Weather in Makassar in November

A hard month. November is a hard month in Makassar, and worth planning around. You should expect rain on 22 days of the month, which is more days wet than dry.

November ranks 12 of 12 — near the bottom of Makassar's year. August is the month that works, and the swing between the two is 33 points, which is a different holiday rather than a slightly better one.

Rain on 22 of the month's 30 days, 5 of them heavy. At that frequency a wet-weather backup is not a contingency, it is the itinerary — book the indoor things first and treat the clear days as the bonus. Pack for 31.4 °C days and 27.1 °C nights; the spread matters more here than any single number.

What the averages hide

Averages flatten a month, and this one hides a few things: 23 days top 30 °C, making the heat continuous rather than occasional; the day barely swings — 4.3 °C between the overnight low and the afternoon high. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest November day reached 34.9 °C and the coldest night fell to 25.2 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 61 mm — roughly 40% of the month's rain in one day.

November is moderately variable: 30 mm in the driest year against 385 mm in the wettest, around an average of 151 mm. Roughly two Novembers in three land near that average, and the third does something else entirely.

Wind is light at 7.2 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity runs at 75%, high enough to notice on the warm days without dominating them.

How November sits in the year

Temperatures hold steady either side: 32.5 °C in October, 31.4 here, 29.3 in December. Nothing about the timing within the month matters much. Rain is the thing that moves: December brings 7 days more of it, so the earlier half of a flexible trip is the safer half.

Daylight in November

Makassar sits close enough to the equator that daylight barely moves all year — 12.3 hours in November, against a range of just 0.6 hours across the whole calendar. Sunrise and sunset land at roughly the same time whenever you come.

Sea temperature

The sea sits at about 29.8 °C in November — warm enough that the water offers no relief from the heat. The sea peaks at 29.9 °C in April and bottoms out at 28 °C — water lags the air by a month or two, which is why the best swimming often comes after the best weather.

How busy it gets

Off season. The genuine off season: cheapest by a distance, with the caveat that some tours and restaurants close entirely.

Crowd levels are estimated from climate desirability and school-holiday calendars, not from visitor numbers.

November in Makassar versus nearby

If Makassar is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Labuan Bajo is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 2 days more rain. Denpasar is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 4 days less rain.

So: November is a compromise. August is 33 points better and is what Makassar is actually like at its best — worth moving the trip for if that is possible, and worth adjusting expectations for if it is not.

Every month in Makassar

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