Climate averages 1991–2020
Botad weather
in December.
A hot, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Botad: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 15.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical December (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 48 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Surendranagar (62 km away). In December its highs average 28.7°C, 0.6°C cooler than Botad, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Botad ranks joint 59th of 692 for the warmest December highs and joint 19th of 692 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 692 cities is 25.6°C; Botad is 3.7°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 1.5 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
Botad climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 1.5 | 0.2 | 10.911 h |
| February | 31.2°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.411 h |
| March | 36.0°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 40.1°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 1.8 | 0.6 | 12.613 h |
| May | 41.9°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 2.0 | 0.7 | 13.213 h |
| June | 37.9°C27.3°C | 27.3°C | 93 | 7.9 | 13.513 h |
| July | 32.5°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 215 | 14.8 | 13.313 h |
| August | 31.2°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 169 | 13.2 | 12.913 h |
| September | 32.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 130 | 9.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 34.9°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 18 | 2.8 | 11.712 h |
| November | 32.5°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 3.8 | 0.7 | 11.111 h |
| December, selected | 29.3°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 0.9 | 0.1 | 10.811 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
- Surendranagar in DecemberIndia · 62 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 15.1°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Bhavnagar in DecemberIndia · 68 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.7°C · 3.6 mm rain
- Amreli in DecemberIndia · 79 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 15.9°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Rājkot in DecemberIndia · 91 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 15.4°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Gondal in DecemberIndia · 92 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 15.9°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Dhrāngadhra in DecemberIndia · 94 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 14.6°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Khambhāt in DecemberIndia · 99 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 16.6°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Savarkundla in DecemberIndia · 100 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 16.6°C · 2.5 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 Botad) is explained once on the Botad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.