Climate averages 1991–2020
Gorontalo weather
in December.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Gorontalo: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 204 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kotamobagu (141 km away). In December its highs average 29.0°C, 0.6°C cooler than Gorontalo, with 332 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Gorontalo ranks joint 21st of 200 for the warmest December highs and 7th of 200 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 200 cities is 28.4°C; Gorontalo is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 204 mm to 164 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
Gorontalo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.5°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 164 | 23.4 | 12.112 h |
| February | 29.8°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 129 | 19.8 | 12.112 h |
| March | 30.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 182 | 24.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.9°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 244 | 26.5 | 12.112 h |
| May | 29.7°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 234 | 26.3 | 12.112 h |
| June | 29.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 208 | 22.9 | 12.212 h |
| July | 28.7°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 151 | 17.7 | 12.112 h |
| August | 29.4°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 89 | 12.3 | 12.112 h |
| September | 30.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 104 | 14.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 167 | 20.6 | 12.112 h |
| November | 30.0°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 235 | 27.8 | 12.112 h |
| December, selected | 29.7°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 204 | 28.2 | 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
- Kotamobagu in DecemberIndonesia · 141 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 332 mm rain
- Manado in DecemberIndonesia · 225 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 281 mm rain
- Bitung in DecemberIndonesia · 251 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 25.1°C · 172 mm rain
- Toli-Toli in DecemberIndonesia · 256 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 21.5°C · 168 mm rain
- Ternate in DecemberIndonesia · 481 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 25.6°C · 265 mm rain
- Palopo in DecemberIndonesia · 505 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 439 mm rain
- Kendari in DecemberIndonesia · 506 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 311 mm rain
- Bontang in DecemberIndonesia · 622 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.1°C · 248 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 Gorontalo) is explained once on the Gorontalo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.