Climate averages 1991–2020
Ankang weather
in December.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Ankang: daytime highs average 9.7°C and nights cool to about 2.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 03 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xixiang (122 km away). In December its highs average 9.6°C, about as warm as Ankang, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Ankang ranks joint 420th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 441st of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Ankang is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 8.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 19 mm to 18 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Ankang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.5°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 18 | 4.7 | 10.310 h |
| February | 11.3°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 23 | 5.3 | 11.011 h |
| March | 16.2°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 41 | 7.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.1°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 50 | 8.5 | 13.013 h |
| May | 26.0°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 78 | 9.9 | 13.814 h |
| June | 29.8°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 96 | 9.1 | 14.314 h |
| July | 31.8°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 124 | 11.8 | 14.114 h |
| August | 31.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 100 | 10.1 | 13.413 h |
| September | 25.7°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 118 | 11.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.4°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 84 | 10.5 | 11.411 h |
| November | 14.8°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 44 | 8.4 | 10.511 h |
| December, selected | 9.7°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 19 | 5.1 | 10.010 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
December in nearby cities
- Xixiang in DecemberChina · 122 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 1.4°C · 22 mm rain
- Chengxiang in DecemberChina · 152 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 5.2°C · 34 mm rain
- Shangluo in DecemberChina · 157 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low -2.4°C · 15 mm rain
- Shiyan in DecemberChina · 165 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 1.5°C · 21 mm rain
- Chenggu in DecemberChina · 166 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low 0.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Xi’an in DecemberChina · 176 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -2.2°C · 13 mm rain
- Hanfeng in DecemberChina · 178 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 6.4°C · 45 mm rain
- Xianyang in DecemberChina · 187 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low -2.2°C · 13 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Ankang) is explained once on the Ankang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.