Tual weather in December

In December, Tual sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 228 mm of rain across 25.7 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 5th-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 8% of the time in December, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of December to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Tual's 10th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tual's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 26°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 228 mm; 25.7 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 5:55 AM – 6:15 PM
Cloud cover: 84%; 10th clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 5.34 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.7; out of 10

Tual is city in Maluku Province, Indonesia.

Density: 356/km²; people per km²
Founded: 2007

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

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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 Tual 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 29°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)	27	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	27
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 Tual

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Tual weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	28° / 26°	274	26.6	12.3	3.8
Feb	28° / 26°	250	24	12.2	3.7
Mar	28° / 26°	239	25.1	12	4.0
Apr	28° / 26°	232	24.5	11.9	4.0
May	28° / 26°	208	22.8	11.7	4.5
Jun	27° / 26°	163	18.5	11.7	5.2
Jul	26° / 25°	73	12	11.7	6.3
Aug	26° / 25°	40	7.7	11.8	7.1
Sep	26° / 25°	40	8.6	12	6.8
Oct	27° / 26°	64	12.5	12.1	6.1
Nov	28° / 26°	91	16.4	12.3	5.1
Dec	28° / 26°	228	25.7	12.3	3.7

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% 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 84%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	25	24	24	24	23	23	21	21	21	21	18	18	17	16	15	15	14	14	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	12
Cloudier (%)	75	76	76	76	77	77	79	79	79	79	82	82	83	84	85	85	86	86	88	88	89	89	89	89	90	90	90	90	90	89	88

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	25	75
2	24	76
3	24	76
4	24	76
5	23	77
6	23	77
7	21	79
8	21	79
9	21	79
10	21	79
11	18	82
12	18	82
13	17	83
14	16	84
15	15	85
16	15	85
17	14	86
18	14	86
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	10	90
26	10	90
27	10	90
28	10	90
29	10	90
30	11	89
31	12	88

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Tual gets around 228 mm of rain over 25.7 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 82% and peaks near 89% on the wettest days. The odds climb 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 (%)	71	72	72	73	73	74	75	75	77	78	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89

	Rain chance (%)
1	71
2	72
3	72
4	73
5	73
6	74
7	75
8	75
9	77
10	78
11	79
12	80
13	81
14	82
15	83
16	84
17	85
18	86
19	87
20	88
21	89
22	89
23	89
24	89
25	89
26	89
27	89
28	89
29	89
30	89
31	89

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 72% 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 (%)	39	38	37	37	36	36	35	35	34	34	33	32	31	30	30	29	28	26	25	24	23	22	22	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20
Miserable (%)	61	62	63	63	64	64	65	65	66	66	67	68	69	70	70	71	72	74	75	76	77	78	78	79	79	80	80	80	80	80	80

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	39	61
2	38	62
3	37	63
4	37	63
5	36	64
6	36	64
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	33	67
12	32	68
13	31	69
14	30	70
15	30	70
16	29	71
17	28	72
18	26	74
19	25	75
20	24	76
21	23	77
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	21	79
25	21	79
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	20	80
29	20	80
30	20	80
31	20	80

Wind in December

Winds average 15 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 20 km/h at its breeziest. Calmer and breezier days trade off through 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
Wind speed (km/h)	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	17	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	20
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of December to 12 h 18 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 5:50 AM to 6:02 AM, and sunset from 6:08 PM to 6:22 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)	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:02
Sunset (PM)	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:22

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	5:50	6:08
2	12.3	5:50	6:08
3	12.3	5:50	6:09
4	12.3	5:51	6:09
5	12.3	5:51	6:10
6	12.3	5:51	6:10
7	12.3	5:52	6:11
8	12.3	5:52	6:11
9	12.3	5:52	6:12
10	12.3	5:53	6:12
11	12.3	5:53	6:12
12	12.3	5:54	6:13
13	12.3	5:54	6:13
14	12.3	5:55	6:14
15	12.3	5:55	6:14
16	12.3	5:55	6:15
17	12.3	5:56	6:15
18	12.3	5:56	6:16
19	12.3	5:57	6:16
20	12.3	5:57	6:17
21	12.3	5:58	6:17
22	12.3	5:58	6:18
23	12.3	5:59	6:18
24	12.3	5:59	6:19
25	12.3	6:00	6:19
26	12.3	6:00	6:20
27	12.3	6:01	6:20
28	12.3	6:01	6:21
29	12.3	6:02	6:21
30	12.3	6:02	6:21
31	12.3	6:02	6:22

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.34 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.63 kWh/m² to a high of 6.42 kWh/m² in October across the year — December's 5.34 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	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	5.8	Bright
2	5.8	Bright
3	5.8	Bright
4	5.7	Bright
5	5.7	Bright
6	5.7	Bright
7	5.6	Bright
8	5.6	Bright
9	5.5	Bright
10	5.5	Bright
11	5.5	Bright
12	5.4	Bright
13	5.4	Bright
14	5.4	Bright
15	5.3	Bright
16	5.3	Bright
17	5.3	Bright
18	5.3	Bright
19	5.3	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	5.3	Bright
28	5.3	Bright
29	5.3	Bright
30	5.3	Bright
31	5.3	Bright

Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Tual

In seasonPeak

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

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

Tual's rainy season runs December–June, when most of the year's rain falls.

