Ende weather in December

In December, Ende sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 320 mm of rain across 29 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in December, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of December to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Ende's 10th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ende's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
6th warmest
Overnight low
24°
11th coldest
Rainfall
320 mm
29 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
5:34 AM – 6:05 PM
Cloud cover
86%
10th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.42 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.8
out of 10

Ende is capital of Ende Regency, Indonesia.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical December day in Ende reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 1°C cooler than November and on par with January.

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How December really feels in Ende

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 31 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
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in December is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Ende weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 6th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 24°31230.112.52.8
Feb29° / 24°30027.212.32.8
Mar29° / 24°28727.712.13.1
Apr30° / 24°17321.211.83.6
May30° / 23°831211.64.7
Jun29° / 22°377.711.55.5
Jul29° / 22°234.911.56.0
Aug30° / 22°10311.76.0
Sep31° / 22°244.311.95.4
Oct31° / 24°6810.912.24.3
Nov31° / 24°19522.612.43.2
Dec30° / 24°3202912.52.8

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 87%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Ende gets around 320 mm of rain over 29 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 93% and peaks near 95% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 94% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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Wind in December

Winds average 4 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in December

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Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of December to 12 h 30 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 5:29 AM to 5:41 AM, and sunset from 5:57 PM to 6:12 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
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Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.42 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.9 kWh/m² to a high of 6.77 kWh/m² in October across the year — December's 5.42 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Ende

In seasonPeak

In December, Ende sits inside its cyclone and monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Ende sits in the South Indian Ocean cyclone belt; the season peaks January–March.

Ende's monsoon runs November–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Cyclone
Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is December a good time to visit Ende?

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

2.8
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
3.8
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ende.

What to pack for Ende in December

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

In December, Ende sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 29 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Ende in December

The nearest coast averages about 30°C in December — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in December at about 30°C and coldest in August near 26°C.

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

24°26°28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan29Tropical
Feb29Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr29Tropical
May28Tropical
Jun27Warm
Jul27Warm
Aug26Warm
Sep27Warm
Oct28Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec30Tropical

UV index in Ende in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ende peaks around March 11 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 10 at about 10 (very high).

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

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug12Extreme
Sep14Extreme
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Location & terrain

Where is Ende?

Ende sits at 8.8°S, 121.7°E, 31 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Maumere, 65 km away.

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Topography around Ende

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ende has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 714 m around an average of 82 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,623 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,150 m.

The land around Ende is covered by trees (52%), water (26%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, trees (50%) and water (48%) within 16 km, and water (65%) and trees (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
714 m
16 km
1,623 m
80 km
2,150 m
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December weather nearby: Maumere 65 km · Ruteng 134 km · Waingapu 178 km · Labuan Bajo 199 km · Lewoleba 200 km · Kupang 259 km · Tambolaka 274 km · Soe 309 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
Muslim 87%Protestant 8%Roman Catholic 3%Hindu 2%

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 Ende (-8.8432°, 121.6623°, elevation 31 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).