Climate averages 1991–2020
Gulin weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Gulin: daytime highs average 11.1°C and nights cool to about 6.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 24 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xuyong (40 km away). In December its highs average 11.4°C, about as warm as Gulin, with 62 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Gulin ranks joint 304th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 782nd of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Gulin is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 9.7°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 53 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
Gulin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.7°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 53 | 15.4 | 10.611 h |
| February | 12.7°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 50 | 14.2 | 11.211 h |
| March | 17.1°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 88 | 19.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.1°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 117 | 19.9 | 12.813 h |
| May | 25.3°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 162 | 20.6 | 13.514 h |
| June | 27.9°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 205 | 20.6 | 13.914 h |
| July | 31.0°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 179 | 18.6 | 13.714 h |
| August | 31.2°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 154 | 18.1 | 13.113 h |
| September | 27.0°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 124 | 15.9 | 12.312 h |
| October | 20.8°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 139 | 20.2 | 11.512 h |
| November | 16.3°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 79 | 16.0 | 10.811 h |
| December, selected | 11.1°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 53 | 13.8 | 10.410 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
- Xuyong in DecemberChina · 40 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 6.4°C · 62 mm rain
- Gusong in DecemberChina · 64 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 5.9°C · 76 mm rain
- Hejiang in DecemberChina · 86 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 7.5°C · 43 mm rain
- Bijie in DecemberChina · 97 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 1.9°C · 43 mm rain
- Loushanguan in DecemberChina · 100 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 3.8°C · 50 mm rain
- Luzhou in DecemberChina · 102 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 7.5°C · 30 mm rain
- Changning in DecemberChina · 105 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 7.6°C · 41 mm rain
- Zunyi in DecemberChina · 115 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low 3.7°C · 61 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 Gulin) is explained once on the Gulin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.