Climate averages 1991–2020
Palembang weather
in December.
A hot, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Palembang: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 300 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes December a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Prabumulih (81 km away). In December its highs average 29.2°C, about as warm as Palembang, with 291 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Palembang ranks joint 41st of 200 for the warmest December highs and joint 68th of 200 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 200 cities is 28.4°C; Palembang is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 300 mm to 248 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
Palembang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 248 | 28.2 | 12.312 h |
| February | 29.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 242 | 25.2 | 12.212 h |
| March | 30.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 299 | 29.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.2°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 273 | 28.5 | 12.012 h |
| May | 30.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 183 | 25.1 | 12.012 h |
| June | 30.1°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 119 | 19.3 | 12.012 h |
| July | 30.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 112 | 17.2 | 12.012 h |
| August | 31.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 76 | 13.8 | 12.012 h |
| September | 31.9°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 84 | 12.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 31.8°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 173 | 19.3 | 12.212 h |
| November | 30.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 287 | 26.9 | 12.212 h |
| December, selected | 29.4°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 300 | 29.1 | 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
- Prabumulih in DecemberIndonesia · 81 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 291 mm rain
- Baturaja in DecemberIndonesia · 149 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.9°C · 366 mm rain
- Pangkalpinang in DecemberIndonesia · 175 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 24.1°C · 360 mm rain
- Jambi City in DecemberIndonesia · 193 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.3°C · 289 mm rain
- Sungailiat in DecemberIndonesia · 193 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 24.4°C · 378 mm rain
- Pagar Alam in DecemberIndonesia · 207 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 20.4°C · 331 mm rain
- Lubuklinggau in DecemberIndonesia · 213 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 22.0°C · 336 mm rain
- Metro in DecemberIndonesia · 252 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 265 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 Palembang) is explained once on the Palembang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.