Climate averages 1991–2020
Nāgercoil weather
in December.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 9th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Nāgercoil: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 72 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 39 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Neyyāttinkara (45 km away). In December its highs average 28.8°C, about as warm as Nāgercoil, with 82 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Nāgercoil ranks joint 76th of 692 for the warmest December highs and joint 644th of 692 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 692 cities is 25.6°C; Nāgercoil is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 72 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
Nāgercoil climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.6°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 12 | 2.3 | 11.712 h |
| February | 32.1°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 14 | 2.9 | 11.912 h |
| March | 33.1°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 36 | 7.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.1°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 78 | 16.8 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.9°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 85 | 14.6 | 12.512 h |
| June | 29.1°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 79 | 14.7 | 12.613 h |
| July | 28.9°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 49 | 11.5 | 12.513 h |
| August | 29.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 51 | 9.7 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 62 | 11.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 171 | 18.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.7°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 197 | 17.8 | 11.812 h |
| December, selected | 29.1°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 72 | 7.7 | 11.712 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
- Neyyāttinkara in DecemberIndia · 45 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 82 mm rain
- Thiruvananthapuram in DecemberIndia · 63 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 23.3°C · 82 mm rain
- Tirunelveli in DecemberIndia · 67 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.3°C · 125 mm rain
- Thenkasi in DecemberIndia · 88 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 20.4°C · 74 mm rain
- Kadayanallur in DecemberIndia · 100 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 20.5°C · 74 mm rain
- Thoothukudi in DecemberIndia · 101 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.5°C · 140 mm rain
- Kovilpatti in DecemberIndia · 120 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 98 mm rain
- Kollam in DecemberIndia · 122 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.7°C · 64 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 Nāgercoil) is explained once on the Nāgercoil year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.