Thimphu climate

Thimphu Weather in December

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Thimphu, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 9°C on December 1 to 6°C on December 31, and lows from -3°C to -6°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 3 mm over about 0 wet days.

December day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Thimphu, in °C, with the record for each date.-20-1001020151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

December at a glance

Average high
7°C
Average low
-5°C
Precipitation
3 mm
Reanalysis high
14°CDec 21, 2016
Reanalysis low
-13°CDec 29, 2018
Daylight
10 h 32 min to 10 h 26 min
Cloud cover
52%
Humidity
66%
Dew point
-7°C
Wind
6.5 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Dec 19°C-3°C13°C 2011-7°C 19912%
Dec 29°C-3°C13°C 2014-8°C 19912%
Dec 39°C-3°C13°C 2014-8°C 20002%
Dec 49°C-3°C12°C 2006-8°C 19942%
Dec 58°C-3°C13°C 1993-7°C 19922%
Dec 68°C-3°C13°C 1993-8°C 19922%
Dec 78°C-4°C13°C 2008-6°C 19923%
Dec 88°C-4°C12°C 2017-7°C 19993%
Dec 98°C-4°C12°C 2016-8°C 19993%
Dec 108°C-4°C12°C 2008-8°C 19993%
Dec 118°C-4°C11°C 2017-8°C 19973%
Dec 128°C-4°C12°C 2016-9°C 20183%
Dec 138°C-4°C11°C 2016-8°C 19982%
Dec 148°C-4°C11°C 1994-8°C 20132%
Dec 158°C-4°C11°C 2006-11°C 20132%
Dec 167°C-5°C11°C 2006-11°C 20132%
Dec 177°C-5°C12°C 2000-8°C 19992%
Dec 187°C-5°C13°C 2008-9°C 19972%
Dec 197°C-5°C13°C 2008-9°C 20182%
Dec 207°C-5°C13°C 2016-10°C 20102%
Dec 217°C-5°C14°C 2016-10°C 19942%
Dec 227°C-5°C12°C 2000-11°C 19942%
Dec 237°C-5°C11°C 2000-10°C 19922%
Dec 247°C-5°C10°C 2007-11°C 19922%
Dec 257°C-5°C10°C 2006-10°C 20093%
Dec 266°C-6°C10°C 2007-10°C 20123%
Dec 276°C-6°C12°C 2007-12°C 20044%
Dec 286°C-6°C12°C 2007-10°C 19914%
Dec 296°C-6°C12°C 2004-13°C 20184%
Dec 306°C-6°C13°C 2004-12°C 20184%
Dec 316°C-6°C10°C 2007-11°C 19914%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Thimphu, in percent.012341102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+6).

December 1
sunrise 6:34 AM, sunset 5:06 PM
December 31
sunrise 6:51 AM, sunset 5:17 PM

Every day of December: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.