Climate averages 1991–2020
Watampone weather
in December.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 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 Watampone: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 24.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 193 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Parepare (97 km away). In December its highs average 29.0°C, about as warm as Watampone, with 312 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Watampone ranks joint 31st of 200 for the warmest December highs and 5th of 200 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 200 cities is 28.4°C; Watampone is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 193 mm to 173 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
Watampone climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.4°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 173 | 22.9 | 12.412 h |
| February | 29.5°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 167 | 21.7 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.3°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 215 | 26.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.7°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 266 | 27.4 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 283 | 27.7 | 11.912 h |
| June | 27.3°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 265 | 25.8 | 11.912 h |
| July | 26.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 181 | 22.1 | 11.912 h |
| August | 27.3°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 73 | 13.7 | 12.012 h |
| September | 28.4°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 54 | 10.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 91 | 15.1 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 135 | 21.3 | 12.312 h |
| December, selected | 29.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 193 | 24.8 | 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
- Parepare in DecemberIndonesia · 97 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.9°C · 312 mm rain
- Makassar in DecemberIndonesia · 120 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 24.4°C · 433 mm rain
- Galesong in DecemberIndonesia · 137 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 24.5°C · 838 mm rain
- Palopo in DecemberIndonesia · 173 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 439 mm rain
- Majene in DecemberIndonesia · 187 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 25.3°C · 187 mm rain
- Kendari in DecemberIndonesia · 250 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 311 mm rain
- Baubau in DecemberIndonesia · 272 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 25.0°C · 287 mm rain
- Labuan Bajo in DecemberIndonesia · 443 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 24.8°C · 340 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 Watampone) is explained once on the Watampone year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.