Climate averages 1991–2020
Makassar 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 Makassar: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 433 mm of rain on roughly 30 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 Galesong (20 km away). In December its highs average 27.5°C, about as warm as Makassar, with 838 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Makassar ranks joint 170th of 200 for the warmest December highs and joint 174th of 200 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 200 cities is 28.4°C; Makassar is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 27.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 433 mm to 446 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
Makassar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.0°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 446 | 29.7 | 12.412 h |
| February | 27.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 349 | 26.4 | 12.312 h |
| March | 27.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 284 | 27.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 292 | 28.1 | 12.012 h |
| May | 29.0°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 231 | 23.9 | 11.912 h |
| June | 28.8°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 173 | 19.7 | 11.812 h |
| July | 28.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 117 | 13.8 | 11.912 h |
| August | 29.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 56 | 8.4 | 11.912 h |
| September | 30.2°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 64 | 9.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 163 | 19.2 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.6°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 255 | 28.1 | 12.312 h |
| December, selected | 27.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 433 | 29.8 | 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
- Galesong in DecemberIndonesia · 20 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 24.5°C · 838 mm rain
- Watampone in DecemberIndonesia · 120 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 193 mm rain
- Parepare in DecemberIndonesia · 128 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.9°C · 312 mm rain
- Majene in DecemberIndonesia · 186 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 25.3°C · 187 mm rain
- Palopo in DecemberIndonesia · 254 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 439 mm rain
- Baubau in DecemberIndonesia · 353 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 25.0°C · 287 mm rain
- Kendari in DecemberIndonesia · 366 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 311 mm rain
- Labuan Bajo in DecemberIndonesia · 376 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 24.8°C · 340 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 Makassar) is explained once on the Makassar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.