Daruba weather in December

In December, Daruba sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 186 mm of rain across 25.1 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in December, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of December to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Daruba's 10th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Daruba's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 26°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 186 mm; 25.1 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 54 min; 6:27 AM – 6:19 PM
Cloud cover: 77%; 10th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 5.17 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.1; out of 10

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Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical December day in Daruba reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs on par with November and on par with January.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Avg low (°C)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	26
2	28	26
3	28	26
4	28	26
5	28	26
6	28	26
7	28	26
8	28	26
9	28	26
10	28	26
11	28	26
12	28	26
13	28	26
14	28	26
15	28	26
16	28	26
17	28	26
18	28	26
19	28	26
20	28	26
21	28	26
22	28	26
23	28	26
24	28	26
25	28	26
26	28	26
27	28	26
28	28	26
29	28	26
30	28	26
31	28	26

How December really feels in Daruba

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

December sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Daruba weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	27° / 26°	167	22.2	11.9	4.4
Feb	27° / 26°	130	17.7	11.9	4.8
Mar	28° / 26°	142	19.2	12	5.0
Apr	28° / 26°	149	20.6	12	4.7
May	28° / 27°	157	22	12.1	4.5
Jun	28° / 26°	185	21.9	12.1	4.5
Jul	28° / 26°	126	17.9	12.1	5.2
Aug	28° / 26°	86	12.6	12.1	5.9
Sep	28° / 26°	75	12.5	12	5.9
Oct	28° / 26°	95	15.7	12	5.4
Nov	28° / 26°	145	23.1	11.9	4.3
Dec	28° / 26°	186	25.1	11.9	4.1

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 75%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	26	26	26	26	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	25	25	25	25	23	22	22	22	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22
Cloudier (%)	74	74	74	74	73	73	72	72	72	72	72	73	73	73	75	75	75	75	77	78	78	78	79	79	79	78	78	78	78	78	78

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	26	74
2	26	74
3	26	74
4	26	74
5	27	73
6	27	73
7	28	72
8	28	72
9	28	72
10	28	72
11	28	72
12	27	73
13	27	73
14	27	73
15	25	75
16	25	75
17	25	75
18	25	75
19	23	77
20	22	78
21	22	78
22	22	78
23	21	79
24	21	79
25	21	79
26	22	78
27	22	78
28	22	78
29	22	78
30	22	78
31	22	78

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Daruba gets around 186 mm of rain over 25.1 wet days in December, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 81% and peaks near 82% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	81	81	80	79	79	78	77	76	76	75	75

	Rain chance (%)
1	82
2	82
3	82
4	82
5	82
6	82
7	82
8	82
9	82
10	82
11	82
12	82
13	82
14	82
15	82
16	82
17	82
18	82
19	82
20	82
21	81
22	81
23	80
24	79
25	79
26	78
27	77
28	76
29	76
30	75
31	75

Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of December feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, December lands in the oppressive band about 62% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Oppressive (%)	54	55	55	56	56	56	57	57	57	58	58	59	59	60	60	61	61	62	63	63	64	64	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	73
Miserable (%)	46	45	45	44	44	44	43	43	43	42	42	41	41	40	40	39	39	38	37	37	36	36	35	34	33	32	31	30	29	28	27

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	54	46
2	55	45
3	55	45
4	56	44
5	56	44
6	56	44
7	57	43
8	57	43
9	57	43
10	58	42
11	58	42
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	60	40
15	60	40
16	61	39
17	61	39
18	62	38
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	64	36
22	64	36
23	65	35
24	66	34
25	67	33
26	68	32
27	69	31
28	70	30
29	71	29
30	72	28
31	73	27

Wind in December

Winds average 13 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	light breeze
2	12	light breeze
3	12	light breeze
4	12	light breeze
5	12	light breeze
6	12	light breeze
7	12	light breeze
8	12	light breeze
9	13	light breeze
10	13	light breeze
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14	13	light breeze
15	13	light breeze
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29	13	light breeze
30	13	light breeze
31	13	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of December to 11 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 6:20 AM to 6:33 AM, and sunset from 6:13 PM to 6:26 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9
Sunrise (AM)	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:33
Sunset (PM)	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:26

