Climate averages 1991–2020
Dili weather
in December.
A hot, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Dili: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 235 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes December a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 37 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Atambua (96 km away). In December its highs average 28.1°C, 1.7°C cooler than Dili, with 226 mm of rain.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 235 mm to 215 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
Dili climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 215 | 25.4 | 12.613 h |
| February | 29.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 211 | 25.0 | 12.412 h |
| March | 29.5°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 227 | 26.2 | 12.212 h |
| April | 29.9°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 204 | 22.4 | 11.912 h |
| May | 30.0°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 74 | 12.2 | 11.712 h |
| June | 29.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 25 | 4.3 | 11.612 h |
| July | 30.1°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 13 | 2.6 | 11.712 h |
| August | 30.8°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 6.7 | 1.5 | 11.812 h |
| September | 32.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 20 | 4.9 | 12.012 h |
| October | 32.1°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 74 | 14.6 | 12.312 h |
| November | 31.2°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 178 | 24.9 | 12.512 h |
| December, selected | 29.8°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 235 | 27.8 | 12.613 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
- Atambua in DecemberIndonesia · 96 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 22.9°C · 226 mm rain
- Kupang in DecemberIndonesia · 281 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 25.1°C · 236 mm rain
- Maumere in DecemberIndonesia · 370 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 26.0°C · 220 mm rain
- Ende in DecemberIndonesia · 431 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 25.6°C · 320 mm rain
- Baubau in DecemberIndonesia · 475 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 25.0°C · 287 mm rain
- Kendari in DecemberIndonesia · 611 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 311 mm rain
- Ambon in DecemberIndonesia · 613 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 26.3°C · 157 mm rain
- Labuan Bajo in DecemberIndonesia · 625 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 Dili) is explained once on the Dili year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.