Climate averages 1991–2020

Aizawl weather
in December.

A mild, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 19.6°C Daytime mean, December
Average low 7.1°C Night-time mean, December
Rainfall 14 mm 2 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Aizawl · average highYear overview

December is a mild month in Aizawl: daytime highs average 19.6°C and nights cool to about 7.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes December a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 42 min on an average December day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Silchar (122 km away). In December its highs average 24.8°C, 5.3°C warmer than Aizawl, with 14 mm of rain.

Among the 692 cities listed in India, Aizawl ranks 679th of 692 for the warmest December highs and joint 516th of 692 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 692 cities is 25.6°C; Aizawl is 6.0°C cooler than that mean.

From December to January, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 19.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 14 mm to 9.9 mm.

The annual picture

December in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 051015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Aizawl climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Aizawl, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 19.0°C5.5°C5.5°C9.91.810.811 h
February 21.7°C8.1°C8.1°C203.411.311 h
March 25.3°C12.1°C12.1°C526.912.012 h
April 27.2°C15.5°C15.5°C8612.312.713 h
May 26.5°C17.6°C17.6°C22422.313.313 h
June 25.4°C18.8°C18.8°C29727.613.614 h
July 24.6°C18.8°C18.8°C30629.413.413 h
August 24.7°C18.7°C18.7°C30329.613.013 h
September 24.6°C18.1°C18.1°C26127.312.312 h
October 23.9°C16.0°C16.0°C15820.611.612 h
November 21.9°C11.5°C11.5°C405.311.011 h
December, selected 19.6°C7.1°C7.1°C141.510.711 h

Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

Compare places

December in nearby cities

Distance from Aizawl

Read the numbers correctly

Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Aizawl) is explained once on the Aizawl year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.