Climate averages 1991–2020
Chenzhou 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 Chenzhou: daytime highs average 12.7°C and nights cool to about 5.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 34 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Leiyang (69 km away). In December its highs average 13.1°C, about as warm as Chenzhou, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Chenzhou ranks joint 184th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 789th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Chenzhou is 5.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 10.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 54 mm to 60 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
Chenzhou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.6°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 60 | 9.7 | 10.711 h |
| February | 13.6°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 72 | 11.1 | 11.311 h |
| March | 17.4°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 151 | 17.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 196 | 17.4 | 12.813 h |
| May | 27.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 240 | 18.7 | 13.413 h |
| June | 29.8°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 258 | 18.5 | 13.714 h |
| July | 32.7°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 123 | 13.4 | 13.614 h |
| August | 32.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 176 | 17.4 | 13.013 h |
| September | 28.7°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 88 | 11.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 24.1°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 67 | 7.7 | 11.612 h |
| November | 18.5°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 69 | 8.1 | 10.911 h |
| December, selected | 12.7°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 54 | 7.7 | 10.611 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
- Leiyang in DecemberChina · 69 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 5.8°C · 53 mm rain
- Lecheng in DecemberChina · 81 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 6.7°C · 47 mm rain
- Shaoguan in DecemberChina · 124 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 8.3°C · 55 mm rain
- Hengyang in DecemberChina · 128 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 5.5°C · 50 mm rain
- Lianzhou in DecemberChina · 131 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 7.6°C · 74 mm rain
- Maba in DecemberChina · 136 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 8.3°C · 55 mm rain
- Shixing in DecemberChina · 140 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 7.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Xiongzhou in DecemberChina · 148 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 7.4°C · 47 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 Chenzhou) is explained once on the Chenzhou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.