 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 0 and 11 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.9 months, from around May 9 to Nov 3. The sunniest month is August, with roughly 11 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is January, down near 0 sunny days — about 97% fewer than the August peak.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedAug 1511 daysJan 300 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan0Gloomy
Feb0Gloomy
Mar1Gloomy
Apr2Gloomy
May5Gloomy
Jun6Gloomy
Jul9Mixed
Aug11Mixed
Sep9Mixed
Oct6Gloomy
Nov2Gloomy
Dec0Gloomy

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

Majene is humid all year round — on a typical day the air feels at least humid, and there is no real dry season to wait for.

The stickiest month is January, when it feels muggy, oppressive or miserable about 100% of the time. Even in January, the mildest month, the air is dry or comfortable only 0% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecmiserableoppressivemuggy
Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan1928
Feb1927
Mar09010
Apr08515
May07525
Jun0919
Jul4950
Aug13870
Sep7921
Oct1963
Nov0973
Dec0946

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Majene is typically calm, near 12 km/h, and varies moderately with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 4.3 months, from around May 22 to Sep 28. The windiest month is August, averaging about 17 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Sep 29 to Dec 27, with November the calmest month at about 8 km/h.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmerwindiercalmercalmlight breezebreezyAug 3 · 17 km/hNov 13 · 8 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan12calm
Feb11calm
Mar9calm
Apr9calm
May11calm
Jun14light breeze
Jul16light breeze
Aug17light breeze
Sep13light breeze
Oct10calm
Nov8calm
Dec10calm

Best time to visit Majene

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Majene throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around late September, Majene is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Majene for general outdoor tourist activities is from late June to mid October, with a peak score in the second week of August.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 12 · 7.0

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan4.4fair
Feb4.6fair
Mar4.3fair
Apr4.2fair
May4.8fair
Jun5.4fair
Jul6.3good
Aug6.9good
Sep6.5good
Oct5.5fair
Nov4.3fair
Dec4.0fair

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Majene for hot-weather activities is from late June to mid October, with a peak score in the third week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 16 · 7.4

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Majene, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

Majene packs about the same all year — highs hold near 28°C. Across the year the things worth having are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In May, Majene sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 20 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Majene

Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 14 km away) is warmest in April at about 30°C and coldest in August near 28°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

26°28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan29Tropical
Feb29Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr30Tropical
May29Tropical
Jun29Tropical
Jul28Tropical
Aug28Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov30Tropical
Dec30Tropical

UV index (midday) in Majene by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Majene peaks around March 14 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 10 (extreme).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 14UV 15Jun 21UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Average hourly UV index in Majene

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in March the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan8.56.5
Feb8.56.5
Mar8.56.5
Apr86.5
May86
Jun7.55.5
Jul7.55.5
Aug86
Sep86.5
Oct86.5
Nov86
Dec86.5

Air quality in Majene by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Majene is worst in October — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.0× the cleanest month (January, 9 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodOct 1616 µg/m³Jan 249 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb9Good
Mar9Good
Apr10Good
May11Good
Jun11Good
Jul11Good
Aug12Good
Sep14Moderate
Oct17Moderate
Nov14Moderate
Dec9Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Majene is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Majene banks about 6,119 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around May.

02,0004,0006,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan524
Feb475
Mar525
Apr508
May526
Jun498
Jul505
Aug506
Sep500
Oct524
Nov505
Dec523

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Majene receives about 5.2 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 4.6 and 6.2 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 3.9 months, from around Jul 22 to Nov 17. The brightest month is September, averaging about 6.1 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 4.7 kWh/m² — roughly 24% less than the September peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseSep 236.2 kWhDec 244.6 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan4.8Bright
Feb5.1Bright
Mar5.2Bright
Apr5.0Bright
May5.0Bright
Jun4.7Bright
Jul5.1Bright
Aug5.7Bright
Sep6.1Intense
Oct6.0Intense
Nov5.2Bright
Dec4.6Bright

Where is Majene?

Majene sits at 3.5°S, 119.0°E, 8 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Polewali, 43 km away.

Topography around Majene

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Majene.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Majene has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 210 m around an average of 37 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 776 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,576 m.

The land around Majene is covered by trees (39%), water (29%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, water (62%) and trees (27%) within 16 km, and water (54%) and trees (37%) within 80 km.

3 km
210 m
16 km
776 m
80 km
2,576 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Polewali 43 km · Parepare 90 km · Rantepao 121 km · Sengkang 134 km · Palopo 149 km · Maros 176 km · Makassar 186 km · Masamba 186 km

Indonesia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 29% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$5,060
2025
Happiness
5.6 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
30%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.3
per 100k, 2022
Road deaths
11.3
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 471
Religion
Muslim 87%Protestant 8%Roman Catholic 3%Hindu 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Majene (-3.5403°, 118.9707°, elevation 8 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).