Climate averages 1991–2020
Manokwari weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 4th 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 Manokwari: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 321 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sorong (312 km away). In December its highs average 29.2°C, 1.7°C warmer than Manokwari, with 344 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Manokwari ranks joint 165th of 200 for the warmest December highs and joint 90th of 200 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 200 cities is 28.4°C; Manokwari is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 321 mm to 306 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
Manokwari climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 306 | 26.9 | 12.212 h |
| February | 27.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 266 | 24.8 | 12.112 h |
| March | 27.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 312 | 28.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.4°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 367 | 27.1 | 12.112 h |
| May | 27.6°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 220 | 26.2 | 12.112 h |
| June | 27.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 208 | 25.8 | 12.112 h |
| July | 27.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 184 | 24.1 | 12.112 h |
| August | 27.3°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 163 | 23.0 | 12.112 h |
| September | 27.5°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 147 | 23.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 169 | 24.0 | 12.112 h |
| November | 27.6°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 253 | 25.6 | 12.212 h |
| December, selected | 27.5°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 321 | 28.8 | 12.212 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
- Sorong in DecemberIndonesia · 312 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.3°C · 344 mm rain
- Nabire in DecemberIndonesia · 320 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.2°C · 288 mm rain
- Tual in DecemberIndonesia · 550 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 25.8°C · 228 mm rain
- Ambon in DecemberIndonesia · 725 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 26.3°C · 157 mm rain
- Jayapura in DecemberIndonesia · 763 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 265 mm rain
- Ternate in DecemberIndonesia · 765 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 25.6°C · 265 mm rain
- Manado in DecemberIndonesia · 1057 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 281 mm rain
- Kendari in DecemberIndonesia · 1329 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 311 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 Manokwari) is explained once on the Manokwari year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.