Climate averages 1991–2020
Kendari weather
in December.
A hot, very wet month: the 3rd 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 Kendari: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 311 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 21 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Baubau (165 km away). In December its highs average 29.1°C, 1.0°C cooler than Kendari, with 287 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Kendari ranks joint 5th of 200 for the warmest December highs and 77th of 200 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 200 cities is 28.4°C; Kendari is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 311 mm to 310 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
Kendari climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 310 | 29.6 | 12.312 h |
| February | 29.8°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 314 | 27.4 | 12.212 h |
| March | 29.8°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 334 | 30.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.5°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 327 | 28.6 | 12.012 h |
| May | 29.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 315 | 27.5 | 11.912 h |
| June | 28.2°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 270 | 24.9 | 11.912 h |
| July | 27.8°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 189 | 21.3 | 11.912 h |
| August | 28.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 98 | 13.7 | 12.012 h |
| September | 29.6°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 82 | 10.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.7°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 121 | 14.3 | 12.212 h |
| November | 30.8°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 189 | 22.2 | 12.312 h |
| December, selected | 30.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 311 | 29.5 | 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
- Baubau in DecemberIndonesia · 165 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 25.0°C · 287 mm rain
- Watampone in DecemberIndonesia · 250 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 193 mm rain
- Palopo in DecemberIndonesia · 280 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 439 mm rain
- Parepare in DecemberIndonesia · 321 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.9°C · 312 mm rain
- Makassar in DecemberIndonesia · 366 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 24.4°C · 433 mm rain
- Galesong in DecemberIndonesia · 379 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 24.5°C · 838 mm rain
- Majene in DecemberIndonesia · 396 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 25.3°C · 187 mm rain
- Gorontalo in DecemberIndonesia · 506 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.9°C · 204 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 Kendari) is explained once on the Kendari year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.