Praya weather in December

In December, Praya sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 329 mm of rain across 28.1 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 2nd-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 2% of the time in December, and the air most often feels miserable.

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 Praya's 11th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Praya's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
6th warmest
Overnight low
25°
12th coldest
Rainfall
329 mm
28.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
5:56 AM – 6:26 PM
Cloud cover
87%
11th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.54 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.8
out of 10

Praya is district in Central Lombok Regency, West Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia.

Density
1,131/km²
people per km²

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 Praya reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs on par with November and on par with January.

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How December really feels in Praya

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.

Praya weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 6th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 25°32928.812.52.8
Feb30° / 24°28125.712.32.8
Mar30° / 24°30727.612.12.8
Apr31° / 24°22022.311.83.3
May31° / 24°7411.911.64.6
Jun30° / 23°426.711.55.4
Jul30° / 22°254.111.56.0
Aug30° / 22°102.611.76.2
Sep30° / 23°275.411.95.5
Oct31° / 24°7813.412.24.3
Nov31° / 25°22423.312.43.1
Dec30° / 25°32928.112.52.8

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% 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 90%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11684
21585
31585
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51288
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Praya gets around 329 mm of rain over 28.1 wet days in December. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 91% and peaks near 93% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
190
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3190

Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, December lands in the miserable band about 73% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
12971
22872
32773
42674
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263070
273070
282971
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312872

Wind in December

Winds average 7 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 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

DaylightNight

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 5:51 AM to 6:03 AM, and sunset from 6:19 PM to 6:33 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.55:516:19
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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 5.54 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.21 kWh/m² to a high of 6.79 kWh/m² in October across the year — December's 5.54 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Praya

In seasonPeak

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

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

Praya'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 Praya?

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

2.8
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
3.9
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Praya.

What to pack for Praya in December

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

In December, Praya sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 28 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Praya 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 18 km away) is warmest in April at about 29°C and coldest in August near 27°C.

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

26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan29Tropical
Feb29Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr29Tropical
May29Tropical
Jun28Tropical
Jul28Warm
Aug27Warm
Sep27Warm
Oct28Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec29Tropical

UV index in Praya 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 Praya peaks around March 14 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 9 (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
Jan14Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun9Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
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Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Praya?

Praya sits at 8.7°S, 116.3°E, 108 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Lombok, 22 km away.

Topography around Praya

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Praya has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 95 m around an average of 111 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 710 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,756 m.

The land around Praya is covered by cropland (34%), trees (33%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, cropland (46%) and trees (43%) within 16 km, and water (67%) and trees (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
95 m
16 km
710 m
80 km
3,756 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Lombok 22 km · Selong 29 km · Gili Trawangan 47 km · Taliwang 64 km · Amlapura 77 km · Amlapura city 78 km · Bedugul 80 km · Klungkung 98 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 Praya (-8.7054°, 116.2704°, elevation 108 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).