Climate averages 1991–2020
Donghe weather
in December.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Donghe: daytime highs average 10.6°C and nights cool to about 3.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 8 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 05 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Guangyuan (51 km away). In December its highs average 9.8°C, 0.8°C cooler than Donghe, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Donghe ranks joint 357th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 539th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Donghe is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 9.4°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 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
Donghe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.4°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 30 | 8.2 | 10.310 h |
| February | 11.8°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 37 | 8.6 | 11.011 h |
| March | 16.2°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 54 | 10.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.3°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 82 | 11.7 | 13.013 h |
| May | 24.9°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 129 | 13.5 | 13.814 h |
| June | 27.9°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 179 | 14.4 | 14.214 h |
| July | 29.6°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 315 | 22.5 | 14.014 h |
| August | 29.3°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 219 | 19.6 | 13.313 h |
| September | 24.9°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 217 | 16.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.1°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 119 | 14.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 15.5°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 65 | 9.7 | 10.511 h |
| December, selected | 10.6°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 30 | 7.8 | 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
- Guangyuan in DecemberChina · 51 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 2.7°C · 19 mm rain
- Bazhong in DecemberChina · 58 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 3.6°C · 34 mm rain
- Mianyang, China in DecemberChina · 109 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low 1.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Hanzhong in DecemberChina · 115 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low 0.7°C · 31 mm rain
- Chenggu in DecemberChina · 140 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low 0.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Dazhou in DecemberChina · 158 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 5.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Jiangyou in DecemberChina · 158 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 3.5°C · 9.9 mm rain
- Xixiang in DecemberChina · 161 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 1.4°C · 22 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 Donghe) is explained once on the Donghe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.