Cyclone

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is December a good time to visit Tual?

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

3.7

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

4.3

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Tual.

What to pack for Tual in December

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

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

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Tual 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 14 km away) is warmest in December at about 29°C and coldest in August near 26°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)	29	29	29	29	29	27	26	26	27	28	29	29
Comfort	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	29	Tropical
Feb	29	Tropical
Mar	29	Tropical
Apr	29	Tropical
May	29	Tropical
Jun	27	Warm
Jul	26	Warm
Aug	26	Warm
Sep	27	Warm
Oct	28	Tropical
Nov	29	Tropical
Dec	29	Tropical

UV index in Tual 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 Tual peaks around February 22 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 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)	14	16	16	15	12	11	11	13	13	14	13	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	16	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Tual?

Tual sits at 5.6°S, 132.8°E, 41 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Dobo, 165 km away.

Topography around Tual

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tual has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 80 m around an average of 15 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 95 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 756 m.

The land around Tual is covered by trees (37%) and water (33%) within 3 km, water (64%) and trees (31%) within 16 km, and water (93%) within 80 km.

3 km

80 m

trees 37%

16 km

95 m

water 64%

80 km

756 m

water 93%

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

December weather nearby: Dobo 165 km · Fakfak 305 km · Nabire 396 km · Bintuni 401 km · Timika 449 km · Teminabuan 473 km · Ransiki 484 km · Masohi 493 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 Tual (-5.6288°, 132.7523°, elevation 41 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	27
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	25	75
2	24	76
3	24	76
4	24	76
5	23	77
6	23	77
7	21	79
8	21	79
9	21	79
10	21	79
11	18	82
12	18	82
13	17	83
14	16	84
15	15	85
16	15	85
17	14	86
18	14	86
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	10	90
26	10	90
27	10	90
28	10	90
29	10	90
30	11	89
31	12	88

	Rain chance (%)
1	71
2	72
3	72
4	73
5	73
6	74
7	75
8	75
9	77
10	78
11	79
12	80
13	81
14	82
15	83
16	84
17	85
18	86
19	87
20	88
21	89
22	89
23	89
24	89
25	89
26	89
27	89
28	89
29	89
30	89
31	89

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	39	61
2	38	62
3	37	63
4	37	63
5	36	64
6	36	64
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	33	67
12	32	68
13	31	69
14	30	70
15	30	70
16	29	71
17	28	72
18	26	74
19	25	75
20	24	76
21	23	77
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	21	79
25	21	79
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	20	80
29	20	80
30	20	80
31	20	80

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	27
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	25	75
2	24	76
3	24	76
4	24	76
5	23	77
6	23	77
7	21	79
8	21	79
9	21	79
10	21	79
11	18	82
12	18	82
13	17	83
14	16	84
15	15	85
16	15	85
17	14	86
18	14	86
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	10	90
26	10	90
27	10	90
28	10	90
29	10	90
30	11	89
31	12	88

	Rain chance (%)
1	71
2	72
3	72
4	73
5	73
6	74
7	75
8	75
9	77
10	78
11	79
12	80
13	81
14	82
15	83
16	84
17	85
18	86
19	87
20	88
21	89
22	89
23	89
24	89
25	89
26	89
27	89
28	89
29	89
30	89
31	89

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	39	61
2	38	62
3	37	63
4	37	63
5	36	64
6	36	64
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	33	67
12	32	68
13	31	69
14	30	70
15	30	70
16	29	71
17	28	72
18	26	74
19	25	75
20	24	76
21	23	77
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	21	79
25	21	79
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	20	80
29	20	80
30	20	80
31	20	80

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	27
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	25	75
2	24	76
3	24	76
4	24	76
5	23	77
6	23	77
7	21	79
8	21	79
9	21	79
10	21	79
11	18	82
12	18	82
13	17	83
14	16	84
15	15	85
16	15	85
17	14	86
18	14	86
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	10	90
26	10	90
27	10	90
28	10	90
29	10	90
30	11	89
31	12	88

	Rain chance (%)
1	71
2	72
3	72
4	73
5	73
6	74
7	75
8	75
9	77
10	78
11	79
12	80
13	81
14	82
15	83
16	84
17	85
18	86
19	87
20	88
21	89
22	89
23	89
24	89
25	89
26	89
27	89
28	89
29	89
30	89
31	89

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	39	61
2	38	62
3	37	63
4	37	63
5	36	64
6	36	64
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	33	67
12	32	68
13	31	69
14	30	70
15	30	70
16	29	71
17	28	72
18	26	74
19	25	75
20	24	76
21	23	77
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	21	79
25	21	79
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	20	80
29	20	80
30	20	80
31	20	80