Watampone weather in January

In January, Watampone sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 173 mm of rain across 22.8 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in January, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of January to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Watampone's 12th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Watampone's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
5th warmest
Overnight low
25°
10th coldest
Rainfall
173 mm
22.8 wet days
Daylight
12 h 12 min
6:01 AM – 6:15 PM
Cloud cover
89%
12th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.17 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.3
out of 10

Watampone is capital of Bone Regency, South Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Founded
1991

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

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical January day in Watampone reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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How January really feels in Watampone

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Watampone weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 5th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 25°17322.812.23.3
Feb30° / 25°16621.512.13.2
Mar30° / 25°21526.4123.0
Apr29° / 25°26627.411.93.0
May29° / 25°28327.711.83.4
Jun28° / 24°26525.811.73.9
Jul28° / 24°18122.111.84.7
Aug28° / 24°7313.711.95.8
Sep29° / 24°5410.3125.5
Oct30° / 25°9115.112.14.4
Nov31° / 25°13521.312.23.4
Dec30° / 25°19324.812.33.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 4% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 94%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1595
2595
3595
4694
5694
6793
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8793
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Watampone gets around 173 mm of rain over 22.8 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 74% and peaks near 78% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
178
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3177

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the oppressive band about 89% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
18713
28812
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59010
69010
79010
8919
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15919
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Wind in January

Winds average 8 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of January to 12 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 5:54 AM to 6:06 AM, and sunset from 6:10 PM to 6:18 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.17 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.35 kWh/m² to a high of 6.45 kWh/m² in October across the year — January's 5.17 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Watampone

In seasonPeak

In January, Watampone sits inside its cyclone season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Watampone sits in the South Indian Ocean cyclone belt; the season peaks January–March.

Cyclone
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Watampone?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.3
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
4.5
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Watampone.

What to pack for Watampone in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Watampone sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Watampone in January

The nearest coast averages about 30°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 19 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
Jan30Tropical
Feb30Tropical
Mar30Tropical
Apr30Tropical
May30Tropical
Jun29Tropical
Jul28Tropical
Aug28Tropical
Sep28Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov30Tropical
Dec30Tropical

UV index in Watampone in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 15 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Watampone peaks around March 15 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 10 at about 11 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 15UV 15Jul 10UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
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Mar15Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Watampone in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Watampone is worst in October — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodModerateOct 1816 µg/m³Jan 2411 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan11Good
Feb11Good
Mar12Good
Apr12Good
May12Good
Jun12Moderate
Jul12Moderate
Aug11Good
Sep13Moderate
Oct16Moderate
Nov14Moderate
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is Watampone?

Watampone sits at 4.5°S, 120.3°E, 34 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Sengkang, 56 km away.

Topography around Watampone

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Watampone has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 46 m around an average of 25 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 324 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,911 m.

The land around Watampone is covered by cropland (42%), artificial surfaces (27%) and trees (26%) within 3 km, trees (36%), cropland (30%) and water (27%) within 16 km, and trees (43%) and water (38%) within 80 km.

3 km
46 m
16 km
324 m
80 km
1,911 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetlandmangroves
January weather nearby: Sengkang 56 km · Sinjai 66 km · Parepare 97 km · Maros 99 km · Makassar 120 km · Galesong 137 km · Polewali 164 km · Palopo 173 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 Watampone (-4.5386°, 120.3279°, elevation 34 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). 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).