Climate averages 1991–2020
Ambon weather
in December.
A hot, wet month: one of the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Ambon: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 26.3°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 157 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes December a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sorong (464 km away). In December its highs average 29.2°C, 0.7°C warmer than Ambon, with 344 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Ambon ranks joint 113th of 200 for the warmest December highs and 1st of 200 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 200 cities is 28.4°C; Ambon is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 157 mm to 160 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Ambon climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 160 | 23.7 | 12.312 h |
| February | 28.4°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 122 | 20.0 | 12.212 h |
| March | 28.4°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 158 | 22.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.1°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 203 | 24.9 | 12.012 h |
| May | 27.6°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 230 | 24.6 | 12.012 h |
| June | 26.7°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 241 | 23.9 | 11.912 h |
| July | 26.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 175 | 21.9 | 11.912 h |
| August | 26.1°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 100 | 16.7 | 12.012 h |
| September | 26.8°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 71 | 14.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.7°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 70 | 14.9 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.5°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 79 | 16.6 | 12.312 h |
| December, selected | 28.5°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 157 | 23.8 | 12.312 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
December in nearby cities
- Sorong in DecemberIndonesia · 464 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.3°C · 344 mm rain
- Ternate in DecemberIndonesia · 507 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 25.6°C · 265 mm rain
- Tual in DecemberIndonesia · 550 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 25.8°C · 228 mm rain
- Dili in DecemberTimor Leste · 613 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.9°C · 235 mm rain
- Kendari in DecemberIndonesia · 630 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 311 mm rain
- Baubau in DecemberIndonesia · 649 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 25.0°C · 287 mm rain
- Kotamobagu in DecemberIndonesia · 655 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 332 mm rain
- Bitung in DecemberIndonesia · 664 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 25.1°C · 172 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Ambon) is explained once on the Ambon year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.