Climate averages 1991–2020
Dārjiling weather
in December.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Dārjiling: daytime highs average 12.4°C and nights cool to about 4.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 28 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Siliguri (39 km away). In December its highs average 23.3°C, 10.8°C warmer than Dārjiling, with 8.8 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Dārjiling ranks joint 687th of 692 for the warmest December highs and joint 549th of 692 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 692 cities is 25.6°C; Dārjiling is 13.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 10.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 17 mm to 33 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
Dārjiling climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.9°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 33 | 7.1 | 10.611 h |
| February | 12.5°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 71 | 12.6 | 11.211 h |
| March | 16.0°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 137 | 18.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 18.6°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 222 | 22.8 | 12.813 h |
| May | 19.7°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 377 | 29.0 | 13.513 h |
| June | 20.5°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 618 | 29.4 | 13.814 h |
| July | 20.1°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 864 | 30.6 | 13.714 h |
| August | 20.4°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 548 | 29.7 | 13.113 h |
| September | 19.7°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 416 | 27.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 18.1°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 164 | 19.1 | 11.512 h |
| November | 15.1°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 35 | 7.8 | 10.811 h |
| December, selected | 12.4°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 17 | 3.9 | 10.510 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
- Siliguri in DecemberIndia · 39 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 12.0°C · 8.8 mm rain
- Gangtok in DecemberIndia · 47 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 5.9°C · 173 mm rain
- Jalpāiguri in DecemberIndia · 74 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 13.3°C · 3.4 mm rain
- Dharān in DecemberNepal · 101 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 11.0°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Kishanganj in DecemberIndia · 108 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 13.3°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Jaigaon in DecemberIndia · 112 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 14.0°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Thākurgaon in DecemberBangladesh · 113 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 13.1°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Biratnagar in DecemberNepal · 118 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 12.4°C · 3.9 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 Dārjiling) is explained once on the Dārjiling year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.