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New Delhi in December

Warm and dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in New Delhi is warm: highs near 76°F, lows near 49°F. Rain is rare, and daylight holds at about 10 hours 21 minutes.December in New Delhi is warm: highs near 24°C, lows near 9°C. Rain is rare, and daylight holds at about 10 hours 21 minutes.

High
76°F24°Caverage
Low
49°F9°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 4% of days
Daylight
10h 21mon average

Is December a good time to visit New Delhi?

Yes. December is one of New Delhi's best months (December to February).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 76°F in December, against 70°F to 106°F through the year.Highs near 24°C in December, against 21°C to 41°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

4% of days in December, against 4% to 69% through the year.

Cloud cover

18% cover in December, against 9% to 58% through the year.

Daylight

10h 21m in December, against 10h 21m to 13h 56m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with December shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. November85°29°low 58°low 14°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. December76°24°low 49°low 9°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. January70°21°low 45°low 7°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where New Delhi sits, in December

Asia/Kolkata
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
7:06 AMsets 5:26 PM
Above the sea
210 mlow-lying
Latitude
28.6°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Agra178 km south-east

The land around New Delhi, shaded by its typical high in December, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in India in December

high · low · wet days
See December on the planning mapThe whole year in New Delhi

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest New Delhi. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.