Watampone is a town in South Sulawesi and the capital of Bone Regency. Known colloquially as Bone, it has a land area of 126.35 km2 and had a population of 149,336 at the 2020 Census;[1][2] the official estimate as of mid-2022 was 151,732.[3] It is divided administratively into three districts (kecamatan) within the Bone Regency - West Tanate Riattang, Tanate Riattang, and East Tanate Riattang. It is also the birthplace of the 10th and 12th Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia Jusuf Kalla.
Watampone has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with moderate rainfall from September to November and heavy to very heavy rainfall in the remaining months.
| Climate data for Watampone | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30.0 (86.0) |
30.1 (86.2) |
30.4 (86.7) |
30.8 (87.4) |
31.0 (87.8) |
30.5 (86.9) |
30.5 (86.9) |
31.2 (88.2) |
31.7 (89.1) |
32.2 (90.0) |
31.5 (88.7) |
30.4 (86.7) |
30.9 (87.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.4 (79.5) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.8 (80.2) |
27.0 (80.6) |
26.3 (79.3) |
25.8 (78.4) |
26.1 (79.0) |
26.5 (79.7) |
27.1 (80.8) |
27.1 (80.8) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.6 (79.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.9 (73.2) |
23.0 (73.4) |
22.9 (73.2) |
22.9 (73.2) |
23.0 (73.4) |
22.2 (72.0) |
21.2 (70.2) |
21.0 (69.8) |
21.4 (70.5) |
22.1 (71.8) |
22.8 (73.0) |
22.9 (73.2) |
22.4 (72.2) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 150 (5.9) |
150 (5.9) |
185 (7.3) |
241 (9.5) |
359 (14.1) |
302 (11.9) |
253 (10.0) |
142 (5.6) |
102 (4.0) |
99 (3.9) |
118 (4.6) |
159 (6.3) |
2,260 (89) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[4] | |||||||||||||