Climate averages 1991–2020
Guang’an weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Guang’an: daytime highs average 12.2°C and nights cool to about 6.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 13 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nanchong (64 km away). In December its highs average 11.6°C, 0.5°C cooler than Guang’an, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Guang’an ranks joint 209th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 701st of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Guang’an is 4.6°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 11.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 43 mm to 35 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
Guang’an climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.0°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 35 | 9.2 | 10.410 h |
| February | 13.4°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 42 | 9.3 | 11.111 h |
| March | 17.7°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 85 | 13.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 126 | 13.7 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.1°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 171 | 15.6 | 13.714 h |
| June | 28.8°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 186 | 15.5 | 14.114 h |
| July | 31.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 204 | 16.7 | 13.914 h |
| August | 32.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 174 | 15.1 | 13.213 h |
| September | 27.4°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 136 | 13.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.7°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 125 | 15.5 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.3°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 78 | 11.6 | 10.611 h |
| December, selected | 12.2°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 43 | 9.4 | 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
- Nanchong in DecemberChina · 64 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 5.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Hechuan in DecemberChina · 64 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 6.9°C · 34 mm rain
- Guixi in DecemberChina · 70 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 6.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Beibei in DecemberChina · 74 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 7.2°C · 37 mm rain
- Yanjia in DecemberChina · 80 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 6.9°C · 41 mm rain
- Fengcheng (Chongqing), China in DecemberChina · 83 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 7.0°C · 41 mm rain
- Zitong in DecemberChina · 84 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 6.2°C · 28 mm rain
- Huixing in DecemberChina · 88 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 5.6°C · 37 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 Guang’an) is explained once on the Guang’an year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.