Climate averages 1991–2020
Bengkulu weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Bengkulu: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 328 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 11th 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 Lubuklinggau (87 km away). In December its highs average 28.3°C, 0.7°C warmer than Bengkulu, with 336 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Bengkulu ranks joint 165th of 200 for the warmest December highs and joint 95th of 200 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 200 cities is 28.4°C; Bengkulu is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 328 mm to 284 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
Bengkulu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 284 | 26.1 | 12.312 h |
| February | 28.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 250 | 22.1 | 12.212 h |
| March | 28.6°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 244 | 24.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.6°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 235 | 24.8 | 12.012 h |
| May | 29.0°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 209 | 23.0 | 11.912 h |
| June | 28.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 160 | 19.0 | 11.912 h |
| July | 28.3°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 159 | 19.2 | 11.912 h |
| August | 28.2°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 188 | 18.9 | 12.012 h |
| September | 28.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 197 | 20.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.9°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 255 | 23.9 | 12.212 h |
| November | 27.7°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 348 | 27.2 | 12.312 h |
| December, selected | 27.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 328 | 26.6 | 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
- Lubuklinggau in DecemberIndonesia · 87 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 22.0°C · 336 mm rain
- Pagar Alam in DecemberIndonesia · 112 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 20.4°C · 331 mm rain
- Baturaja in DecemberIndonesia · 214 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.9°C · 366 mm rain
- Sungai Penuh in DecemberIndonesia · 217 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 20.0°C · 372 mm rain
- Prabumulih in DecemberIndonesia · 222 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 291 mm rain
- Jambi City in DecemberIndonesia · 287 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.3°C · 289 mm rain
- Palembang in DecemberIndonesia · 292 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.6°C · 300 mm rain
- Metro in DecemberIndonesia · 367 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 265 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 Bengkulu) is explained once on the Bengkulu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.