Climate averages 1991–2020
Gorakhpur weather
in December.
A warm, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the 2nd 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 Gorakhpur: daytime highs average 23.3°C and nights cool to about 11.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 8.4 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes December a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 30 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Deoria (50 km away). In December its highs average 23.5°C, about as warm as Gorakhpur, with 7.9 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Gorakhpur ranks joint 505th of 692 for the warmest December highs and joint 355th of 692 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 692 cities is 25.6°C; Gorakhpur is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 21.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 8.4 mm to 19 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
Gorakhpur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.3°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 19 | 2.3 | 10.711 h |
| February | 25.0°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 23 | 2.8 | 11.211 h |
| March | 31.3°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 16 | 2.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 36.7°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 11 | 2.8 | 12.813 h |
| May | 37.5°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 29 | 5.5 | 13.413 h |
| June | 35.4°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 179 | 15.3 | 13.814 h |
| July | 31.7°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 334 | 26.7 | 13.614 h |
| August | 31.4°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 275 | 26.7 | 13.113 h |
| September | 30.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 195 | 19.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.2°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 40 | 3.5 | 11.512 h |
| November | 27.6°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 2.9 | 0.4 | 10.911 h |
| December, selected | 23.3°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 8.4 | 0.8 | 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
- Deoria in DecemberIndia · 50 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 11.5°C · 7.9 mm rain
- Kushinagar in DecemberIndia · 52 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 11.5°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Bastī in DecemberIndia · 65 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 11.2°C · 9.0 mm rain
- Tāndā in DecemberIndia · 75 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 11.3°C · 7.8 mm rain
- Azamgarh in DecemberIndia · 80 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 11.2°C · 6.8 mm rain
- Bagaha (Bihar, 27.10°N 84.09°E), India in DecemberIndia · 81 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 11.4°C · 9.6 mm rain
- Mau in DecemberIndia · 94 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 11.3°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Butwāl in DecemberNepal · 103 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 12.6°C · 10 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 Gorakhpur) is explained once on the Gorakhpur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.