Climate averages 1991–2020

Cuttack weather
in December.

A warm, very dry month: the coolest and one of the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 26.8°C Daytime mean, December
Average low 15.7°C Night-time mean, December
Rainfall 13 mm 1 day with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Cuttack · average highYear overview

December is a warm month in Cuttack: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 15.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes December a very dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 55 min on an average December day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Bhubaneswar (22 km away). In December its highs average 26.6°C, about as warm as Cuttack, with 13 mm of rain.

Among the 692 cities listed in India, Cuttack ranks joint 297th 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; Cuttack is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.

From December to January, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 13 mm.

The annual picture

December in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 10152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 4000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Cuttack climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Cuttack, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 27.1°C15.5°C15.5°C131.711.011 h
February 30.8°C18.9°C18.9°C202.711.511 h
March 34.9°C22.9°C22.9°C234.912.012 h
April 37.0°C25.7°C25.7°C377.812.613 h
May 37.4°C27.5°C27.5°C706.913.113 h
June 34.0°C27.3°C27.3°C25119.713.313 h
July 31.1°C26.1°C26.1°C39028.013.213 h
August 30.7°C25.7°C25.7°C37928.612.813 h
September 30.9°C25.3°C25.3°C26624.912.312 h
October 30.4°C23.4°C23.4°C13415.011.712 h
November 28.7°C19.5°C19.5°C313.211.211 h
December, selected 26.8°C15.7°C15.7°C131.210.911 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

Distance from Cuttack

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Cuttack) is explained once on the Cuttack year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.