Climate averages 1991–2020
Palikir weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: one of the warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Palikir: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 25.7°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 289 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes December a very wet month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 44 min on an average December day.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 289 mm to 217 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
Palikir climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.5°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 217 | 21.1 | 11.812 h |
| February | 27.4°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 183 | 17.9 | 11.912 h |
| March | 27.6°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 223 | 20.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.7°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 265 | 23.8 | 12.312 h |
| May | 27.7°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 318 | 26.3 | 12.412 h |
| June | 27.7°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 307 | 27.2 | 12.513 h |
| July | 27.5°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 316 | 28.8 | 12.512 h |
| August | 27.6°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 289 | 27.3 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.7°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 274 | 26.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.7°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 307 | 27.1 | 12.012 h |
| November | 27.7°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 294 | 25.8 | 11.812 h |
| December, selected | 27.7°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 289 | 24.8 | 11.712 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.
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 Palikir) is explained once on the Palikir year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.