Climate averages 1991–2020

Nellore weather
in December.

A warm, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 27.7°C Daytime mean, December
Average low 20.9°C Night-time mean, December
Rainfall 63 mm 6 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Nellore · average highYear overview

December is a warm month in Nellore: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 20.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 63 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 17 min on an average December day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Gūdūr (36 km away). In December its highs average 27.8°C, about as warm as Nellore, with 62 mm of rain.

Among the 692 cities listed in India, Nellore ranks joint 215th of 692 for the warmest December highs and 636th of 692 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 692 cities is 25.6°C; Nellore is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.

From December to January, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 63 mm to 10 mm.

The annual picture

December in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 15202530354045 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Nellore climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Nellore, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 28.3°C20.0°C20.0°C102.611.411 h
February 30.8°C21.1°C21.1°C7.91.411.712 h
March 33.9°C23.4°C23.4°C6.31.312.012 h
April 36.2°C26.2°C26.2°C8.91.612.412 h
May 38.3°C28.5°C28.5°C343.412.813 h
June 36.4°C28.2°C28.2°C7211.013.013 h
July 34.5°C27.2°C27.2°C7713.912.913 h
August 33.8°C26.7°C26.7°C8913.412.613 h
September 33.4°C26.3°C26.3°C10515.212.212 h
October 31.3°C24.8°C24.8°C19017.011.812 h
November 28.9°C22.8°C22.8°C16014.111.511 h
December, selected 27.7°C20.9°C20.9°C636.311.311 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

Distance from Nellore

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Nellore) is explained once on the Nellore year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.