Climate averages 1991–2020
Madhyapur Thimi weather
in December.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Madhyapur Thimi: daytime highs average 16.9°C and nights cool to about 8.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 2nd 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 Hetauda (45 km away). In December its highs average 21.2°C, 4.3°C warmer than Madhyapur Thimi, with 10 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Nepal, Madhyapur Thimi ranks 15th of 16 for the warmest December highs and 15th of 16 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 16 cities is 21.6°C; Madhyapur Thimi is 4.7°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 15.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 20 mm to 42 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
Madhyapur Thimi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.6°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 42 | 5.4 | 10.611 h |
| February | 17.6°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 51 | 8.1 | 11.211 h |
| March | 21.2°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 60 | 11.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.4°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 86 | 14.5 | 12.813 h |
| May | 25.3°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 186 | 22.6 | 13.514 h |
| June | 25.7°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 404 | 27.3 | 13.914 h |
| July | 25.0°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 717 | 30.9 | 13.714 h |
| August | 25.2°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 571 | 30.8 | 13.113 h |
| September | 24.6°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 304 | 27.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 22.6°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 79 | 13.8 | 11.512 h |
| November | 19.5°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 18 | 4.5 | 10.811 h |
| December, selected | 16.9°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 20 | 2.6 | 10.410 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
- Hetauda in DecemberNepal · 45 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 11.0°C · 10 mm rain
- Birgañj in DecemberNepal · 89 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 11.7°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Bharatpur, Nepal in DecemberNepal · 94 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 11.7°C · 12 mm rain
- Janakpur in DecemberNepal · 118 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 12.2°C · 5.0 mm rain
- Mothīhāri in DecemberIndia · 124 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 12.0°C · 7.8 mm rain
- Bettiah in DecemberIndia · 131 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 11.9°C · 8.4 mm rain
- Bagaha (Bihar, 27.10°N 84.09°E), India in DecemberIndia · 143 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 11.4°C · 9.6 mm rain
- Lahān in DecemberNepal · 152 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 11.6°C · 4.0 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 Madhyapur Thimi) is explained once on the Madhyapur Thimi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.