Climate averages 1991–2020
Kharagpur weather
in December.
A warm, very dry month: the 11th warmest and 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 Kharagpur: daytime highs average 25.7°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 roughly 1 day, which makes December a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 48 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Medinīpur (9 km away). In December its highs average 25.5°C, about as warm as Kharagpur, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Kharagpur ranks joint 352nd 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; Kharagpur is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 25.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 mm to 14 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
Kharagpur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.2°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 14 | 1.8 | 10.911 h |
| February | 29.1°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 20 | 2.3 | 11.411 h |
| March | 34.0°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 24 | 4.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 36.8°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 49 | 9.4 | 12.713 h |
| May | 36.7°C27.0°C | 27.0°C | 105 | 11.6 | 13.213 h |
| June | 33.8°C27.1°C | 27.1°C | 237 | 20.6 | 13.513 h |
| July | 31.3°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 313 | 27.8 | 13.413 h |
| August | 31.0°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 299 | 28.5 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.9°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 226 | 23.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.2°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 115 | 11.8 | 11.712 h |
| November | 28.3°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 25 | 1.8 | 11.111 h |
| December, selected | 25.7°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 11 | 1.1 | 10.811 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
- Medinīpur in DecemberIndia · 9 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 13.8°C · 11 mm rain
- Contai in DecemberIndia · 76 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.7°C · 9.9 mm rain
- Baripāda in DecemberIndia · 76 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 13.2°C · 11 mm rain
- Uluberiya in DecemberIndia · 81 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 14.5°C · 10 mm rain
- Haldia in DecemberIndia · 87 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 15.6°C · 10 mm rain
- Budge Budge in DecemberIndia · 89 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 14.5°C · 10 mm rain
- Maheshtala in DecemberIndia · 97 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 14.6°C · 10 mm rain
- Balasore in DecemberIndia · 102 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 15.4°C · 13 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 Kharagpur) is explained once on the Kharagpur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.