Climate averages 1991–2020
Manado weather
in December.
A hot, 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 hot month in Manado: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 281 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 02 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bitung (31 km away). In December its highs average 29.1°C, about as warm as Manado, with 172 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Manado ranks joint 59th of 200 for the warmest December highs and 50th of 200 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 200 cities is 28.4°C; Manado is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 281 mm to 268 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
Manado climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.7°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 268 | 28.2 | 12.012 h |
| February | 28.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 233 | 24.5 | 12.112 h |
| March | 29.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 214 | 25.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.8°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 228 | 26.0 | 12.112 h |
| May | 30.3°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 265 | 27.1 | 12.212 h |
| June | 30.0°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 283 | 24.4 | 12.212 h |
| July | 29.9°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 211 | 20.2 | 12.212 h |
| August | 30.5°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 141 | 15.2 | 12.212 h |
| September | 31.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 155 | 18.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.7°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 228 | 23.4 | 12.112 h |
| November | 29.8°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 250 | 28.3 | 12.112 h |
| December, selected | 29.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 281 | 29.6 | 12.012 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
- Bitung in DecemberIndonesia · 31 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 25.1°C · 172 mm rain
- Kotamobagu in DecemberIndonesia · 102 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 332 mm rain
- Gorontalo in DecemberIndonesia · 225 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.9°C · 204 mm rain
- Ternate in DecemberIndonesia · 292 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 25.6°C · 265 mm rain
- Toli-Toli in DecemberIndonesia · 451 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 21.5°C · 168 mm rain
- Tupi in DecemberPhilippines · 540 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.0°C · 158 mm rain
- Surallah in DecemberPhilippines · 544 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.6°C · 111 mm rain
- Banga in DecemberPhilippines · 550 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.3°C · 111 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 Manado) is explained once on the Manado year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.