Climate averages 1991–2020

Gurdaspur weather
in December.

A mild, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

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

Average high 19.7°C Daytime mean, December
Average low 7.8°C Night-time mean, December
Rainfall 35 mm 4 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 10 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Gurdaspur · average highYear overview

December is a mild month in Gurdaspur: daytime highs average 19.7°C and nights cool to about 7.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 06 min on an average December day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Batāla (32 km away). In December its highs average 19.8°C, about as warm as Gurdaspur, with 21 mm of rain.

Among the 692 cities listed in India, Gurdaspur ranks 678th of 692 for the warmest December highs and 609th of 692 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 692 cities is 25.6°C; Gurdaspur is 5.9°C cooler than that mean.

From December to January, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 17.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 35 mm to 77 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. 0510152025303540 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 3000

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

Every month, side by side

Gurdaspur climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Gurdaspur, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 17.3°C6.4°C6.4°C776.710.310 h
February 20.0°C8.5°C8.5°C1097.511.011 h
March 25.4°C12.1°C12.1°C927.312.012 h
April 32.1°C16.9°C16.9°C496.312.913 h
May 37.3°C21.9°C21.9°C266.113.814 h
June 37.3°C25.5°C25.5°C898.914.214 h
July 32.8°C25.8°C25.8°C25921.814.014 h
August 31.6°C25.1°C25.1°C22021.913.313 h
September 31.3°C22.8°C22.8°C909.512.412 h
October 29.9°C16.9°C16.9°C182.011.411 h
November 24.9°C12.1°C12.1°C222.310.611 h
December, selected 19.7°C7.8°C7.8°C353.510.110 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 Gurdaspur

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 Gurdaspur) is explained once on the Gurdaspur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.