Climate averages 1991–2020
Anshun weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Anshun: daytime highs average 9.4°C and nights cool to about 3.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 32 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Liuzhi (51 km away). In December its highs average 10.5°C, 1.1°C warmer than Anshun, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Anshun ranks 434th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 732nd of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Anshun is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 8.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 46 mm to 63 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
Anshun climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.2°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 63 | 14.5 | 10.711 h |
| February | 11.2°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 54 | 13.0 | 11.311 h |
| March | 15.4°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 92 | 18.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 19.8°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 123 | 18.7 | 12.813 h |
| May | 22.4°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 192 | 20.2 | 13.413 h |
| June | 24.0°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 301 | 22.9 | 13.814 h |
| July | 25.1°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 237 | 22.2 | 13.614 h |
| August | 25.1°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 165 | 19.5 | 13.113 h |
| September | 22.6°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 128 | 15.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 18.1°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 114 | 16.1 | 11.612 h |
| November | 14.3°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 68 | 12.2 | 10.911 h |
| December, selected | 9.4°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 46 | 11.6 | 10.511 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
- Liuzhi in DecemberChina · 51 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 4.4°C · 52 mm rain
- Guiyang in DecemberChina · 86 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 3.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Xingren in DecemberChina · 115 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 4.4°C · 23 mm rain
- Liupanshui in DecemberChina · 116 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 2.8°C · 40 mm rain
- Bijie in DecemberChina · 133 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 1.9°C · 43 mm rain
- Anlong in DecemberChina · 135 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 4.9°C · 30 mm rain
- Duyun in DecemberChina · 158 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 4.2°C · 56 mm rain
- Xingyi in DecemberChina · 164 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 5.8°C · 48 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 Anshun) is explained once on the Anshun year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.