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.9	6:20	6:13
2	11.9	6:20	6:14
3	11.9	6:21	6:14
4	11.9	6:21	6:14
5	11.9	6:22	6:15
6	11.9	6:22	6:15
7	11.9	6:22	6:16
8	11.9	6:23	6:16
9	11.9	6:23	6:16
10	11.9	6:24	6:17
11	11.9	6:24	6:17
12	11.9	6:25	6:18
13	11.9	6:25	6:18
14	11.9	6:26	6:19
15	11.9	6:26	6:19
16	11.9	6:27	6:19
17	11.9	6:27	6:20
18	11.9	6:27	6:20
19	11.9	6:28	6:21
20	11.9	6:28	6:21
21	11.9	6:29	6:22
22	11.9	6:29	6:22
23	11.9	6:30	6:23
24	11.9	6:30	6:23
25	11.9	6:31	6:24
26	11.9	6:31	6:24
27	11.9	6:32	6:25
28	11.9	6:32	6:25
29	11.9	6:33	6:26
30	11.9	6:33	6:26
31	11.9	6:33	6:26

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.17 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.07 kWh/m² to a high of 6.13 kWh/m² in September across the year — December's 5.17 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.3	Bright
2	5.3	Bright
3	5.3	Bright
4	5.3	Bright
5	5.3	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.3	Bright
8	5.3	Bright
9	5.2	Bright
10	5.2	Bright
11	5.2	Bright
12	5.2	Bright
13	5.2	Bright
14	5.2	Bright
15	5.2	Bright
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17	5.2	Bright
18	5.2	Bright
19	5.2	Bright
20	5.2	Bright
21	5.2	Bright
22	5.2	Bright
23	5.2	Bright
24	5.2	Bright
25	5.2	Bright
26	5.2	Bright
27	5.2	Bright
28	5.2	Bright
29	5.2	Bright
30	5.3	Bright
31	5.3	Bright

Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Daruba

In seasonPeak

In December, Daruba sits inside its pacific typhoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Daruba sits in the Pacific typhoon belt; the season peaks July–October.

Pacific typhoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is December a good time to visit Daruba?

Our two travel scores rate December for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.1

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

4.4

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Daruba for sightseeing.

What to pack for Daruba in December

From December's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In December, Daruba sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 25 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Daruba in December

The nearest coast averages about 29°C in December — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 21 km away) is warmest in May at about 30°C and coldest in January near 28°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	28	28	29	29	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Comfort	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	28	Tropical
Feb	28	Tropical
Mar	29	Tropical
Apr	29	Tropical
May	30	Tropical
Jun	29	Tropical
Jul	29	Tropical
Aug	29	Tropical
Sep	29	Tropical
Oct	29	Tropical
Nov	29	Tropical
Dec	29	Tropical

UV index in Daruba in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Daruba peaks around March 17 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 11 (extreme).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	13	14	15	14	13	11	12	13	14	15	13	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	15	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Daruba?

Daruba sits at 2.1°N, 128.3°E, 8 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Tobelo, 48 km away.

Topography around Daruba

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Daruba.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Daruba has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 31 m around an average of 7 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 478 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,238 m.

The land around Daruba is covered by water (44%) and trees (27%) within 3 km, water (65%) and trees (31%) within 16 km, and water (72%) and trees (28%) within 80 km.

3 km

31 m

water 44%

16 km

478 m

water 65%

80 km

1,238 m

water 72%

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← November Daruba year-round climate January →Best places to visit in December

December weather nearby: Tobelo 48 km · Sofifi 167 km · Ternate 173 km · Waisai 354 km · Tahuna 357 km · Bitung 358 km · Tondano 385 km · Manado 388 km

Indonesia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 29% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $5,060; 2025
Happiness: 5.6 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 30%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.3; per 100k, 2022
Road deaths: 11.3; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 471
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Daruba (2.0505°, 128.294°, elevation 8 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	26
2	28	26
3	28	26
4	28	26
5	28	26
6	28	26
7	28	26
8	28	26
9	28	26
10	28	26
11	28	26
12	28	26
13	28	26
14	28	26
15	28	26
16	28	26
17	28	26
18	28	26
19	28	26
20	28	26
21	28	26
22	28	26
23	28	26
24	28	26
25	28	26
26	28	26
27	28	26
28	28	26
29	28	26
30	28	26
31	28	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	26	74
2	26	74
3	26	74
4	26	74
5	27	73
6	27	73
7	28	72
8	28	72
9	28	72
10	28	72
11	28	72
12	27	73
13	27	73
14	27	73
15	25	75
16	25	75
17	25	75
18	25	75
19	23	77
20	22	78
21	22	78
22	22	78
23	21	79
24	21	79
25	21	79
26	22	78
27	22	78
28	22	78
29	22	78
30	22	78
31	22	78

