Climate averages 1991–2020
Singkawang 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.
December is a hot month in Singkawang: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 399 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes December a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pontianak (111 km away). In December its highs average 28.7°C, 0.5°C warmer than Singkawang, with 364 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Singkawang ranks joint 130th of 200 for the warmest December highs and joint 161st of 200 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 200 cities is 28.4°C; Singkawang is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 399 mm to 283 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
Singkawang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 283 | 25.5 | 12.112 h |
| February | 28.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 178 | 19.8 | 12.112 h |
| March | 29.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 187 | 22.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 212 | 25.0 | 12.112 h |
| May | 29.6°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 221 | 24.7 | 12.212 h |
| June | 29.5°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 193 | 20.6 | 12.212 h |
| July | 29.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 178 | 19.1 | 12.212 h |
| August | 29.6°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 163 | 19.1 | 12.112 h |
| September | 29.3°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 203 | 21.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.8°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 303 | 27.0 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.3°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 395 | 28.9 | 12.112 h |
| December, selected | 28.2°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 399 | 28.2 | 12.112 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
- Pontianak in DecemberIndonesia · 111 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 23.5°C · 364 mm rain
- Kuching in DecemberMalaysia · 166 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 423 mm rain
- Sintang in DecemberIndonesia · 295 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.2°C · 267 mm rain
- Sibu in DecemberMalaysia · 351 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.0°C · 344 mm rain
- Tanjung Pandan in DecemberIndonesia · 432 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 24.6°C · 356 mm rain
- Sungailiat in DecemberIndonesia · 442 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 24.4°C · 378 mm rain
- Pangkalpinang in DecemberIndonesia · 465 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 24.1°C · 360 mm rain
- Pangkalanbuun in DecemberIndonesia · 496 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 294 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 Singkawang) is explained once on the Singkawang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.