Climate averages 1991–2020
Pangkalpinang weather
in December.
A hot, very wet month: one of the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Pangkalpinang: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 360 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes December a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 14 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sungailiat (31 km away). In December its highs average 28.2°C, about as warm as Pangkalpinang, with 378 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Pangkalpinang ranks joint 116th of 200 for the warmest December highs and 136th of 200 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 200 cities is 28.4°C; Pangkalpinang is level with that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 360 mm to 289 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
Pangkalpinang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 289 | 27.9 | 12.212 h |
| February | 28.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 243 | 24.2 | 12.212 h |
| March | 29.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 328 | 28.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.5°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 335 | 29.1 | 12.112 h |
| May | 29.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 234 | 27.2 | 12.012 h |
| June | 29.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 170 | 22.9 | 12.012 h |
| July | 28.9°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 145 | 19.4 | 12.012 h |
| August | 29.6°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 106 | 14.4 | 12.012 h |
| September | 30.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 120 | 13.9 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 227 | 20.9 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.0°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 327 | 27.9 | 12.212 h |
| December, selected | 28.4°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 360 | 30.1 | 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
- Sungailiat in DecemberIndonesia · 31 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 24.4°C · 378 mm rain
- Palembang in DecemberIndonesia · 175 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.6°C · 300 mm rain
- Tanjung Pandan in DecemberIndonesia · 182 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 24.6°C · 356 mm rain
- Prabumulih in DecemberIndonesia · 255 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 291 mm rain
- Jambi City in DecemberIndonesia · 284 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.3°C · 289 mm rain
- Baturaja in DecemberIndonesia · 310 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.9°C · 366 mm rain
- Metro in DecemberIndonesia · 344 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 265 mm rain
- Bandar Lampung in DecemberIndonesia · 379 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 328 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 Pangkalpinang) is explained once on the Pangkalpinang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.