Mumbai welcomed December on a chilly note on Monday, December 1, with minimum temperature being recorded at 16 degrees Celsius, experiencing one of the coldest days of 2025.
With this significant drop in temperatures, several districts of Maharashtra reported single-digit figures and cold wave–like conditions.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD)'s Santacruz and Colaba weather station recorded a minimum temperature of 16.6 and 22.0 degrees Celsius respectively.
A day prior, Mumbai woke up to its coldest November day in over a decade on Sunday morning as the minimum temperature dipped to 15.7 degrees Celsius in the suburbs, marking a drop of six degrees in a single day.
This is the first time in at least 11 years that minimum temperatures have dipped below 16 degrees Celsius in the city in November.
Data from the India Meteorological Department (IMD) showed that on Sunday morning, while the Colaba observatory recorded 20.5 degrees Celsius, the Santacruz observatory in the suburbs clocked in 15.7 degrees Celsius, which is 4.4 degrees below normal. A day prior, the Santacruz observatory logged a significantly higher minimum temperature of 21.8 degrees Celsius.
The drop in temperature came close on the heels of the Santacruz observatory shattering the record for coldest November day in a decade, registering 16.2 degrees Celsius on November 19.
In its forecast bulletin, the IMD has stated that Mumbai’s minimum temperatures are likely to hover around 15 degrees Celsius for the next 48 hours, while the maximum temperatures may soar up to 31 degrees Celsius.
Apart from the drop in temperature, Mumbai, on the other hand, has slowly started to experience better air quality. As per the Sameer app, the city's Air Quality Index (AQI) on Monday stood at 110 till 8:05 am.
Area-wise AQI readings (MPCB) were:
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