Climate averages 1991–2020
Palani weather
in December.
A warm, wet month: the coolest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Palani: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 19.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 90 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 32 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dharapuram (32 km away). In December its highs average 27.6°C, 0.5°C warmer than Palani, with 62 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Palani ranks joint 282nd of 692 for the warmest December highs and joint 657th of 692 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 692 cities is 25.6°C; Palani is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 90 mm to 11 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
Palani climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 11 | 2.6 | 11.612 h |
| February | 32.1°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 15 | 2.3 | 11.812 h |
| March | 35.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 18 | 3.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 35.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 36 | 8.0 | 12.412 h |
| May | 34.9°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 67 | 15.5 | 12.613 h |
| June | 32.1°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 72 | 16.1 | 12.713 h |
| July | 31.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 69 | 15.4 | 12.713 h |
| August | 31.3°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 71 | 16.5 | 12.512 h |
| September | 31.9°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 89 | 17.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.1°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 156 | 20.3 | 11.912 h |
| November | 27.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 185 | 16.3 | 11.712 h |
| December, selected | 27.1°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 90 | 8.4 | 11.512 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
- Dharapuram in DecemberIndia · 32 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 19.6°C · 62 mm rain
- Teni in DecemberIndia · 49 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.1°C · 70 mm rain
- Dindigul in DecemberIndia · 51 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.2°C · 101 mm rain
- Pollachi in DecemberIndia · 61 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.3°C · 53 mm rain
- Valparai in DecemberIndia · 64 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 16.7°C · 87 mm rain
- Tiruppur in DecemberIndia · 76 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 19.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Velampālaiyam in DecemberIndia · 80 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 19.4°C · 58 mm rain
- Karur in DecemberIndia · 83 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.7°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 Palani) is explained once on the Palani year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.