Climate averages 1991–2020
Labuan Bajo weather
in December.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Labuan Bajo: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 24.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 340 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 36 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bima (128 km away). In December its highs average 30.2°C, 2.1°C warmer than Labuan Bajo, with 359 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Labuan Bajo ranks joint 130th of 200 for the warmest December highs and joint 113th of 200 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 200 cities is 28.4°C; Labuan Bajo is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 340 mm to 375 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
Labuan Bajo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.6°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 375 | 29.3 | 12.613 h |
| February | 27.5°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 365 | 26.7 | 12.412 h |
| March | 28.0°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 314 | 26.9 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.5°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 246 | 21.7 | 11.912 h |
| May | 28.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 96 | 11.5 | 11.712 h |
| June | 28.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 54 | 6.1 | 11.612 h |
| July | 28.0°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 32 | 3.9 | 11.712 h |
| August | 28.2°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 16 | 2.7 | 11.812 h |
| September | 28.8°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 48 | 5.9 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.3°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 144 | 15.8 | 12.312 h |
| November | 29.2°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 241 | 23.8 | 12.512 h |
| December, selected | 28.2°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 340 | 28.2 | 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
- Bima in DecemberIndonesia · 128 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 25.2°C · 359 mm rain
- Ende in DecemberIndonesia · 199 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 25.6°C · 320 mm rain
- Maumere in DecemberIndonesia · 256 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 26.0°C · 220 mm rain
- Galesong in DecemberIndonesia · 358 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 24.5°C · 838 mm rain
- Selong in DecemberIndonesia · 369 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 313 mm rain
- Makassar in DecemberIndonesia · 376 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 24.4°C · 433 mm rain
- Mataram in DecemberIndonesia · 415 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 266 mm rain
- Watampone in DecemberIndonesia · 443 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 193 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 Labuan Bajo) is explained once on the Labuan Bajo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.