Climate averages 1991–2020
Galesong weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the 10th 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 Galesong: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 838 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 25 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Makassar (20 km away). In December its highs average 27.3°C, about as warm as Galesong, with 433 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Galesong ranks joint 165th of 200 for the warmest December highs and 200th of 200 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 200 cities is 28.4°C; Galesong is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 838 mm to 915 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
Galesong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.1°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 915 | 29.9 | 12.412 h |
| February | 27.3°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 746 | 26.6 | 12.312 h |
| March | 27.8°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 497 | 26.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 247 | 18.7 | 12.012 h |
| May | 29.0°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 52 | 8.4 | 11.912 h |
| June | 28.7°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 33 | 5.2 | 11.812 h |
| July | 28.8°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 19 | 3.1 | 11.812 h |
| August | 29.6°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 3.7 | 1.1 | 11.912 h |
| September | 30.4°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 4.9 | 1.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 37 | 5.4 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.9°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 200 | 18.3 | 12.412 h |
| December, selected | 27.5°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 838 | 28.9 | 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
- Makassar in DecemberIndonesia · 20 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 24.4°C · 433 mm rain
- Watampone in DecemberIndonesia · 137 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 193 mm rain
- Parepare in DecemberIndonesia · 148 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.9°C · 312 mm rain
- Majene in DecemberIndonesia · 202 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 25.3°C · 187 mm rain
- Palopo in DecemberIndonesia · 274 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 439 mm rain
- Bima in DecemberIndonesia · 357 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 25.2°C · 359 mm rain
- Labuan Bajo in DecemberIndonesia · 358 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 24.8°C · 340 mm rain
- Baubau in DecemberIndonesia · 359 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 25.0°C · 287 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 Galesong) is explained once on the Galesong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.