Climate averages 1991–2020
Palopo weather
in December.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Palopo: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 439 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Parepare (130 km away). In December its highs average 29.0°C, about as warm as Palopo, with 312 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Palopo ranks joint 105th of 200 for the warmest December highs and 179th of 200 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 200 cities is 28.4°C; Palopo is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 439 mm to 418 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
Palopo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.5°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 418 | 29.3 | 12.312 h |
| February | 28.5°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 402 | 27.4 | 12.212 h |
| March | 28.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 457 | 29.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.1°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 497 | 28.5 | 12.012 h |
| May | 27.9°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 288 | 26.2 | 12.012 h |
| June | 27.4°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 230 | 22.7 | 12.012 h |
| July | 27.1°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 143 | 18.8 | 12.012 h |
| August | 27.4°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 77 | 14.1 | 12.012 h |
| September | 28.6°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 62 | 10.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.5°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 125 | 15.5 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.3°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 245 | 24.3 | 12.212 h |
| December, selected | 28.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 439 | 29.8 | 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
- Parepare in DecemberIndonesia · 130 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.9°C · 312 mm rain
- Majene in DecemberIndonesia · 149 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 25.3°C · 187 mm rain
- Watampone in DecemberIndonesia · 173 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 193 mm rain
- Makassar in DecemberIndonesia · 254 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 24.4°C · 433 mm rain
- Galesong in DecemberIndonesia · 274 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 24.5°C · 838 mm rain
- Kendari in DecemberIndonesia · 280 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 311 mm rain
- Baubau in DecemberIndonesia · 383 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 25.0°C · 287 mm rain
- Balikpapan in DecemberIndonesia · 421 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 24.1°C · 268 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 Palopo) is explained once on the Palopo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.