Hyderabad weather in December

In December, Hyderabad sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 3 mm of rain across 0.7 wet days and about 11 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 63% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 hours at the start of December to 11 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Hyderabad's 5th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Hyderabad's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
12th warmest
Overnight low
16°
1st coldest
Rainfall
3 mm
0.7 wet days
Daylight
11 hours
6:43 AM – 5:41 PM
Cloud cover
33%
5th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.85 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.7
out of 10

Hyderabad is capital of Telangana, India.

Air quality
Very high
PM2.5 40.1 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
3,406/km²
people per km²
Founded
1592

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical December day in Hyderabad reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 1°C cooler than November and on par with January.

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How December really feels in Hyderabad

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

December sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Hyderabad weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 17°61.211.17.3
Feb32° / 19°30.811.45.6
Mar35° / 22°101.711.93.3
Apr37° / 25°164.612.41.8
May38° / 27°195.112.81.2
Jun33° / 25°10714.6132.7
Jul30° / 24°17019.112.93.6
Aug29° / 23°16617.612.64.1
Sep30° / 23°13015.512.14.2
Oct30° / 21°9811.511.64.8
Nov29° / 19°203.311.26.5
Dec28° / 16°30.7117.7

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 63% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 23%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Hyderabad gets around 3 mm of rain over 0.7 wet days in December. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 2% and peaks near 5% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of December feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, December lands in the dry band about 47% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 7% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
136272313
237282213
338282212
438292111
539302111
640302010
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94231199
104330188
114430188
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235331124
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255332114
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Wind in December

Winds average 9 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 hours at the start of December to 11 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 6:35 AM to 6:50 AM, and sunset from 5:37 PM to 5:49 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.06:355:37
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311.06:365:37
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Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 4.85 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.09 kWh/m² to a high of 6.72 kWh/m² in May across the year — December's 4.85 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Hyderabad

In seasonPeak

None of Hyderabad's seasonal hazards are active in December. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Hyderabad's rainy season runs June–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
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Aug
Sep
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Dec

Is December a good time to visit Hyderabad?

Our two travel scores rate December for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

7.7
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
8.8
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

December is one of the better times to visit Hyderabad for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Hyderabad in December

From December's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In December, Hyderabad sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 16°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Hyderabad in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Hyderabad peaks around July 17 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 7 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highVery highExtremeVery highJul 17UV 13Jan 10UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan7High
Feb10Extreme
Mar10Very high
Apr12Extreme
May10Very high
Jun12Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Hyderabad in December

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where December falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Hyderabad is worst in December — around 57 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.7× the cleanest month (July, 21 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Hyderabad's WHO annual average of 40.1 µg/m³.

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyDec 2357 µg/m³Jul 1622 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan57Unhealthy
Feb47Poor
Mar41Poor
Apr35Moderate
May32Moderate
Jun26Moderate
Jul21Moderate
Aug26Moderate
Sep34Moderate
Oct51Poor
Nov53Poor
Dec57Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Hyderabad?

Hyderabad sits at 17.4°N, 78.5°E, 515 m above sea level, in India. The nearest listed city is Hampi, 312 km away.

HampiAurangabadElloraBengaluruManaliChennaiPanajiGoa

Topography around Hyderabad

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Hyderabad.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Hyderabad has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 103 m around an average of 514 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 197 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 500 m.

The land around Hyderabad is covered by artificial surfaces (87%) within 3 km, artificial surfaces (54%) within 16 km, and cropland (71%) within 80 km.

3 km
103 m
16 km
197 m
80 km
500 m
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December weather nearby: Hampi 312 km · Aurangabad 430 km · Ellora 454 km · Bengaluru 499 km · Manali 508 km · Chennai 516 km · Panaji 537 km · Goa 543 km

India travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / D / M
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 23% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$2,702
2025
Happiness
4.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
76%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
2.8
per 100k, 2022
Road deaths
15.6
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 484
Religion
Hindu 80%Muslim 14%Christian 2%other and unspecified 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Hyderabad (17.384°, 78.4564°, elevation 515 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).