Climate averages 1991–2020
Valparai weather
in December.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Valparai: daytime highs average 24.9°C and nights cool to about 16.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 87 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 32 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pollachi (37 km away). In December its highs average 27.5°C, 2.6°C warmer than Valparai, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Valparai ranks joint 400th of 692 for the warmest December highs and 656th of 692 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 692 cities is 25.6°C; Valparai is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 87 mm to 25 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
Valparai climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.7°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 25 | 5.2 | 11.612 h |
| February | 28.3°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 46 | 6.8 | 11.812 h |
| March | 29.0°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 139 | 15.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 331 | 28.2 | 12.312 h |
| May | 25.4°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 372 | 29.9 | 12.613 h |
| June | 23.0°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 509 | 29.5 | 12.713 h |
| July | 22.3°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 611 | 30.7 | 12.713 h |
| August | 22.6°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 499 | 30.6 | 12.512 h |
| September | 23.5°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 356 | 28.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 24.1°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 379 | 27.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 24.5°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 238 | 21.1 | 11.712 h |
| December, selected | 24.9°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 87 | 11.1 | 11.512 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
- Pollachi in DecemberIndia · 37 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.3°C · 53 mm rain
- Palakkad in DecemberIndia · 59 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 21.0°C · 28 mm rain
- Palani in DecemberIndia · 64 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 19.5°C · 90 mm rain
- Teni in DecemberIndia · 67 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.1°C · 70 mm rain
- Edattala in DecemberIndia · 69 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.0°C · 49 mm rain
- Coimbatore in DecemberIndia · 75 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 18.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Dharapuram in DecemberIndia · 78 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 19.6°C · 62 mm rain
- Idaiyarpālaiyam in DecemberIndia · 79 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.5°C · 50 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 Valparai) is explained once on the Valparai year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.