	Rain chance (%)
1	82
2	82
3	82
4	82
5	82
6	82
7	82
8	82
9	82
10	82
11	82
12	82
13	82
14	82
15	82
16	82
17	82
18	82
19	82
20	82
21	81
22	81
23	80
24	79
25	79
26	78
27	77
28	76
29	76
30	75
31	75

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	54	46
2	55	45
3	55	45
4	56	44
5	56	44
6	56	44
7	57	43
8	57	43
9	57	43
10	58	42
11	58	42
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	60	40
15	60	40
16	61	39
17	61	39
18	62	38
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	64	36
22	64	36
23	65	35
24	66	34
25	67	33
26	68	32
27	69	31
28	70	30
29	71	29
30	72	28
31	73	27

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	26
2	28	26
3	28	26
4	28	26
5	28	26
6	28	26
7	28	26
8	28	26
9	28	26
10	28	26
11	28	26
12	28	26
13	28	26
14	28	26
15	28	26
16	28	26
17	28	26
18	28	26
19	28	26
20	28	26
21	28	26
22	28	26
23	28	26
24	28	26
25	28	26
26	28	26
27	28	26
28	28	26
29	28	26
30	28	26
31	28	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	26	74
2	26	74
3	26	74
4	26	74
5	27	73
6	27	73
7	28	72
8	28	72
9	28	72
10	28	72
11	28	72
12	27	73
13	27	73
14	27	73
15	25	75
16	25	75
17	25	75
18	25	75
19	23	77
20	22	78
21	22	78
22	22	78
23	21	79
24	21	79
25	21	79
26	22	78
27	22	78
28	22	78
29	22	78
30	22	78
31	22	78

	Rain chance (%)
1	82
2	82
3	82
4	82
5	82
6	82
7	82
8	82
9	82
10	82
11	82
12	82
13	82
14	82
15	82
16	82
17	82
18	82
19	82
20	82
21	81
22	81
23	80
24	79
25	79
26	78
27	77
28	76
29	76
30	75
31	75

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	54	46
2	55	45
3	55	45
4	56	44
5	56	44
6	56	44
7	57	43
8	57	43
9	57	43
10	58	42
11	58	42
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	60	40
15	60	40
16	61	39
17	61	39
18	62	38
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	64	36
22	64	36
23	65	35
24	66	34
25	67	33
26	68	32
27	69	31
28	70	30
29	71	29
30	72	28
31	73	27

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	26
2	28	26
3	28	26
4	28	26
5	28	26
6	28	26
7	28	26
8	28	26
9	28	26
10	28	26
11	28	26
12	28	26
13	28	26
14	28	26
15	28	26
16	28	26
17	28	26
18	28	26
19	28	26
20	28	26
21	28	26
22	28	26
23	28	26
24	28	26
25	28	26
26	28	26
27	28	26
28	28	26
29	28	26
30	28	26
31	28	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	26	74
2	26	74
3	26	74
4	26	74
5	27	73
6	27	73
7	28	72
8	28	72
9	28	72
10	28	72
11	28	72
12	27	73
13	27	73
14	27	73
15	25	75
16	25	75
17	25	75
18	25	75
19	23	77
20	22	78
21	22	78
22	22	78
23	21	79
24	21	79
25	21	79
26	22	78
27	22	78
28	22	78
29	22	78
30	22	78
31	22	78

	Rain chance (%)
1	82
2	82
3	82
4	82
5	82
6	82
7	82
8	82
9	82
10	82
11	82
12	82
13	82
14	82
15	82
16	82
17	82
18	82
19	82
20	82
21	81
22	81
23	80
24	79
25	79
26	78
27	77
28	76
29	76
30	75
31	75

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	54	46
2	55	45
3	55	45
4	56	44
5	56	44
6	56	44
7	57	43
8	57	43
9	57	43
10	58	42
11	58	42
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	60	40
15	60	40
16	61	39
17	61	39
18	62	38
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	64	36
22	64	36
23	65	35
24	66	34
25	67	33
26	68	32
27	69	31
28	70	30
29	71	29
30	72	28
31	73	27