Bugalaga Weather in December
Bugalaga in December
The short of it: Bugalaga in December averages a high of 26 °C (78 °F) and a low of 15 °C (58 °F), with 238 mm (9.4 in) of rain and about 12 h 20 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 26° · low 15° · rain 238 mm · daylight 12 h 20 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Bugalaga an average December high of 26°, a low of 15° and some 238 mm of rain. No month in Bugalaga runs warmer: highs about 26°. Wet spells are common — about 238 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 20 min in mid-December.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates December 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Bugalaga runs cooler than most and drier than most in December. Timika, 110 km to the S, is 7° warmer by day.
December in Bugalaga, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus November
- about the same, 4.0 mm more rain
- Versus January
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 20 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TimikaCentral Papua | 110 km S | 32° | 23° | 194 mm |
| NabireCentral Papua | 125 km WNW | 33° | 24° | 311 mm |
| MuliaCentral Papua | 154 km E | 22° | 10° | 270 mm |
| SeruiPapua | 198 km NNW | 31° | 24° | 296 mm |
| KarubagaHighland Papua | 207 km E | 27° | 15° | 237 mm |
| TiomHighland Papua | 209 km E | 24° | 11° | 232 mm |
| KenyamHighland Papua | 226 km ESE | 33° | 23° | 289 mm |
| WamenaHighland Papua | 266 km ESE | 28° | 15° | 178 mm |