Climate averages 1991–2020
Dimāpur weather
in December.
A warm, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the 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 Dimāpur: daytime highs average 22.1°C and nights cool to about 12.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes December a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 33 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kohima (47 km away). In December its highs average 16.7°C, 5.4°C cooler than Dimāpur, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Dimāpur ranks joint 602nd 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; Dimāpur is 3.5°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 21.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 13 mm to 22 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
Dimāpur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.1°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 22 | 4.4 | 10.711 h |
| February | 23.6°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 40 | 5.8 | 11.311 h |
| March | 27.3°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 85 | 9.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.6°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 203 | 16.3 | 12.813 h |
| May | 29.3°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 235 | 23.2 | 13.413 h |
| June | 29.9°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 249 | 23.2 | 13.714 h |
| July | 29.6°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 238 | 23.1 | 13.614 h |
| August | 29.5°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 227 | 23.4 | 13.013 h |
| September | 29.0°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 189 | 20.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.4°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 102 | 13.6 | 11.612 h |
| November | 24.9°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 23 | 4.0 | 10.911 h |
| December, selected | 22.1°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 13 | 2.2 | 10.611 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
- Kohima in DecemberIndia · 47 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 6.1°C · 19 mm rain
- Jorhat in DecemberIndia · 106 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 13.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Nagaon in DecemberIndia · 116 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 14.8°C · 9.9 mm rain
- Tezpur in DecemberIndia · 122 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 14.7°C · 7.7 mm rain
- Imphal in DecemberIndia · 125 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 10.2°C · 11 mm rain
- Silchar in DecemberIndia · 152 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 13.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Shillong in DecemberIndia · 188 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 8.5°C · 16 mm rain
- Guwahati in DecemberIndia · 200 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 13.9°C · 9.2 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 Dimāpur) is explained once on the Dimāpur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.