Climate averages 1991–2020
Maraimalainagar weather
in December.
A warm, wet month: the coolest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Maraimalainagar: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 21.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 104 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a wet month (the 8th 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 Tambaram (18 km away). In December its highs average 27.5°C, about as warm as Maraimalainagar, with 117 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Maraimalainagar ranks joint 224th of 692 for the warmest December highs and joint 670th of 692 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 692 cities is 25.6°C; Maraimalainagar is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 104 mm to 12 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
Maraimalainagar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.2°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 12 | 2.9 | 11.511 h |
| February | 30.3°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 7.0 | 1.8 | 11.712 h |
| March | 32.8°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 11 | 1.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 34.7°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 18 | 3.3 | 12.412 h |
| May | 36.7°C27.8°C | 27.8°C | 41 | 5.6 | 12.713 h |
| June | 35.6°C27.5°C | 27.5°C | 75 | 12.1 | 12.913 h |
| July | 34.4°C26.8°C | 26.8°C | 79 | 14.7 | 12.813 h |
| August | 33.5°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 106 | 15.7 | 12.513 h |
| September | 32.7°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 121 | 16.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 195 | 20.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.6°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 187 | 16.7 | 11.512 h |
| December, selected | 27.6°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 104 | 8.8 | 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
- Tambaram in DecemberIndia · 18 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 21.8°C · 117 mm rain
- Pallāvaram in DecemberIndia · 23 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 22.1°C · 117 mm rain
- Neelankarai in DecemberIndia · 30 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 22.4°C · 117 mm rain
- Kanchipuram in DecemberIndia · 35 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 20.5°C · 95 mm rain
- Avadi in DecemberIndia · 36 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 21.2°C · 92 mm rain
- Chennai in DecemberIndia · 42 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 22.1°C · 117 mm rain
- Arakkonam in DecemberIndia · 50 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 19.9°C · 81 mm rain
- Tiruvottiyūr in DecemberIndia · 50 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 22.3°C · 116 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 Maraimalainagar) is explained once on the Maraimalainagar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.