Climate averages 1991–2020
Bukittinggi weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Bukittinggi: daytime highs average 24.9°C and nights cool to about 18.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 391 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Payakumbuh (31 km away). In December its highs average 26.7°C, 1.8°C warmer than Bukittinggi, with 292 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Bukittinggi ranks 197th of 200 for the warmest December highs and joint 153rd of 200 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 200 cities is 28.4°C; Bukittinggi is 3.5°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 25.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 391 mm to 315 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
Bukittinggi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.3°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 315 | 25.5 | 12.112 h |
| February | 25.8°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 281 | 23.4 | 12.112 h |
| March | 26.0°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 335 | 27.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 385 | 27.4 | 12.112 h |
| May | 26.5°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 315 | 24.2 | 12.112 h |
| June | 26.3°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 220 | 20.6 | 12.112 h |
| July | 25.9°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 260 | 22.9 | 12.112 h |
| August | 25.8°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 363 | 25.7 | 12.112 h |
| September | 25.9°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 396 | 26.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 25.6°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 461 | 28.0 | 12.112 h |
| November | 25.1°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 525 | 28.2 | 12.112 h |
| December, selected | 24.9°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 391 | 27.8 | 12.112 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
- Payakumbuh in DecemberIndonesia · 31 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 20.4°C · 292 mm rain
- Pariaman in DecemberIndonesia · 44 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 453 mm rain
- Solok in DecemberIndonesia · 63 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 20.9°C · 228 mm rain
- Padang in DecemberIndonesia · 71 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 387 mm rain
- Pekanbaru in DecemberIndonesia · 150 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 263 mm rain
- Padangsidempuan in DecemberIndonesia · 224 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 21.3°C · 335 mm rain
- Sungai Penuh in DecemberIndonesia · 225 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 20.0°C · 372 mm rain
- Dumai in DecemberIndonesia · 250 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 23.4°C · 343 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 Bukittinggi) is explained once on the Bukittinggi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.