Climate averages 1991–2020
Guiyang 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 Guiyang: daytime highs average 9.8°C and nights cool to about 3.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 30 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Anshun (86 km away). In December its highs average 9.4°C, about as warm as Guiyang, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Guiyang ranks joint 411th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 749th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Guiyang is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 8.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 48 mm to 67 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
Guiyang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.1°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 67 | 14.5 | 10.711 h |
| February | 11.1°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 61 | 13.8 | 11.211 h |
| March | 15.2°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 97 | 19.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 19.9°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 130 | 19.0 | 12.813 h |
| May | 22.9°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 191 | 19.3 | 13.413 h |
| June | 25.1°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 239 | 20.7 | 13.814 h |
| July | 26.7°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 168 | 17.7 | 13.614 h |
| August | 26.9°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 124 | 15.7 | 13.113 h |
| September | 24.1°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 101 | 12.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 19.1°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 105 | 14.1 | 11.612 h |
| November | 15.0°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 63 | 11.5 | 10.911 h |
| December, selected | 9.8°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 48 | 11.6 | 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
- Anshun in DecemberChina · 86 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 3.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Duyun in DecemberChina · 87 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 4.2°C · 56 mm rain
- Dushan in DecemberChina · 117 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 4.2°C · 50 mm rain
- Zunyi in DecemberChina · 124 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low 3.7°C · 61 mm rain
- Kaili in DecemberChina · 126 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 3.8°C · 35 mm rain
- Liuzhi in DecemberChina · 134 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 4.4°C · 52 mm rain
- Bijie in DecemberChina · 163 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 1.9°C · 43 mm rain
- Loushanguan in DecemberChina · 173 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 3.8°C · 50 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 Guiyang) is explained once on the Guiyang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.