Climate averages 1991–2020
Ambikāpur weather
in December.
A warm, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Ambikāpur: daytime highs average 23.2°C and nights cool to about 10.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes December a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 45 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chirmiri (86 km away). In December its highs average 23.6°C, about as warm as Ambikāpur, with 7.8 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Ambikāpur ranks joint 517th of 692 for the warmest December highs and joint 447th of 692 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 692 cities is 25.6°C; Ambikāpur is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 23.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 mm to 18 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
Ambikāpur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.0°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 18 | 2.6 | 10.911 h |
| February | 26.9°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 21 | 3.2 | 11.411 h |
| March | 31.7°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 24 | 4.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 36.3°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 15 | 3.8 | 12.713 h |
| May | 38.1°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 16 | 4.7 | 13.213 h |
| June | 33.4°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 252 | 19.0 | 13.514 h |
| July | 28.3°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 442 | 28.3 | 13.413 h |
| August | 27.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 392 | 28.6 | 12.913 h |
| September | 28.1°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 234 | 21.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.0°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 74 | 8.6 | 11.612 h |
| November | 25.8°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 14 | 1.5 | 11.011 h |
| December, selected | 23.2°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 11 | 1.7 | 10.711 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
- Chirmiri in DecemberIndia · 86 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 9.8°C · 7.8 mm rain
- Korba in DecemberIndia · 100 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 12.7°C · 9.7 mm rain
- Singrauli in DecemberIndia · 131 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 12.1°C · 9.0 mm rain
- Medininagar in DecemberIndia · 135 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 11.0°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Raigarh in DecemberIndia · 137 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 13.7°C · 12 mm rain
- Bilāspur in DecemberIndia · 157 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 13.3°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Brajarajnagar in DecemberIndia · 163 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 13.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Jharsuguda in DecemberIndia · 163 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 13.2°C · 11 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 Ambikāpur) is explained once on the Ambikāpur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.