Climate averages 1991–2020
Kohima weather
in December.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Kohima: daytime highs average 16.7°C and nights cool to about 6.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 34 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dimāpur (47 km away). In December its highs average 22.1°C, 5.4°C warmer than Kohima, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Kohima ranks 686th 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; Kohima is 8.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 15.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 19 mm to 26 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
Kohima climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.6°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 26 | 5.2 | 10.711 h |
| February | 17.5°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 43 | 7.2 | 11.311 h |
| March | 20.5°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 89 | 12.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.3°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 180 | 19.3 | 12.713 h |
| May | 23.5°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 304 | 25.9 | 13.413 h |
| June | 24.5°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 480 | 29.0 | 13.714 h |
| July | 24.4°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 534 | 30.6 | 13.614 h |
| August | 24.3°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 501 | 30.6 | 13.013 h |
| September | 23.7°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 375 | 28.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 21.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 209 | 24.1 | 11.612 h |
| November | 19.2°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 45 | 8.6 | 10.911 h |
| December, selected | 16.7°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 19 | 3.3 | 10.611 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
- Dimāpur in DecemberIndia · 47 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 12.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Imphal in DecemberIndia · 98 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 10.2°C · 11 mm rain
- Jorhat in DecemberIndia · 121 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 13.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Silchar in DecemberIndia · 162 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 13.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Nagaon in DecemberIndia · 163 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 14.8°C · 9.9 mm rain
- Tezpur in DecemberIndia · 169 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 14.7°C · 7.7 mm rain
- Dibrugarh in DecemberIndia · 216 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 13.8°C · 12 mm rain
- Shillong in DecemberIndia · 224 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 8.5°C · 16 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 Kohima) is explained once on the Kohima year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.