Climate averages 1991–2020
Alappuzha weather
in December.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Alappuzha: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 64 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 35 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kanayannur (53 km away). In December its highs average 29.2°C, about as warm as Alappuzha, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Alappuzha ranks joint 67th of 692 for the warmest December highs and joint 637th of 692 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 692 cities is 25.6°C; Alappuzha is 3.6°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 64 mm to 26 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Alappuzha climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.5°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 26 | 7.8 | 11.612 h |
| February | 31.8°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 31 | 9.9 | 11.812 h |
| March | 32.5°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 68 | 16.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.6°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 153 | 24.9 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.1°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 299 | 27.0 | 12.613 h |
| June | 28.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 443 | 29.5 | 12.713 h |
| July | 27.6°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 388 | 29.7 | 12.613 h |
| August | 27.6°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 293 | 28.1 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.2°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 231 | 25.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 261 | 25.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.7°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 193 | 20.6 | 11.712 h |
| December, selected | 29.2°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 64 | 10.4 | 11.612 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
- Kanayannur in DecemberIndia · 53 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Edattala in DecemberIndia · 63 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.0°C · 49 mm rain
- Kollam in DecemberIndia · 73 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Thrissur in DecemberIndia · 115 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 34 mm rain
- Valparai in DecemberIndia · 116 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 16.7°C · 87 mm rain
- Kadayanallur in DecemberIndia · 121 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 20.5°C · 74 mm rain
- Thenkasi in DecemberIndia · 124 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 20.4°C · 74 mm rain
- Thiruvananthapuram in DecemberIndia · 131 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 23.3°C · 82 mm rain
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 limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Alappuzha) is explained once on the Alappuzha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.