Climate averages 1991–2020
Changyuan weather
in December.
A cool, fairly dry 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 Changyuan: daytime highs average 12.2°C and nights cool to about 6.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 18 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Longshui (25 km away). In December its highs average 11.7°C, about as warm as Changyuan, with 31 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Changyuan ranks joint 209th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 498th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Changyuan is 4.6°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 11.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 26 mm to 22 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
Changyuan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.1°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 22 | 6.9 | 10.510 h |
| February | 13.7°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 25 | 7.3 | 11.111 h |
| March | 18.1°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 52 | 10.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.1°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 87 | 13.2 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.3°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 120 | 15.7 | 13.614 h |
| June | 28.6°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 171 | 16.3 | 14.014 h |
| July | 31.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 207 | 18.6 | 13.814 h |
| August | 31.4°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 189 | 17.1 | 13.213 h |
| September | 27.1°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 126 | 15.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.4°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 87 | 16.3 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.2°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 52 | 10.8 | 10.711 h |
| December, selected | 12.2°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 26 | 7.9 | 10.310 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
- Longshui in DecemberChina · 25 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 6.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Yongchuan in DecemberChina · 30 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 6.9°C · 38 mm rain
- Nandajie in DecemberChina · 30 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 7.0°C · 38 mm rain
- Longgang, China in DecemberChina · 35 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 6.3°C · 31 mm rain
- Fuji, China in DecemberChina · 35 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 7.2°C · 25 mm rain
- Neijiang in DecemberChina · 55 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 6.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Luzhou in DecemberChina · 59 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 7.5°C · 30 mm rain
- Qinggang in DecemberChina · 63 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 7.1°C · 33 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 Changyuan) is explained once on the Changyuan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.