Climate averages 1991–2020
Sopur weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Sopur: daytime highs average 6.5°C and nights cool to about -2.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 77 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 55 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bāramūla (15 km away). In December its highs average 7.4°C, 0.9°C warmer than Sopur, with 66 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Sopur ranks 692nd of 692 for the warmest December highs and 651st of 692 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 692 cities is 25.6°C; Sopur is 19.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 3.9°C to 2.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 77 mm to 137 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
Sopur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.7°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 137 | 11.0 | 10.110 h |
| February | 4.4°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 180 | 12.6 | 10.911 h |
| March | 9.1°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 177 | 13.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.7°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 132 | 11.7 | 13.013 h |
| May | 20.9°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 65 | 8.9 | 13.914 h |
| June | 24.4°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 46 | 7.2 | 14.414 h |
| July | 25.3°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 166 | 16.5 | 14.214 h |
| August | 24.6°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 158 | 16.3 | 13.413 h |
| September | 22.7°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 68 | 6.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 18.1°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 30 | 3.7 | 11.411 h |
| November | 12.6°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 57 | 5.4 | 10.410 h |
| December, selected | 6.5°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 77 | 7.1 | 9.910 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
- Bāramūla in DecemberIndia · 15 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -1.8°C · 66 mm rain
- Dhirkot in DecemberPakistan · 87 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low -2.1°C · 57 mm rain
- Anantnag in DecemberIndia · 88 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low -3.8°C · 66 mm rain
- Muzaffarābād in DecemberPakistan · 92 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 1.8°C · 58 mm rain
- Abbottabad in DecemberPakistan · 117 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 1.2°C · 56 mm rain
- Battagram in DecemberPakistan · 140 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 1.7°C · 72 mm rain
- New Mirpur City in DecemberPakistan · 143 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 5.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Islamabad in DecemberPakistan · 146 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 5.6°C · 31 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 Sopur) is explained once on the Sopur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.