Climate averages 1991–2020
Fuding weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Fuding: daytime highs average 14.8°C and nights cool to about 7.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 27 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jinxiang (40 km away). In December its highs average 14.3°C, 0.5°C cooler than Fuding, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Fuding ranks joint 149th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 821st of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Fuding is 7.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 12.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 60 mm to 59 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
Fuding climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.8°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 59 | 8.8 | 10.611 h |
| February | 14.0°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 65 | 10.1 | 11.211 h |
| March | 17.1°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 117 | 14.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.9°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 127 | 14.5 | 12.813 h |
| May | 25.7°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 200 | 16.3 | 13.513 h |
| June | 28.9°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 303 | 18.7 | 13.814 h |
| July | 32.0°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 223 | 17.4 | 13.714 h |
| August | 31.2°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 301 | 22.2 | 13.113 h |
| September | 28.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 194 | 16.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 24.2°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 85 | 8.3 | 11.512 h |
| November | 19.8°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 84 | 10.0 | 10.811 h |
| December, selected | 14.8°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 60 | 8.5 | 10.510 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
- Jinxiang in DecemberChina · 40 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 9.2°C · 60 mm rain
- Songcheng in DecemberChina · 54 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 9.6°C · 50 mm rain
- Fu’an in DecemberChina · 62 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 6.9°C · 50 mm rain
- Rui’an in DecemberChina · 66 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 7.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Wenzhou in DecemberChina · 87 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 6.4°C · 64 mm rain
- Ningde in DecemberChina · 101 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 8.6°C · 62 mm rain
- Lishui in DecemberChina · 129 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 4.9°C · 53 mm rain
- Fuzhou in DecemberChina · 167 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 8.9°C · 52 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 Fuding) is explained once on the Fuding year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.