Climate averages 1991–2020
Changning weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Changning: daytime highs average 12.1°C and nights cool to about 7.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 22 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xunchang (24 km away). In December its highs average 10.7°C, 1.4°C cooler than Changning, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Changning ranks joint 221st of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 679th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Changning is 4.6°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 10.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 41 mm to 37 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
Changning climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.9°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 37 | 11.5 | 10.511 h |
| February | 13.6°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 36 | 10.6 | 11.211 h |
| March | 18.1°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 63 | 13.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.3°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 91 | 15.4 | 12.813 h |
| May | 26.7°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 127 | 16.7 | 13.614 h |
| June | 28.9°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 197 | 19.1 | 13.914 h |
| July | 31.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 228 | 20.4 | 13.814 h |
| August | 31.1°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 212 | 19.2 | 13.213 h |
| September | 26.9°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 140 | 16.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.4°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 95 | 18.2 | 11.512 h |
| November | 17.2°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 61 | 12.8 | 10.811 h |
| December, selected | 12.1°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 41 | 12.0 | 10.410 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
- Xunchang in DecemberChina · 24 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 6.2°C · 34 mm rain
- Nanxi in DecemberChina · 30 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 7.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Yibin in DecemberChina · 34 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 7.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Baixi in DecemberChina · 39 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 7.5°C · 39 mm rain
- Gusong in DecemberChina · 43 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 5.9°C · 76 mm rain
- Shuifu in DecemberChina · 50 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 7.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Luzhou in DecemberChina · 60 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 7.5°C · 30 mm rain
- Junlian in DecemberChina · 60 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 6.7°C · 64 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 Changning) is explained once on the Changning year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.