Climate averages 1991–2020
Denpasar weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Denpasar: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 248 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 37 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ubud (16 km away). In December its highs average 27.9°C, 0.6°C warmer than Denpasar, with 364 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Denpasar ranks joint 170th of 200 for the warmest December highs and joint 16th of 200 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 200 cities is 28.4°C; Denpasar is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 248 mm to 279 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
Denpasar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 279 | 27.3 | 12.613 h |
| February | 27.4°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 237 | 24.6 | 12.412 h |
| March | 27.5°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 197 | 24.5 | 12.212 h |
| April | 27.6°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 121 | 19.0 | 11.912 h |
| May | 27.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 61 | 14.2 | 11.712 h |
| June | 26.7°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 46 | 12.7 | 11.612 h |
| July | 26.0°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 39 | 12.3 | 11.712 h |
| August | 25.8°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 28 | 11.4 | 11.812 h |
| September | 26.4°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 39 | 11.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 27.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 56 | 14.9 | 12.312 h |
| November | 27.5°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 144 | 20.5 | 12.513 h |
| December, selected | 27.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 248 | 25.6 | 12.613 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
- Ubud in DecemberIndonesia · 16 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 364 mm rain
- Klungkung in DecemberIndonesia · 24 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.7°C · 320 mm rain
- Sukawati in DecemberIndonesia · 26 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 289 mm rain
- Banjar, Indonesia in DecemberIndonesia · 58 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 25.4°C · 475 mm rain
- Singaraja in DecemberIndonesia · 61 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.6°C · 199 mm rain
- Negara in DecemberIndonesia · 74 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 25.0°C · 218 mm rain
- Mataram in DecemberIndonesia · 99 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 266 mm rain
- Banyuwangi in DecemberIndonesia · 105 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.5°C · 351 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 Denpasar) is explained once on the Denpasar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.