Climate averages 1991–2020
Balikpapan weather
in December.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Balikpapan: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 268 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nusantara (35 km away). In December its highs average 29.5°C, 1.2°C warmer than Balikpapan, with 349 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Balikpapan ranks joint 116th of 200 for the warmest December highs and 39th of 200 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 200 cities is 28.4°C; Balikpapan is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 268 mm to 258 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
Balikpapan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 258 | 27.5 | 12.212 h |
| February | 28.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 228 | 24.0 | 12.212 h |
| March | 28.6°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 271 | 27.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.6°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 264 | 27.5 | 12.112 h |
| May | 28.3°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 198 | 27.6 | 12.112 h |
| June | 27.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 172 | 24.9 | 12.012 h |
| July | 27.5°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 142 | 22.3 | 12.112 h |
| August | 27.8°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 101 | 17.9 | 12.112 h |
| September | 28.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 109 | 17.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 158 | 22.3 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.3°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 218 | 27.5 | 12.212 h |
| December, selected | 28.4°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 268 | 28.8 | 12.212 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
- Nusantara in DecemberIndonesia · 35 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 349 mm rain
- Loa Janan in DecemberIndonesia · 82 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 298 mm rain
- Samarinda in DecemberIndonesia · 93 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.3°C · 315 mm rain
- Bontang in DecemberIndonesia · 172 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.1°C · 248 mm rain
- Martapura in DecemberIndonesia · 323 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 390 mm rain
- Banjarbaru in DecemberIndonesia · 328 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 390 mm rain
- Banjarmasin in DecemberIndonesia · 338 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.8°C · 328 mm rain
- Palangkaraya in DecemberIndonesia · 340 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.3°C · 297 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 Balikpapan) is explained once on the Balikpapan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.