Climate averages 1991–2020
Ooty weather
in December.
A mild, moderately wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Ooty: daytime highs average 19.2°C and nights cool to about 11.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 4th 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 Idaiyarpālaiyam (48 km away). In December its highs average 27.3°C, 8.1°C warmer than Ooty, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Ooty ranks 680th of 692 for the warmest December highs and joint 630th of 692 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 692 cities is 25.6°C; Ooty is 6.3°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 19.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 58 mm to 20 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
Ooty climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.9°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 20 | 4.8 | 11.512 h |
| February | 20.9°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 24 | 5.0 | 11.812 h |
| March | 22.4°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 44 | 7.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 22.8°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 85 | 15.0 | 12.412 h |
| May | 22.3°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 161 | 23.2 | 12.613 h |
| June | 20.2°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 205 | 23.7 | 12.813 h |
| July | 19.2°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 202 | 24.7 | 12.713 h |
| August | 19.4°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 179 | 22.9 | 12.512 h |
| September | 19.9°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 145 | 20.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 19.5°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 196 | 22.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 19.0°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 134 | 16.3 | 11.612 h |
| December, selected | 19.2°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 58 | 8.3 | 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
- Idaiyarpālaiyam in DecemberIndia · 48 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.5°C · 50 mm rain
- Coimbatore in DecemberIndia · 54 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 18.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Manjeri in DecemberIndia · 71 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 20.5°C · 33 mm rain
- Palakkad in DecemberIndia · 71 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 21.0°C · 28 mm rain
- Velampālaiyam in DecemberIndia · 74 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 19.4°C · 58 mm rain
- Malappuram in DecemberIndia · 79 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.1°C · 33 mm rain
- Tiruppur in DecemberIndia · 79 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 19.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Pollachi in DecemberIndia · 91 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.3°C · 53 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 Ooty) is explained once on the Ooty year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.