Climate averages 1991–2020
Pīlibhīt weather
in December.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Pīlibhīt: daytime highs average 22.3°C and nights cool to about 10.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 21 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bareilly (47 km away). In December its highs average 22.2°C, about as warm as Pīlibhīt, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Pīlibhīt ranks joint 578th of 692 for the warmest December highs and joint 554th of 692 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 692 cities is 25.6°C; Pīlibhīt is 3.3°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 20.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 18 mm to 44 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
Pīlibhīt climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.4°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 44 | 3.6 | 10.511 h |
| February | 23.8°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 56 | 4.3 | 11.211 h |
| March | 29.7°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 38 | 3.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 35.8°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 20 | 3.4 | 12.813 h |
| May | 37.8°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 27 | 5.4 | 13.614 h |
| June | 36.0°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 151 | 12.8 | 13.914 h |
| July | 31.6°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 435 | 26.4 | 13.814 h |
| August | 31.0°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 373 | 25.4 | 13.213 h |
| September | 30.8°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 221 | 16.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 30.2°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 27 | 2.3 | 11.512 h |
| November | 26.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 3.3 | 0.6 | 10.811 h |
| December, selected | 22.3°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 18 | 1.4 | 10.410 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
- Bareilly in DecemberIndia · 47 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 9.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Bhimdatta in DecemberNepal · 52 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 8.8°C · 12 mm rain
- Farīdpur, India in DecemberIndia · 53 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 9.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Rudrapur in DecemberIndia · 55 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 9.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Haldwani in DecemberIndia · 71 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 8.2°C · 13 mm rain
- Dhangaḍhi̇̄ in DecemberNepal · 77 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 9.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Rāmpur in DecemberIndia · 78 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 9.7°C · 14 mm rain
- Shāhjānpur in DecemberIndia · 84 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 9.9°C · 12 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 Pīlibhīt) is explained once on the Pīlibhīt year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.