Climate averages 1991–2020
Shimla weather
in December.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Shimla: daytime highs average 11.9°C and nights cool to about -1.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 10 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chandigarh (55 km away). In December its highs average 20.4°C, 8.5°C warmer than Shimla, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Shimla ranks 689th of 692 for the warmest December highs and joint 597th of 692 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 692 cities is 25.6°C; Shimla is 13.6°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.9°C to 9.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 30 mm to 85 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
Shimla climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.1°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 85 | 8.7 | 10.410 h |
| February | 10.8°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 109 | 10.9 | 11.111 h |
| March | 15.0°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 112 | 13.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 19.7°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 98 | 12.8 | 12.913 h |
| May | 23.2°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 76 | 12.7 | 13.714 h |
| June | 23.5°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 160 | 17.0 | 14.114 h |
| July | 21.8°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 378 | 28.2 | 14.014 h |
| August | 21.1°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 352 | 27.8 | 13.313 h |
| September | 20.5°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 193 | 18.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 18.3°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 33 | 6.1 | 11.411 h |
| November | 15.0°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 22 | 3.7 | 10.611 h |
| December, selected | 11.9°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 30 | 4.3 | 10.210 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
- Chandigarh in DecemberIndia · 55 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 7.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Panchkula in DecemberIndia · 55 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 7.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Mohali in DecemberIndia · 63 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 8.0°C · 11 mm rain
- Kharar in DecemberIndia · 64 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 8.0°C · 11 mm rain
- Rajpura in DecemberIndia · 89 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 8.5°C · 15 mm rain
- Ambāla in DecemberIndia · 90 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 9.0°C · 18 mm rain
- Ambala Sadar in DecemberIndia · 90 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 8.9°C · 18 mm rain
- Gobindgarh in DecemberIndia · 96 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 8.4°C · 15 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 Shimla) is explained once on the Shimla year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.