Climate averages 1991–2020
Lhokseumawe weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Lhokseumawe: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 258 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes December a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Langsa (120 km away). In December its highs average 28.0°C, about as warm as Lhokseumawe, with 269 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Lhokseumawe ranks joint 156th of 200 for the warmest December highs and joint 24th of 200 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 200 cities is 28.4°C; Lhokseumawe is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 258 mm to 113 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
Lhokseumawe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 113 | 17.6 | 11.912 h |
| February | 28.6°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 60 | 11.3 | 12.012 h |
| March | 29.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 66 | 13.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.5°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 86 | 17.2 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.8°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 95 | 16.4 | 12.412 h |
| June | 29.9°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 61 | 12.4 | 12.412 h |
| July | 29.5°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 66 | 13.1 | 12.412 h |
| August | 29.4°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 79 | 15.2 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.1°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 92 | 18.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.5°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 158 | 24.1 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.0°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 248 | 26.0 | 11.912 h |
| December, selected | 27.7°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 258 | 24.1 | 11.812 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
- Langsa in DecemberIndonesia · 120 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.3°C · 269 mm rain
- Banda Aceh in DecemberIndonesia · 205 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 24.0°C · 262 mm rain
- Binjai in DecemberIndonesia · 230 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 21.7°C · 345 mm rain
- Belawan in DecemberIndonesia · 231 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 347 mm rain
- Sunggal in DecemberIndonesia · 241 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 22.1°C · 345 mm rain
- Medan in DecemberIndonesia · 244 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 22.4°C · 302 mm rain
- Percut in DecemberIndonesia · 257 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 23.0°C · 347 mm rain
- Perbaungan in DecemberIndonesia · 269 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 23.5°C · 310 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 Lhokseumawe) is explained once on the Lhokseumawe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.