Climate averages 1991–2020

Sītāpur weather
in December.

A warm, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 22.6°C Daytime mean, December
Average low 10.3°C Night-time mean, December
Rainfall 14 mm 1 day with ≥1 mm
Daylight 10 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Sītāpur · average highYear overview

December is a warm month in Sītāpur: daytime highs average 22.6°C and nights cool to about 10.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes December a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 26 min on an average December day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Lakhīmpur (44 km away). In December its highs average 22.5°C, about as warm as Sītāpur, with 14 mm of rain.

Among the 692 cities listed in India, Sītāpur ranks joint 549th of 692 for the warmest December highs and joint 516th of 692 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 692 cities is 25.6°C; Sītāpur is 3.0°C cooler than that mean.

From December to January, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 20.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 14 mm to 23 mm.

The annual picture

December in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 51015202530354045 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Sītāpur climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Sītāpur, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 20.8°C9.0°C9.0°C232.810.611 h
February 24.4°C12.0°C12.0°C303.211.211 h
March 30.4°C16.5°C16.5°C202.912.012 h
April 36.5°C21.9°C21.9°C123.212.813 h
May 38.5°C25.7°C25.7°C214.913.513 h
June 36.5°C27.2°C27.2°C13513.213.914 h
July 32.0°C26.2°C26.2°C31525.113.714 h
August 31.3°C25.8°C25.8°C26424.913.113 h
September 31.1°C24.4°C24.4°C15716.212.312 h
October 30.5°C19.6°C19.6°C302.711.512 h
November 27.1°C14.6°C14.6°C2.70.610.811 h
December, selected 22.6°C10.3°C10.3°C141.010.410 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

Distance from Sītāpur

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Sītāpur) is explained once on the Sītāpur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.