Climate averages 1991–2020
Ternate weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Ternate: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 25.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 265 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bitung (261 km away). In December its highs average 29.1°C, 1.2°C warmer than Ternate, with 172 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Ternate ranks joint 149th of 200 for the warmest December highs and joint 32nd of 200 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 200 cities is 28.4°C; Ternate is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 265 mm to 240 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
Ternate climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.7°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 240 | 26.3 | 12.112 h |
| February | 27.8°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 190 | 22.1 | 12.112 h |
| March | 28.0°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 234 | 24.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.1°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 291 | 26.3 | 12.112 h |
| May | 28.2°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 301 | 27.2 | 12.212 h |
| June | 27.8°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 294 | 24.6 | 12.212 h |
| July | 27.4°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 219 | 22.2 | 12.212 h |
| August | 27.3°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 151 | 17.9 | 12.112 h |
| September | 27.5°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 180 | 19.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.0°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 187 | 21.3 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.1°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 228 | 26.7 | 12.112 h |
| December, selected | 27.9°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 265 | 27.8 | 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
- Bitung in DecemberIndonesia · 261 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 25.1°C · 172 mm rain
- Manado in DecemberIndonesia · 292 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 281 mm rain
- Kotamobagu in DecemberIndonesia · 342 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 332 mm rain
- Sorong in DecemberIndonesia · 469 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.3°C · 344 mm rain
- Gorontalo in DecemberIndonesia · 481 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.9°C · 204 mm rain
- Ambon in DecemberIndonesia · 507 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 26.3°C · 157 mm rain
- Malita in DecemberPhilippines · 656 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 119 mm rain
- Tupi in DecemberPhilippines · 673 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.0°C · 158 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 Ternate) is explained once on the Ternate year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.