Gilgit climate

Gilgit Weather in December

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

Average highs run from -2°C on December 1 to -6°C on December 31, and lows from -10°C to -15°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 12 mm over about 3 wet days.

December day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Gilgit, in °C, with the record for each date.-40-30-20-10010151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

December at a glance

Average high
-4°C
Average low
-13°C
Precipitation
12 mm
Reanalysis high
5°CDec 4, 2016
Reanalysis low
-31°CDec 17, 2020
Daylight
9 h 55 min to 9 h 46 min
Cloud cover
75%
Humidity
60%
Dew point
-16°C
Wind
4.7 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 1-2°C-10°C4°C 2011-21°C 20198%
Dec 2-2°C-10°C3°C 2011-20°C 20199%
Dec 3-2°C-10°C5°C 2016-21°C 202010%
Dec 4-2°C-11°C5°C 2016-18°C 201911%
Dec 5-2°C-11°C5°C 2016-17°C 201912%
Dec 6-3°C-11°C5°C 2016-18°C 201912%
Dec 7-3°C-11°C5°C 2016-18°C 201912%
Dec 8-3°C-11°C3°C 2016-20°C 200612%
Dec 9-3°C-12°C2°C 2016-25°C 200612%
Dec 10-3°C-12°C2°C 2004-20°C 199612%
Dec 11-3°C-12°C2°C 1998-22°C 200613%
Dec 12-3°C-12°C4°C 1998-30°C 200613%
Dec 13-4°C-13°C4°C 1998-25°C 200613%
Dec 14-4°C-13°C4°C 1998-23°C 200614%
Dec 15-4°C-13°C2°C 2013-20°C 201513%
Dec 16-4°C-13°C1°C 1998-22°C 202012%
Dec 17-4°C-13°C3°C 2004-31°C 202011%
Dec 18-4°C-14°C2°C 1998-29°C 202010%
Dec 19-4°C-14°C0°C 1998-27°C 20009%
Dec 20-5°C-14°C0°C 1998-23°C 20209%
Dec 21-5°C-14°C1°C 2016-20°C 19948%
Dec 22-5°C-14°C1°C 1992-23°C 20088%
Dec 23-5°C-14°C0°C 1993-26°C 20068%
Dec 24-5°C-14°C1°C 1993-21°C 20208%
Dec 25-5°C-14°C0°C 1993-24°C 20208%
Dec 26-5°C-14°C1°C 1993-24°C 20198%
Dec 27-5°C-14°C0°C 1998-26°C 20089%
Dec 28-5°C-15°C2°C 2016-27°C 20069%
Dec 29-5°C-15°C1°C 2016-22°C 202010%
Dec 30-6°C-15°C1°C 1996-28°C 202011%
Dec 31-6°C-15°C1°C 1996-29°C 199412%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Gilgit, in percent.0510151102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+5).

December 1
sunrise 6:54 AM, sunset 4:49 PM
December 31
sunrise 7:13 AM, sunset 4:59 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.