Climate averages 1991–2020
Tellicherry weather
in December.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Tellicherry: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 21.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 27 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Badagara (19 km away). In December its highs average 28.9°C, 0.5°C cooler than Tellicherry, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Tellicherry ranks joint 53rd of 692 for the warmest December highs and joint 606th of 692 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 692 cities is 25.6°C; Tellicherry is 3.9°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 34 mm to 5.2 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
Tellicherry climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.2°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 5.2 | 1.2 | 11.512 h |
| February | 31.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 5.1 | 1.3 | 11.712 h |
| March | 31.7°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 22 | 4.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.3°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 101 | 16.4 | 12.412 h |
| May | 30.1°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 246 | 21.3 | 12.713 h |
| June | 27.2°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 691 | 29.2 | 12.813 h |
| July | 26.5°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 639 | 30.3 | 12.713 h |
| August | 26.7°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 423 | 27.8 | 12.513 h |
| September | 27.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 255 | 21.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.1°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 266 | 24.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.9°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 116 | 15.7 | 11.612 h |
| December, selected | 29.4°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 34 | 5.5 | 11.411 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
- Badagara in DecemberIndia · 19 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.9°C · 40 mm rain
- Taliparamba in DecemberIndia · 36 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Koyilandy in DecemberIndia · 41 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.6°C · 34 mm rain
- Payyanur in DecemberIndia · 50 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 19 mm rain
- Kozhikode in DecemberIndia · 64 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.0°C · 32 mm rain
- Kanhangad in DecemberIndia · 75 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.8°C · 19 mm rain
- Manjeri in DecemberIndia · 98 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 20.5°C · 33 mm rain
- Malappuram in DecemberIndia · 101 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.1°C · 33 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 Tellicherry) is explained once on the Tellicherry year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.