Climate averages 1991–2020
Mangaluru 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.
December is a hot month in Mangaluru: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 3 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 23 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Udupi (48 km away). In December its highs average 31.3°C, 0.8°C warmer than Mangaluru, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Mangaluru ranks joint 21st of 692 for the warmest December highs and joint 532nd of 692 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 692 cities is 25.6°C; Mangaluru is 5.0°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 30.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 15 mm to 2.0 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
Mangaluru climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.9°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 2.0 | 0.7 | 11.511 h |
| February | 31.5°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 1.5 | 0.4 | 11.712 h |
| March | 32.1°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 15 | 2.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.3°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 50 | 9.1 | 12.412 h |
| May | 31.1°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 175 | 17.4 | 12.713 h |
| June | 27.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 592 | 29.4 | 12.913 h |
| July | 26.8°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 631 | 30.9 | 12.813 h |
| August | 26.9°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 437 | 30.0 | 12.613 h |
| September | 27.7°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 228 | 24.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.7°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 224 | 22.2 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.8°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 72 | 10.0 | 11.512 h |
| December, selected | 30.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 15 | 3.2 | 11.411 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
- Udupi in DecemberIndia · 48 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 21.6°C · 14 mm rain
- Kanhangad in DecemberIndia · 73 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.8°C · 19 mm rain
- Payyanur in DecemberIndia · 99 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 19 mm rain
- Chikmagalūr in DecemberIndia · 109 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 14.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Taliparamba in DecemberIndia · 112 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Hassan in DecemberIndia · 135 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 14.9°C · 14 mm rain
- Shivamogga in DecemberIndia · 137 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 17.2°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Bhadrāvati in DecemberIndia · 138 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 17.7°C · 8.8 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 Mangaluru) is explained once on the Mangaluru year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.