Climate averages 1991–2020
Rāyagada weather
in December.
A warm, fairly dry month: the coolest and one of 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 Rāyagada: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 15.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 00 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Paralakhemundi (84 km away). In December its highs average 27.3°C, about as warm as Rāyagada, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Rāyagada ranks joint 282nd of 692 for the warmest December highs and joint 532nd of 692 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 692 cities is 25.6°C; Rāyagada is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 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
Rāyagada climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.0°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 16 | 2.3 | 11.111 h |
| February | 31.3°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 15 | 2.4 | 11.512 h |
| March | 35.2°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 28 | 5.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 36.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 49 | 12.4 | 12.613 h |
| May | 37.6°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 74 | 12.6 | 13.013 h |
| June | 33.4°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 221 | 21.4 | 13.313 h |
| July | 30.1°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 351 | 25.5 | 13.213 h |
| August | 29.7°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 318 | 25.9 | 12.813 h |
| September | 30.2°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 232 | 21.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.7°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 117 | 12.4 | 11.712 h |
| November | 28.3°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 37 | 4.0 | 11.211 h |
| December, selected | 27.1°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 15 | 1.8 | 11.011 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
- Paralakhemundi in DecemberIndia · 84 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 16.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Nowrangapur in DecemberIndia · 91 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 12.7°C · 10 mm rain
- Jeypore in DecemberIndia · 95 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 13.5°C · 8.7 mm rain
- Srikakulam in DecemberIndia · 110 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 19.6°C · 23 mm rain
- Vizianagaram in DecemberIndia · 117 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 17.6°C · 29 mm rain
- Brahmapur in DecemberIndia · 146 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 17.1°C · 18 mm rain
- Jagdalpur in DecemberIndia · 147 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 13.6°C · 11 mm rain
- Rasapūdipalem in DecemberIndia · 160 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.9°C · 26 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 Rāyagada) is explained once on the Rāyagada year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.