Climate · Mumbai

Mumbai in December

Hot and dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Mumbai is hot: highs near 90°F, lows near 69°F. Rain is rare, and daylight holds at about 11 hours.December in Mumbai is hot: highs near 32°C, lows near 21°C. Rain is rare, and daylight holds at about 11 hours.

High
90°F32°Caverage
Low
69°F21°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 3% of days
Daylight
11h 00mon average

Is December a good time to visit Mumbai?


Yes. December is one of Mumbai'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 90°F in December, against 85°F to 94°F through the year.Highs near 32°C in December, against 29°C to 34°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

3% of days in December, against 0% to 100% through the year.

Cloud cover

33% cover in December, against 20% to 80% through the year.

Daylight

11h 00m in December, against 11h 00m to 13h 15m 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. November92°33°low 73°low 23°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. December90°32°low 69°low 21°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. January88°31°low 66°low 19°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Mumbai sits, in December

Asia/Kolkata

this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
7:04 AMsets 6:03 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
19.1°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Udaipur620 km north

The land around Mumbai, 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

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Mumbai. 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.