Climate averages 1991–2020
Gunan 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 Gunan: daytime highs average 12.2°C and nights cool to about 6.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 20 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wansheng (28 km away). In December its highs average 12.1°C, about as warm as Gunan, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Gunan ranks joint 209th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 801st of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Gunan is 4.6°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 10.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 56 mm to 47 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
Gunan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.9°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 47 | 12.1 | 10.511 h |
| February | 13.6°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 46 | 11.4 | 11.111 h |
| March | 17.8°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 85 | 15.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.6°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 125 | 16.1 | 12.813 h |
| May | 25.9°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 179 | 17.9 | 13.614 h |
| June | 28.5°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 188 | 17.8 | 14.014 h |
| July | 31.8°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 156 | 15.3 | 13.814 h |
| August | 31.8°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 153 | 15.4 | 13.213 h |
| September | 27.6°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 122 | 13.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.6°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 126 | 17.6 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.3°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 86 | 13.8 | 10.711 h |
| December, selected | 12.2°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 56 | 12.7 | 10.310 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
- Wansheng in DecemberChina · 28 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 6.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Banan in DecemberChina · 41 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 7.3°C · 37 mm rain
- Luohuang in DecemberChina · 41 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 7.3°C · 40 mm rain
- Nanchuan in DecemberChina · 47 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 5.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Jijiang in DecemberChina · 49 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 7.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Degan in DecemberChina · 49 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 7.6°C · 36 mm rain
- Baisha (Chongqing), China in DecemberChina · 52 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 7.5°C · 45 mm rain
- Chongqing in DecemberChina · 60 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 6.7°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 Gunan) is explained once on the Gunan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.