Climate averages 1991–2020
Bhubaneswar weather
in December.
A warm, very dry month: the coolest and the 2nd 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 Bhubaneswar: daytime highs average 26.6°C and nights cool to about 15.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 13 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 56 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cuttack (22 km away). In December its highs average 26.8°C, about as warm as Bhubaneswar, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Bhubaneswar ranks joint 307th of 692 for the warmest December highs and joint 496th of 692 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 692 cities is 25.6°C; Bhubaneswar is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 27.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 13 mm to 11 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
Bhubaneswar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 11 | 1.7 | 11.111 h |
| February | 30.7°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 17 | 2.4 | 11.511 h |
| March | 34.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 19 | 4.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 36.5°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 25 | 5.7 | 12.613 h |
| May | 36.9°C27.4°C | 27.4°C | 55 | 6.1 | 13.113 h |
| June | 33.7°C27.2°C | 27.2°C | 232 | 18.7 | 13.313 h |
| July | 30.9°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 388 | 27.7 | 13.213 h |
| August | 30.4°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 369 | 28.0 | 12.813 h |
| September | 30.7°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 260 | 24.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.1°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 146 | 15.1 | 11.712 h |
| November | 28.5°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 34 | 3.4 | 11.211 h |
| December, selected | 26.6°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 13 | 1.5 | 10.911 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
- Cuttack in DecemberIndia · 22 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 15.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Puri in DecemberIndia · 53 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Parādīp Garh in DecemberIndia · 81 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Bhadrak in DecemberIndia · 112 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 14.7°C · 12 mm rain
- Brahmapur in DecemberIndia · 153 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 17.1°C · 18 mm rain
- Balasore in DecemberIndia · 177 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 15.4°C · 13 mm rain
- Baripāda in DecemberIndia · 207 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 13.2°C · 11 mm rain
- Sambalpur in DecemberIndia · 234 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 15.0°C · 9.4 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 Bhubaneswar) is explained once on the Bhubaneswar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.