Climate averages 1991–2020
Sambalpur 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 Sambalpur: daytime highs average 26.9°C and nights cool to about 15.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 9.4 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 51 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Brajarajnagar (40 km away). In December its highs average 26.3°C, 0.7°C cooler than Sambalpur, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Sambalpur ranks joint 291st of 692 for the warmest December highs and joint 400th of 692 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 692 cities is 25.6°C; Sambalpur is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 27.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 9.4 mm to 17 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
Sambalpur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.0°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 17 | 2.0 | 11.011 h |
| February | 30.8°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 13 | 2.0 | 11.411 h |
| March | 35.5°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 15 | 2.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 39.0°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 17 | 4.0 | 12.613 h |
| May | 40.2°C28.1°C | 28.1°C | 27 | 4.4 | 13.113 h |
| June | 34.9°C27.4°C | 27.4°C | 249 | 18.1 | 13.413 h |
| July | 30.2°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 418 | 26.9 | 13.313 h |
| August | 29.7°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 384 | 26.6 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 237 | 21.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.5°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 69 | 8.6 | 11.712 h |
| November | 29.0°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 11 | 1.7 | 11.111 h |
| December, selected | 26.9°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 9.4 | 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
- Brajarajnagar in DecemberIndia · 40 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 13.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Bargarh in DecemberIndia · 40 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 15.1°C · 9.7 mm rain
- Jharsuguda in DecemberIndia · 43 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 13.2°C · 11 mm rain
- Raigarh in DecemberIndia · 77 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 13.7°C · 12 mm rain
- Balāngīr in DecemberIndia · 98 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 15.4°C · 10 mm rain
- Rourkela in DecemberIndia · 125 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 13.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Korba in DecemberIndia · 164 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 12.7°C · 9.7 mm rain
- Bilāspur in DecemberIndia · 200 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 13.3°C · 8.5 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 Sambalpur) is explained once on the Sambalpur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.