Climate averages 1991–2020
Tanjung Pandan 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 Tanjung Pandan: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 356 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 17 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pangkalpinang (182 km away). In December its highs average 28.4°C, about as warm as Tanjung Pandan, with 360 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Tanjung Pandan ranks joint 130th of 200 for the warmest December highs and 133rd of 200 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 200 cities is 28.4°C; Tanjung Pandan is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 356 mm to 271 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
Tanjung Pandan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 271 | 28.6 | 12.312 h |
| February | 28.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 194 | 23.3 | 12.212 h |
| March | 29.1°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 269 | 27.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.4°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 333 | 29.0 | 12.112 h |
| May | 29.7°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 236 | 27.4 | 12.012 h |
| June | 29.4°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 167 | 21.8 | 12.012 h |
| July | 29.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 122 | 17.0 | 12.012 h |
| August | 30.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 90 | 12.6 | 12.012 h |
| September | 30.7°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 104 | 13.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 243 | 22.0 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.0°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 354 | 28.3 | 12.212 h |
| December, selected | 28.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 356 | 30.2 | 12.312 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
- Pangkalpinang in DecemberIndonesia · 182 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 24.1°C · 360 mm rain
- Sungailiat in DecemberIndonesia · 194 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 24.4°C · 378 mm rain
- Palembang in DecemberIndonesia · 321 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.6°C · 300 mm rain
- Pontianak in DecemberIndonesia · 354 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 23.5°C · 364 mm rain
- Metro in DecemberIndonesia · 370 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 265 mm rain
- Rengasdengklok in DecemberIndonesia · 383 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.1°C · 302 mm rain
- Prabumulih in DecemberIndonesia · 386 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 291 mm rain
- Teluknaga in DecemberIndonesia · 390 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 234 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 Tanjung Pandan) is explained once on the Tanjung Pandan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.