Climate averages 1991–2020
Kumarapalayam weather
in December.
A hot, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Kumarapalayam: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 20.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 28 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Erode (11 km away). In December its highs average 29.3°C, about as warm as Kumarapalayam, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Kumarapalayam ranks joint 59th of 692 for the warmest December highs and joint 614th of 692 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 692 cities is 25.6°C; Kumarapalayam is 3.7°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 31.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 40 mm to 3.9 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
Kumarapalayam climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.1°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 3.9 | 1.4 | 11.512 h |
| February | 33.8°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 5.4 | 1.6 | 11.812 h |
| March | 36.7°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 11 | 2.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 37.7°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 30 | 5.8 | 12.412 h |
| May | 37.4°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 63 | 12.8 | 12.613 h |
| June | 33.8°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 99 | 18.4 | 12.813 h |
| July | 32.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 121 | 21.0 | 12.713 h |
| August | 31.8°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 117 | 20.3 | 12.512 h |
| September | 32.4°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 101 | 17.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 138 | 17.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.6°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 105 | 12.1 | 11.612 h |
| December, selected | 29.3°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 40 | 4.9 | 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
- Erode in DecemberIndia · 11 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Tiruchengode in DecemberIndia · 21 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.1°C · 48 mm rain
- Tiruppur in DecemberIndia · 53 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 19.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Salem in DecemberIndia · 54 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 19.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Velampālaiyam in DecemberIndia · 55 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 19.4°C · 58 mm rain
- Karur in DecemberIndia · 68 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.7°C · 53 mm rain
- Dharapuram in DecemberIndia · 81 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 19.6°C · 62 mm rain
- Coimbatore in DecemberIndia · 95 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 18.7°C · 50 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 Kumarapalayam) is explained once on the Kumarapalayam year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.