Climate averages 1991–2020
Fuzhou weather
in December.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Fuzhou: daytime highs average 16.2°C and nights cool to about 8.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 52 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 33 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ningde (70 km away). In December its highs average 16.5°C, about as warm as Fuzhou, with 62 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Fuzhou ranks joint 131st of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 775th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Fuzhou is 8.6°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 14.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 52 mm to 57 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
Fuzhou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.3°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 57 | 7.3 | 10.711 h |
| February | 15.3°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 73 | 10.0 | 11.311 h |
| March | 18.3°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 133 | 14.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.9°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 136 | 15.0 | 12.813 h |
| May | 26.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 226 | 17.0 | 13.413 h |
| June | 29.4°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 249 | 18.1 | 13.714 h |
| July | 32.4°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 169 | 15.6 | 13.614 h |
| August | 31.5°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 240 | 21.0 | 13.113 h |
| September | 28.7°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 165 | 14.9 | 12.312 h |
| October | 24.9°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 59 | 7.2 | 11.612 h |
| November | 20.9°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 62 | 8.0 | 10.911 h |
| December, selected | 16.2°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 52 | 7.1 | 10.511 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
- Ningde in DecemberChina · 70 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 8.6°C · 62 mm rain
- Putian in DecemberChina · 75 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 10.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Songcheng in DecemberChina · 115 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 9.6°C · 50 mm rain
- Fu’an in DecemberChina · 119 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 6.9°C · 50 mm rain
- Nanping in DecemberChina · 130 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 8.8°C · 51 mm rain
- Quanzhou in DecemberChina · 147 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 11.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Ximeicun in DecemberChina · 151 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 10.0°C · 36 mm rain
- Jinjiang in DecemberChina · 156 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 12.1°C · 39 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 Fuzhou) is explained once on the Fuzhou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.