Climate averages 1991–2020
Dharapuram weather
in December.
A warm, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 9th 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 Dharapuram: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 19.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 31 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Palani (32 km away). In December its highs average 27.1°C, 0.5°C cooler than Dharapuram, with 90 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Dharapuram ranks joint 224th of 692 for the warmest December highs and joint 632nd of 692 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 692 cities is 25.6°C; Dharapuram is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 62 mm to 5.3 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
Dharapuram climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.5°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 5.3 | 1.4 | 11.612 h |
| February | 32.4°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 9.7 | 1.7 | 11.812 h |
| March | 35.2°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 12 | 2.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 35.9°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 30 | 6.2 | 12.412 h |
| May | 34.9°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 50 | 9.7 | 12.613 h |
| June | 32.0°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 44 | 7.7 | 12.713 h |
| July | 30.9°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 50 | 8.9 | 12.713 h |
| August | 31.2°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 51 | 9.2 | 12.512 h |
| September | 32.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 64 | 10.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.4°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 148 | 16.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.0°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 157 | 15.8 | 11.612 h |
| December, selected | 27.6°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 62 | 6.9 | 11.512 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
- Palani in DecemberIndia · 32 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 19.5°C · 90 mm rain
- Tiruppur in DecemberIndia · 46 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 19.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Velampālaiyam in DecemberIndia · 51 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 19.4°C · 58 mm rain
- Pollachi in DecemberIndia · 58 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.3°C · 53 mm rain
- Dindigul in DecemberIndia · 64 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.2°C · 101 mm rain
- Karur in DecemberIndia · 65 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.7°C · 53 mm rain
- Coimbatore in DecemberIndia · 69 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 18.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Erode in DecemberIndia · 71 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.5°C · 40 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 Dharapuram) is explained once on the Dharapuram year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.