Climate averages 1991–2020
Sungai Penuh weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Sungai Penuh: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 20.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 372 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 14 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Solok (162 km away). In December its highs average 26.8°C, 0.5°C warmer than Sungai Penuh, with 228 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Sungai Penuh ranks joint 185th of 200 for the warmest December highs and 145th of 200 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 200 cities is 28.4°C; Sungai Penuh is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 372 mm to 340 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
Sungai Penuh climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.6°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 340 | 27.9 | 12.212 h |
| February | 27.1°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 300 | 24.5 | 12.212 h |
| March | 27.1°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 325 | 27.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.2°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 329 | 27.9 | 12.112 h |
| May | 27.5°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 239 | 25.8 | 12.012 h |
| June | 27.2°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 177 | 22.1 | 12.012 h |
| July | 26.7°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 192 | 22.5 | 12.012 h |
| August | 26.8°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 218 | 24.2 | 12.012 h |
| September | 26.9°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 257 | 24.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 26.7°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 313 | 26.7 | 12.212 h |
| November | 26.4°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 379 | 27.8 | 12.212 h |
| December, selected | 26.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 372 | 28.0 | 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
- Solok in DecemberIndonesia · 162 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 20.9°C · 228 mm rain
- Padang in DecemberIndonesia · 169 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 387 mm rain
- Pariaman in DecemberIndonesia · 213 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 453 mm rain
- Lubuklinggau in DecemberIndonesia · 214 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 22.0°C · 336 mm rain
- Bengkulu in DecemberIndonesia · 217 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 23.1°C · 328 mm rain
- Payakumbuh in DecemberIndonesia · 221 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 20.4°C · 292 mm rain
- Bukittinggi in DecemberIndonesia · 225 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 18.8°C · 391 mm rain
- Jambi City in DecemberIndonesia · 252 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.3°C · 289 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 Sungai Penuh) is explained once on the Sungai Penuh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.