Climate averages 1991–2020
Bazhong 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 Bazhong: daytime highs average 11.2°C and nights cool to about 3.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 07 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Donghe (58 km away). In December its highs average 10.6°C, 0.6°C cooler than Bazhong, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Bazhong ranks joint 290th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 582nd of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Bazhong is 3.6°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 9.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 34 mm to 30 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
Bazhong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.9°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 30 | 7.7 | 10.310 h |
| February | 12.4°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 35 | 7.6 | 11.011 h |
| March | 16.7°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 58 | 10.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.9°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 90 | 11.2 | 12.913 h |
| May | 25.5°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 146 | 13.0 | 13.814 h |
| June | 28.5°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 186 | 13.2 | 14.214 h |
| July | 30.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 273 | 19.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 30.4°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 189 | 15.2 | 13.313 h |
| September | 25.8°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 197 | 13.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.8°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 119 | 13.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.1°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 70 | 9.2 | 10.611 h |
| December, selected | 11.2°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 34 | 8.1 | 10.110 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
- Donghe in DecemberChina · 58 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 3.1°C · 30 mm rain
- Dazhou in DecemberChina · 100 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 5.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Guangyuan in DecemberChina · 108 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 2.7°C · 19 mm rain
- Nanchong in DecemberChina · 135 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 5.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Hanzhong in DecemberChina · 137 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low 0.7°C · 31 mm rain
- Mianyang, China in DecemberChina · 143 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low 1.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Chenggu in DecemberChina · 152 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low 0.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Guang’an in DecemberChina · 155 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 6.4°C · 43 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 Bazhong) is explained once on the Bazhong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.