Climate averages 1991–2020
Raipur weather
in December.
A warm, very dry month: the coolest and the 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 Raipur: daytime highs average 26.2°C and nights cool to about 13.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes December a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 52 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bhilai Charoda (18 km away). In December its highs average 26.3°C, about as warm as Raipur, with 9.0 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Raipur ranks joint 325th of 692 for the warmest December highs and joint 447th of 692 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 692 cities is 25.6°C; Raipur is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 mm to 16 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
Raipur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.4°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 16 | 1.9 | 11.011 h |
| February | 30.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 12 | 2.3 | 11.411 h |
| March | 34.7°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 13 | 2.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 38.8°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 15 | 3.5 | 12.613 h |
| May | 41.1°C28.9°C | 28.9°C | 16 | 3.9 | 13.113 h |
| June | 35.6°C27.5°C | 27.5°C | 202 | 17.2 | 13.413 h |
| July | 29.9°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 385 | 25.5 | 13.313 h |
| August | 29.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 383 | 25.6 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 228 | 19.2 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.3°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 65 | 7.8 | 11.712 h |
| November | 28.3°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 12 | 1.7 | 11.111 h |
| December, selected | 26.2°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 11 | 1.2 | 10.911 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
- Bhilai Charoda in DecemberIndia · 18 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 13.7°C · 9.0 mm rain
- Bhilai in DecemberIndia · 21 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 13.6°C · 9.0 mm rain
- Durg in DecemberIndia · 37 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 13.5°C · 7.6 mm rain
- Dhamtari in DecemberIndia · 59 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 14.8°C · 10 mm rain
- Rāj-Nāndgaon in DecemberIndia · 64 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 13.8°C · 7.7 mm rain
- Bilāspur in DecemberIndia · 109 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 13.3°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Gondiā in DecemberIndia · 151 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 12.9°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Bālāghāt in DecemberIndia · 163 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 12.3°C · 5.5 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 Raipur) is explained once on the Raipur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.