Climate averages 1991–2020
Anantapur weather
in December.
A hot, very dry month: the coolest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Anantapur: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 18.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 9.1 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes December a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 17 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dharmavaram (32 km away). In December its highs average 28.8°C, about as warm as Anantapur, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Anantapur ranks joint 67th of 692 for the warmest December highs and joint 392nd of 692 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 692 cities is 25.6°C; Anantapur is 3.6°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 9.1 mm to 3.8 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
Anantapur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.7°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 3.8 | 0.8 | 11.411 h |
| February | 33.7°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 3.9 | 0.4 | 11.712 h |
| March | 36.9°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 8.2 | 1.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 38.5°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 13 | 3.1 | 12.512 h |
| May | 38.0°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 44 | 7.4 | 12.813 h |
| June | 33.7°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 69 | 12.4 | 13.013 h |
| July | 31.8°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 79 | 13.0 | 12.913 h |
| August | 31.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 86 | 13.1 | 12.613 h |
| September | 31.5°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 100 | 13.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 113 | 13.1 | 11.812 h |
| November | 29.6°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 38 | 6.6 | 11.511 h |
| December, selected | 29.2°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 9.1 | 1.6 | 11.311 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
- Dharmavaram in DecemberIndia · 32 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 17.6°C · 14 mm rain
- Tadpatri in DecemberIndia · 50 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 18.8°C · 16 mm rain
- Guntakal in DecemberIndia · 61 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 17.8°C · 7.8 mm rain
- Kadiri in DecemberIndia · 87 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 17.2°C · 25 mm rain
- Ballari in DecemberIndia · 90 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 17.6°C · 6.8 mm rain
- Hindupur in DecemberIndia · 95 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 16.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Proddatūr in DecemberIndia · 101 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 19.2°C · 22 mm rain
- Adoni in DecemberIndia · 112 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 18.1°C · 7.4 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 Anantapur) is explained once on the Anantapur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.