Climate averages 1991–2020

Pelabuhanratu weather
in December.

A hot, very wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 28.8°C Daytime mean, December
Average low 23.8°C Night-time mean, December
Rainfall 450 mm 29 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Pelabuhanratu · average highYear overview

December is a hot month in Pelabuhanratu: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 450 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 31 min on an average December day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Cicurug (34 km away). In December its highs average 27.3°C, 1.5°C cooler than Pelabuhanratu, with 419 mm of rain.

Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Pelabuhanratu ranks joint 95th of 200 for the warmest December highs and 181st of 200 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 200 cities is 28.4°C; Pelabuhanratu is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.

From December to January, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 450 mm to 390 mm.

The annual picture

December in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 20253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 4500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Pelabuhanratu climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Pelabuhanratu, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 28.9°C23.7°C23.7°C39029.312.512 h
February 29.2°C23.8°C23.8°C35026.812.312 h
March 29.6°C23.9°C23.9°C36229.212.112 h
April 30.0°C24.0°C24.0°C29726.612.012 h
May 30.3°C23.9°C23.9°C19721.811.812 h
June 30.1°C23.3°C23.3°C11715.711.712 h
July 30.0°C22.8°C22.8°C10212.211.812 h
August 30.4°C22.6°C22.6°C739.611.912 h
September 30.8°C23.0°C23.0°C12312.412.112 h
October 30.5°C23.6°C23.6°C25720.812.312 h
November 29.6°C23.8°C23.8°C41826.312.412 h
December, selected 28.8°C23.8°C23.8°C45028.912.513 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

Distance from Pelabuhanratu

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Pelabuhanratu) is explained once on the Pelabuhanratu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.