Climate averages 1991–2020
Guilin weather
in December.
A mild, 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 mild month in Guilin: daytime highs average 15.0°C and nights cool to about 7.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 36 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yangshuo (59 km away). In December its highs average 15.9°C, 0.9°C warmer than Guilin, with 59 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Guilin ranks joint 144th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 869th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Guilin is 7.5°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 12.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 69 mm to 97 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
Guilin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.8°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 97 | 13.6 | 10.811 h |
| February | 15.1°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 107 | 14.8 | 11.311 h |
| March | 18.2°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 222 | 21.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.2°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 283 | 21.0 | 12.713 h |
| May | 26.5°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 343 | 21.4 | 13.413 h |
| June | 28.7°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 373 | 22.6 | 13.714 h |
| July | 30.3°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 220 | 20.0 | 13.514 h |
| August | 30.8°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 144 | 16.0 | 13.013 h |
| September | 29.2°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 72 | 9.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 25.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 71 | 7.4 | 11.612 h |
| November | 20.2°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 89 | 9.4 | 10.911 h |
| December, selected | 15.0°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 69 | 9.1 | 10.611 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
- Yangshuo in DecemberChina · 59 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 7.9°C · 59 mm rain
- Liuzhou in DecemberChina · 139 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 9.3°C · 71 mm rain
- Liping in DecemberChina · 157 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 4.6°C · 57 mm rain
- Hezhou in DecemberChina · 161 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 7.5°C · 71 mm rain
- Wugang in DecemberChina · 164 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 5.0°C · 62 mm rain
- Yongzhou in DecemberChina · 183 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 6.0°C · 57 mm rain
- Yizhou in DecemberChina · 186 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 8.9°C · 65 mm rain
- Laibin in DecemberChina · 202 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 10.2°C · 59 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 Guilin) is explained once on the Guilin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.