Climate averages 1991–2020
Sorong weather
in December.
A hot, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Sorong: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 344 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Manokwari (312 km away). In December its highs average 27.5°C, 1.7°C cooler than Sorong, with 321 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Sorong ranks joint 52nd of 200 for the warmest December highs and 122nd of 200 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 200 cities is 28.4°C; Sorong is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 344 mm to 305 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
Sorong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 305 | 27.7 | 12.212 h |
| February | 28.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 265 | 24.7 | 12.112 h |
| March | 29.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 342 | 28.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.3°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 374 | 29.0 | 12.112 h |
| May | 29.5°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 314 | 28.2 | 12.112 h |
| June | 29.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 302 | 25.7 | 12.112 h |
| July | 28.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 260 | 23.7 | 12.112 h |
| August | 28.9°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 226 | 20.4 | 12.112 h |
| September | 29.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 249 | 23.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.7°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 272 | 24.6 | 12.112 h |
| November | 29.5°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 299 | 27.5 | 12.212 h |
| December, selected | 29.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 344 | 29.7 | 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
- Manokwari in DecemberIndonesia · 312 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 23.2°C · 321 mm rain
- Ambon in DecemberIndonesia · 464 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 26.3°C · 157 mm rain
- Ternate in DecemberIndonesia · 469 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 25.6°C · 265 mm rain
- Nabire in DecemberIndonesia · 546 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.2°C · 288 mm rain
- Tual in DecemberIndonesia · 553 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 25.8°C · 228 mm rain
- Bitung in DecemberIndonesia · 729 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 25.1°C · 172 mm rain
- Manado in DecemberIndonesia · 760 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 281 mm rain
- Kotamobagu in DecemberIndonesia · 793 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 332 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 Sorong) is explained once on the Sorong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.