Climate averages 1991–2020

Pālghar weather
in December.

A hot, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.

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

Average high 30.6°C Daytime mean, December
Average low 20.1°C Night-time mean, December
Rainfall 4.2 mm fewer than one day with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Pālghar · average highYear overview

December is a hot month in Pālghar: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 20.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 4.2 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes December a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 58 min on an average December day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Virār (27 km away). In December its highs average 31.0°C, about as warm as Pālghar, with 3.9 mm of rain.

Among the 692 cities listed in India, Pālghar ranks joint 21st of 692 for the warmest December highs and joint 93rd of 692 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 692 cities is 25.6°C; Pālghar is 5.0°C warmer than that mean.

From December to January, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 4.2 mm to under 1 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. 152025303540 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 5500

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

Every month, side by side

Pālghar climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Pālghar, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 29.6°C18.6°C18.6°C0.60.211.111 h
February 30.8°C19.2°C19.2°C0.40.111.511 h
March 33.4°C21.3°C21.3°C0.70.212.012 h
April 34.3°C23.6°C23.6°C0.50.212.613 h
May 33.8°C26.4°C26.4°C8.02.013.113 h
June 30.8°C26.5°C26.5°C32922.813.313 h
July 28.1°C25.4°C25.4°C54330.913.213 h
August 27.9°C24.9°C24.9°C40330.512.813 h
September 29.0°C24.7°C24.7°C22521.512.312 h
October 31.9°C24.1°C24.1°C498.211.712 h
November 32.2°C22.6°C22.6°C7.21.211.211 h
December, selected 30.6°C20.1°C20.1°C4.20.411.011 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 Pālghar

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 Pālghar) is explained once on the Pālghar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.