Climate averages 1991–2020
Anantnag weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Anantnag: daytime highs average 8.8°C and nights cool to about -3.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 58 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sopur (88 km away). In December its highs average 6.5°C, 2.3°C cooler than Anantnag, with 77 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Anantnag ranks 690th of 692 for the warmest December highs and joint 639th of 692 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 692 cities is 25.6°C; Anantnag is 16.8°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 3.8°C to 5.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 66 mm to 114 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
Anantnag climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.0°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 114 | 11.2 | 10.210 h |
| February | 6.3°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 149 | 13.3 | 11.011 h |
| March | 10.7°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 142 | 14.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 16.4°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 117 | 13.6 | 13.013 h |
| May | 20.6°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 83 | 12.7 | 13.914 h |
| June | 23.5°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 68 | 10.5 | 14.414 h |
| July | 24.3°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 142 | 16.8 | 14.214 h |
| August | 23.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 129 | 15.5 | 13.413 h |
| September | 22.5°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 62 | 7.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 18.5°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 27 | 4.1 | 11.411 h |
| November | 13.8°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 47 | 5.7 | 10.410 h |
| December, selected | 8.8°C-3.8°C | -3.8°C | 66 | 7.6 | 10.010 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
- Sopur in DecemberIndia · 88 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low -2.6°C · 77 mm rain
- Udhampur in DecemberIndia · 90 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 3.9°C · 67 mm rain
- Bāramūla in DecemberIndia · 92 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -1.8°C · 66 mm rain
- Jammu in DecemberIndia · 114 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 5.8°C · 37 mm rain
- New Mirpur City in DecemberPakistan · 145 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 5.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Sialkot in DecemberPakistan · 149 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 7.2°C · 24 mm rain
- Dhirkot in DecemberPakistan · 150 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low -2.1°C · 57 mm rain
- Jalalpur Jattan in DecemberPakistan · 150 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 7.2°C · 26 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 Anantnag) is explained once on the Anantnag year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.