Climate averages 1991–2020
Enshi 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 Enshi: daytime highs average 10.2°C and nights cool to about 4.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 14 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yezhou (41 km away). In December its highs average 10.2°C, about as warm as Enshi, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Enshi ranks joint 386th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 857th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Enshi is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 8.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 66 mm to 74 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
Enshi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.2°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 74 | 13.2 | 10.410 h |
| February | 10.6°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 84 | 13.8 | 11.111 h |
| March | 15.0°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 121 | 16.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 20.5°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 162 | 16.3 | 12.913 h |
| May | 24.3°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 196 | 16.7 | 13.714 h |
| June | 27.3°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 228 | 16.4 | 14.114 h |
| July | 29.3°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 229 | 18.9 | 13.914 h |
| August | 29.4°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 159 | 15.6 | 13.213 h |
| September | 25.4°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 147 | 13.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.1°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 134 | 14.1 | 11.511 h |
| November | 15.4°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 102 | 13.0 | 10.711 h |
| December, selected | 10.2°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 66 | 12.1 | 10.210 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
- Yezhou in DecemberChina · 41 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 3.9°C · 54 mm rain
- Lichuan in DecemberChina · 61 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low 0.9°C · 60 mm rain
- Yong’an in DecemberChina · 80 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 5.4°C · 36 mm rain
- Wushan in DecemberChina · 94 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 5.4°C · 43 mm rain
- Qianjiang (Chongqing), China in DecemberChina · 109 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 4.0°C · 45 mm rain
- Wanzhou in DecemberChina · 116 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 7.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Chengxiang in DecemberChina · 122 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 5.2°C · 34 mm rain
- Nanbin in DecemberChina · 136 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 4.8°C · 46 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 Enshi) is explained once on the Enshi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.