Climate averages 1991–2020
Vijayawada weather
in December.
A hot, very dry month: the coolest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Vijayawada: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 19.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes December a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 10 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mangalagiri (12 km away). In December its highs average 29.0°C, about as warm as Vijayawada, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Vijayawada ranks joint 76th of 692 for the warmest December highs and joint 496th of 692 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 692 cities is 25.6°C; Vijayawada is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 13 mm to 6.2 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
Vijayawada climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.8°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 6.2 | 1.6 | 11.311 h |
| February | 32.5°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 9.0 | 1.5 | 11.612 h |
| March | 35.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 8.3 | 1.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 37.5°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 17 | 3.0 | 12.513 h |
| May | 39.4°C28.5°C | 28.5°C | 36 | 4.7 | 12.913 h |
| June | 35.7°C27.9°C | 27.9°C | 144 | 14.3 | 13.113 h |
| July | 32.5°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 175 | 18.8 | 13.013 h |
| August | 31.6°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 179 | 17.9 | 12.713 h |
| September | 31.6°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 197 | 17.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.8°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 141 | 15.7 | 11.812 h |
| November | 29.8°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 63 | 6.9 | 11.411 h |
| December, selected | 29.1°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 13 | 1.6 | 11.211 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
- Mangalagiri in DecemberIndia · 12 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 19.2°C · 13 mm rain
- Amaravati in DecemberIndia · 14 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 19.4°C · 13 mm rain
- Thenali in DecemberIndia · 29 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 19.3°C · 18 mm rain
- Guntur in DecemberIndia · 31 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 19.2°C · 16 mm rain
- Gudivāda in DecemberIndia · 38 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 19.7°C · 15 mm rain
- Eluru in DecemberIndia · 54 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 19.2°C · 12 mm rain
- Machilīpatnam in DecemberIndia · 63 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 21.1°C · 25 mm rain
- Chilakalūrupet in DecemberIndia · 69 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.1°C · 18 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 Vijayawada) is explained once on the Vijayawada year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.