Climate averages 1991–2020
Kallakurichi weather
in December.
A warm, wet month: the coolest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Kallakurichi: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 20.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 90 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 27 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Virudhachalam (47 km away). In December its highs average 28.1°C, about as warm as Kallakurichi, with 99 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Kallakurichi ranks joint 203rd of 692 for the warmest December highs and joint 657th of 692 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 692 cities is 25.6°C; Kallakurichi is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 90 mm to 11 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
Kallakurichi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.0°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 11 | 3.2 | 11.512 h |
| February | 31.8°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 7.6 | 2.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 35.0°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 13 | 2.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 36.9°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 27 | 4.3 | 12.412 h |
| May | 37.6°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 62 | 10.3 | 12.713 h |
| June | 35.4°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 73 | 11.8 | 12.813 h |
| July | 34.5°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 82 | 13.0 | 12.713 h |
| August | 33.9°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 107 | 14.3 | 12.513 h |
| September | 33.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 128 | 15.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.3°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 172 | 19.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 173 | 15.9 | 11.612 h |
| December, selected | 27.8°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 90 | 8.7 | 11.511 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
- Virudhachalam in DecemberIndia · 47 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.0°C · 99 mm rain
- Tiruvannamalai in DecemberIndia · 56 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 19.6°C · 69 mm rain
- Neyveli in DecemberIndia · 60 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 21.2°C · 123 mm rain
- Villupuram in DecemberIndia · 62 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.1°C · 105 mm rain
- Cuddalore in DecemberIndia · 88 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 23.0°C · 157 mm rain
- Salem in DecemberIndia · 88 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 19.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Tindivanam in DecemberIndia · 94 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 21.2°C · 108 mm rain
- Puducherry in DecemberIndia · 97 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 141 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 Kallakurichi) is explained once on the Kallakurichi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.