Climate averages 1991–2020
Kātoya weather
in December.
A warm, very dry month: the 11th warmest and one of 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 Kātoya: daytime highs average 24.9°C and nights cool to about 13.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes December a very dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 42 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Navadwīp (36 km away). In December its highs average 25.1°C, about as warm as Kātoya, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Kātoya ranks joint 400th of 692 for the warmest December highs and joint 447th of 692 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 692 cities is 25.6°C; Kātoya is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 24.0°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 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
Kātoya climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.0°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 11 | 2.2 | 10.911 h |
| February | 27.8°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 20 | 2.5 | 11.311 h |
| March | 32.8°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 27 | 4.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 35.9°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 69 | 9.8 | 12.713 h |
| May | 35.2°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 177 | 17.0 | 13.313 h |
| June | 33.2°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 288 | 22.9 | 13.614 h |
| July | 31.4°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 315 | 28.2 | 13.413 h |
| August | 31.2°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 252 | 26.7 | 13.013 h |
| September | 31.0°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 230 | 22.6 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 109 | 10.5 | 11.612 h |
| November | 28.1°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 15 | 1.5 | 11.011 h |
| December, selected | 24.9°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 11 | 0.9 | 10.711 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
- Navadwīp in DecemberIndia · 36 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 14.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Bolpur in DecemberIndia · 44 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.1°C · 10 mm rain
- Krishnanagar in DecemberIndia · 45 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 14.1°C · 12 mm rain
- Barddhamān in DecemberIndia · 52 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 13.5°C · 12 mm rain
- Baharampur in DecemberIndia · 52 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 13.9°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Shāntipur in DecemberIndia · 54 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 14.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Rānāghāt in DecemberIndia · 68 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Kānchrāpāra in DecemberIndia · 82 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 14.1°C · 9.6 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 Kātoya) is explained once on the Kātoya year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.