Place in West Sulawesi, Indonesia
3°25′12″S 119°21′00″E / 3.42000°S 119.35000°E / -3.42000; 119.35000
Polewali is the capital of the Polewali Mandar Regency of West Sulawesi, Indonesia.
It is a seaside town on the coast of Mandar gulf. Polewali is the largest town in the province of West Sulawesi with 54,843 inhabitants at the 2010 Census[1] and 65,800 at the 2020 Census;[2] the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 67,320.[3]
Climate
Polewali has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with moderate rainfall from July to September and heavy rainfall in the remaining months.
| Climate data for Polewali
|
| Month
|
Jan
|
Feb
|
Mar
|
Apr
|
May
|
Jun
|
Jul
|
Aug
|
Sep
|
Oct
|
Nov
|
Dec
|
Year
|
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
|
30.0
(86.0)
|
30.2
(86.4)
|
30.5
(86.9)
|
30.9
(87.6)
|
31.1
(88.0)
|
30.4
(86.7)
|
30.2
(86.4)
|
31.0
(87.8)
|
31.4
(88.5)
|
32.1
(89.8)
|
31.3
(88.3)
|
30.3
(86.5)
|
30.8
(87.4)
|
| Daily mean °C (°F)
|
26.6
(79.9)
|
26.7
(80.1)
|
26.9
(80.4)
|
27.1
(80.8)
|
27.3
(81.1)
|
26.5
(79.7)
|
25.9
(78.6)
|
26.4
(79.5)
|
26.7
(80.1)
|
27.5
(81.5)
|
27.3
(81.1)
|
26.8
(80.2)
|
26.8
(80.3)
|
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
|
23.2
(73.8)
|
23.3
(73.9)
|
23.3
(73.9)
|
23.3
(73.9)
|
23.5
(74.3)
|
22.7
(72.9)
|
21.7
(71.1)
|
21.8
(71.2)
|
22.0
(71.6)
|
22.9
(73.2)
|
23.3
(73.9)
|
23.3
(73.9)
|
22.9
(73.1)
|
| Average rainfall mm (inches)
|
289
(11.4)
|
187
(7.4)
|
186
(7.3)
|
242
(9.5)
|
209
(8.2)
|
156
(6.1)
|
104
(4.1)
|
96
(3.8)
|
121
(4.8)
|
149
(5.9)
|
207
(8.1)
|
254
(10.0)
|
2,200
(86.6)
|
| Source: Climate-Data.org[4]
|
References
- ^ Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
- ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
- ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2023, Kabupaten Polewali Mandar Dalam Angka 2023 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.7604)
- ^ "Climate: Polewali". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
