Climate averages 1991–2020
Tual weather
in December.
A hot, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Tual: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 25.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 228 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nabire (396 km away). In December its highs average 28.6°C, 0.6°C warmer than Tual, with 288 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Tual ranks joint 146th of 200 for the warmest December highs and joint 12th of 200 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 200 cities is 28.4°C; Tual is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 228 mm to 274 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
Tual climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.7°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 274 | 26.7 | 12.412 h |
| February | 27.7°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 252 | 24.2 | 12.312 h |
| March | 27.7°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 239 | 25.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.8°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 232 | 24.5 | 12.012 h |
| May | 27.5°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 208 | 22.8 | 11.912 h |
| June | 26.6°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 163 | 18.5 | 11.812 h |
| July | 25.9°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 73 | 12.0 | 11.812 h |
| August | 25.8°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 40 | 7.7 | 11.912 h |
| September | 26.5°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 40 | 8.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.5°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 64 | 12.4 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.2°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 91 | 16.4 | 12.412 h |
| December, selected | 28.0°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 228 | 25.7 | 12.412 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
- Nabire in DecemberIndonesia · 396 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.2°C · 288 mm rain
- Manokwari in DecemberIndonesia · 550 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 23.2°C · 321 mm rain
- Ambon in DecemberIndonesia · 550 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 26.3°C · 157 mm rain
- Sorong in DecemberIndonesia · 553 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.3°C · 344 mm rain
- Darwin in DecemberAustralia · 788 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 25.9°C · 323 mm rain
- Kupang in DecemberIndonesia · 1127 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 25.1°C · 236 mm rain
- Manado in DecemberIndonesia · 1181 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 281 mm rain
- Makassar in DecemberIndonesia · 1476 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 24.4°C · 433 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 Tual) is explained once on the Tual year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.