Climate averages 1991–2020

Kanhangad weather
in December.

A hot, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.

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

Average high 30.3°C Daytime mean, December
Average low 22.8°C Night-time mean, December
Rainfall 19 mm 4 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Kanhangad · average highYear overview

December is a hot month in Kanhangad: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 25 min on an average December day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Payyanur (26 km away). In December its highs average 29.6°C, 0.7°C cooler than Kanhangad, with 19 mm of rain.

Among the 692 cities listed in India, Kanhangad ranks joint 26th of 692 for the warmest December highs and joint 566th of 692 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 692 cities is 25.6°C; Kanhangad is 4.7°C warmer than that mean.

From December to January, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 30.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 19 mm to 3.3 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. 20253035 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 7500

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

Every month, side by side

Kanhangad climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Kanhangad, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 30.8°C22.5°C22.5°C3.31.011.511 h
February 31.4°C23.2°C23.2°C3.71.011.712 h
March 31.8°C24.6°C24.6°C193.212.112 h
April 31.5°C25.7°C25.7°C6811.012.412 h
May 30.5°C25.8°C25.8°C21918.412.713 h
June 27.6°C24.5°C24.5°C71929.412.813 h
July 26.8°C23.9°C23.9°C69530.812.813 h
August 27.0°C23.7°C23.7°C44529.512.513 h
September 27.8°C23.7°C23.7°C24022.512.212 h
October 28.6°C23.8°C23.8°C21821.211.912 h
November 29.6°C23.7°C23.7°C7510.311.612 h
December, selected 30.3°C22.8°C22.8°C193.611.411 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 Kanhangad

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