Climate averages 1991–2020
Baubau weather
in December.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Baubau: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 287 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes December a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kendari (165 km away). In December its highs average 30.2°C, 1.0°C warmer than Baubau, with 311 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Baubau ranks joint 59th of 200 for the warmest December highs and joint 52nd of 200 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 200 cities is 28.4°C; Baubau is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 287 mm to 277 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
Baubau climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 277 | 28.3 | 12.412 h |
| February | 29.1°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 265 | 26.6 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.2°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 257 | 27.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.1°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 227 | 25.0 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.8°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 143 | 19.3 | 11.912 h |
| June | 28.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 107 | 15.3 | 11.812 h |
| July | 28.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 58 | 9.9 | 11.812 h |
| August | 28.8°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 18 | 4.2 | 11.912 h |
| September | 30.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 24 | 4.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 66 | 9.8 | 12.212 h |
| November | 30.5°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 151 | 19.9 | 12.412 h |
| December, selected | 29.1°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 287 | 28.6 | 12.412 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
- Kendari in DecemberIndonesia · 165 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 311 mm rain
- Watampone in DecemberIndonesia · 272 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 193 mm rain
- Makassar in DecemberIndonesia · 353 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 24.4°C · 433 mm rain
- Maumere in DecemberIndonesia · 354 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 26.0°C · 220 mm rain
- Galesong in DecemberIndonesia · 359 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 24.5°C · 838 mm rain
- Parepare in DecemberIndonesia · 367 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.9°C · 312 mm rain
- Palopo in DecemberIndonesia · 383 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 439 mm rain
- Ende in DecemberIndonesia · 390 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 25.6°C · 320 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 Baubau) is explained once on the Baubau year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.