Climate averages 1991–2020
Nabire weather
in December.
A hot, very wet month: the warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Nabire: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 288 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 19 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Manokwari (320 km away). In December its highs average 27.5°C, 1.2°C cooler than Nabire, with 321 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Nabire ranks joint 105th of 200 for the warmest December highs and 54th of 200 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 200 cities is 28.4°C; Nabire is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 288 mm to 324 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
Nabire climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.4°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 324 | 27.7 | 12.312 h |
| February | 28.3°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 306 | 25.0 | 12.212 h |
| March | 28.4°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 365 | 27.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.4°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 373 | 26.7 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.4°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 254 | 25.6 | 12.012 h |
| June | 27.9°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 231 | 24.5 | 11.912 h |
| July | 27.6°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 185 | 23.1 | 11.912 h |
| August | 27.9°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 204 | 22.6 | 12.012 h |
| September | 28.2°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 255 | 24.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.4°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 250 | 25.6 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.5°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 280 | 25.2 | 12.312 h |
| December, selected | 28.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 288 | 27.7 | 12.312 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
- Manokwari in DecemberIndonesia · 320 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 23.2°C · 321 mm rain
- Tual in DecemberIndonesia · 396 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 25.8°C · 228 mm rain
- Sorong in DecemberIndonesia · 546 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.3°C · 344 mm rain
- Jayapura in DecemberIndonesia · 587 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 265 mm rain
- Merauke in DecemberIndonesia · 788 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 25.0°C · 208 mm rain
- Ambon in DecemberIndonesia · 813 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 26.3°C · 157 mm rain
- Manado in DecemberIndonesia · 1301 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 281 mm rain
- Kendari in DecemberIndonesia · 1443 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 Nabire) is explained once on the Nabire year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.