Climate averages 1991–2020
Ponnāni weather
in December.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Ponnāni: daytime highs average 31.2°C and nights cool to about 22.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 30 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Malappuram (35 km away). In December its highs average 30.5°C, 0.7°C cooler than Ponnāni, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Ponnāni ranks joint 15th of 692 for the warmest December highs and joint 595th of 692 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 692 cities is 25.6°C; Ponnāni is 5.7°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 33.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 29 mm to 6.4 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
Ponnāni climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.0°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 6.4 | 1.4 | 11.612 h |
| February | 34.0°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 11 | 3.0 | 11.812 h |
| March | 34.2°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 48 | 11.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.4°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 154 | 23.8 | 12.412 h |
| May | 30.7°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 286 | 26.1 | 12.613 h |
| June | 28.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 531 | 29.6 | 12.713 h |
| July | 27.7°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 522 | 30.3 | 12.713 h |
| August | 27.9°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 385 | 28.7 | 12.512 h |
| September | 28.6°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 253 | 23.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 271 | 26.3 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.9°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 133 | 16.3 | 11.612 h |
| December, selected | 31.2°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 29 | 5.0 | 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
- Malappuram in DecemberIndia · 35 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.1°C · 33 mm rain
- Thrissur in DecemberIndia · 42 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 34 mm rain
- Manjeri in DecemberIndia · 45 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 20.5°C · 33 mm rain
- Kozhikode in DecemberIndia · 56 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.0°C · 32 mm rain
- Koyilandy in DecemberIndia · 79 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.6°C · 34 mm rain
- Palakkad in DecemberIndia · 80 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 21.0°C · 28 mm rain
- Edattala in DecemberIndia · 94 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.0°C · 49 mm rain
- Kanayannur in DecemberIndia · 97 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.4°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 Ponnāni) is explained once on the Ponnāni year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.