Climate averages 1991–2020
Chuxiong weather
in December.
A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Chuxiong: daytime highs average 16.1°C and nights cool to about 6.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 37 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Longquan (74 km away). In December its highs average 17.0°C, 0.9°C warmer than Chuxiong, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Chuxiong ranks 136th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 401st of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Chuxiong is 8.5°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 16.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 mm to 26 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
Chuxiong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.5°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 26 | 3.7 | 10.811 h |
| February | 19.4°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 16 | 3.3 | 11.311 h |
| March | 23.1°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 23 | 4.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.7°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 39 | 6.1 | 12.713 h |
| May | 26.3°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 89 | 10.6 | 13.313 h |
| June | 25.6°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 166 | 18.3 | 13.714 h |
| July | 24.4°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 218 | 24.3 | 13.514 h |
| August | 24.3°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 187 | 23.5 | 13.013 h |
| September | 23.0°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 126 | 18.9 | 12.312 h |
| October | 20.9°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 82 | 13.1 | 11.612 h |
| November | 18.5°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 31 | 4.8 | 10.911 h |
| December, selected | 16.1°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 16 | 3.4 | 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
- Longquan in DecemberChina · 74 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 7.4°C · 12 mm rain
- Jianshui in DecemberChina · 90 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 5.8°C · 45 mm rain
- Anning in DecemberChina · 96 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 6.6°C · 16 mm rain
- Yunnanyi in DecemberChina · 96 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 4.3°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Haikou, China in DecemberChina · 108 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 6.7°C · 16 mm rain
- Xiangcheng in DecemberChina · 110 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 4.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Majie in DecemberChina · 110 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 6.0°C · 24 mm rain
- Micheng in DecemberChina · 112 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 5.8°C · 15 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 Chuxiong) is explained once on the Chuxiong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.