Climate averages 1991–2020
Fenghuang 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 Fenghuang: daytime highs average 9.1°C and nights cool to about 2.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 67 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 24 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jishou (45 km away). In December its highs average 10.4°C, 1.3°C warmer than Fenghuang, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Fenghuang ranks joint 443rd of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 864th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Fenghuang is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 6.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 67 mm to 93 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
Fenghuang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.7°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 93 | 13.5 | 10.611 h |
| February | 9.2°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 115 | 14.7 | 11.211 h |
| March | 13.6°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 175 | 18.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 19.6°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 231 | 18.8 | 12.813 h |
| May | 24.0°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 277 | 18.7 | 13.514 h |
| June | 27.0°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 313 | 19.2 | 13.914 h |
| July | 29.7°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 239 | 17.2 | 13.714 h |
| August | 29.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 164 | 15.5 | 13.113 h |
| September | 26.1°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 106 | 10.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 20.2°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 116 | 11.7 | 11.512 h |
| November | 14.7°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 92 | 11.3 | 10.811 h |
| December, selected | 9.1°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 67 | 10.4 | 10.410 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
- Jishou in DecemberChina · 45 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 3.8°C · 69 mm rain
- Tongren (Guizhou), China in DecemberChina · 47 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 5.1°C · 58 mm rain
- Huaihua in DecemberChina · 57 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 4.9°C · 64 mm rain
- Zhonghe in DecemberChina · 83 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 4.4°C · 59 mm rain
- Hongjiang in DecemberChina · 100 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 5.4°C · 64 mm rain
- Zhongduo in DecemberChina · 130 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 3.8°C · 60 mm rain
- Zhangjiajie in DecemberChina · 158 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 4.7°C · 46 mm rain
- Shangmei in DecemberChina · 168 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 4.6°C · 53 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 Fenghuang) is explained once on the Fenghuang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.