Climate averages 1991–2020
Palangkaraya weather
in December.
A hot, very wet month: one of the coolest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Palangkaraya: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 297 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 15 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sampit (113 km away). In December its highs average 29.8°C, about as warm as Palangkaraya, with 286 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Palangkaraya ranks joint 12th of 200 for the warmest December highs and 62nd of 200 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 200 cities is 28.4°C; Palangkaraya is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 297 mm to 282 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
Palangkaraya climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 282 | 28.1 | 12.212 h |
| February | 30.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 253 | 24.8 | 12.212 h |
| March | 30.1°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 298 | 28.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.9°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 293 | 28.3 | 12.112 h |
| May | 30.2°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 189 | 24.9 | 12.012 h |
| June | 30.0°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 137 | 19.1 | 12.012 h |
| July | 30.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 99 | 15.6 | 12.012 h |
| August | 31.2°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 87 | 12.5 | 12.012 h |
| September | 31.9°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 113 | 14.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 31.6°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 228 | 21.5 | 12.212 h |
| November | 30.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 318 | 28.0 | 12.212 h |
| December, selected | 29.9°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 297 | 28.9 | 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
- Sampit in DecemberIndonesia · 113 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 286 mm rain
- Banjarmasin in DecemberIndonesia · 145 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.8°C · 328 mm rain
- Martapura in DecemberIndonesia · 170 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 390 mm rain
- Banjarbaru in DecemberIndonesia · 171 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 390 mm rain
- Pangkalanbuun in DecemberIndonesia · 260 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 294 mm rain
- Nusantara in DecemberIndonesia · 339 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 349 mm rain
- Balikpapan in DecemberIndonesia · 340 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 24.1°C · 268 mm rain
- Sintang in DecemberIndonesia · 369 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.2°C · 267 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 Palangkaraya) is explained once on the Palangkaraya year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.