Climate averages 1991–2020
Huai'an weather
in December.
A cool, fairly dry 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 Huai'an: daytime highs average 8.6°C and nights cool to about -0.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 58 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Baoying (48 km away). In December its highs average 8.9°C, about as warm as Huai'an, with 28 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Huai'an ranks joint 462nd of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 489th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Huai'an is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 6.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 25 mm to 30 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
Huai'an climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.6°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 30 | 4.9 | 10.210 h |
| February | 9.3°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 31 | 6.2 | 11.011 h |
| March | 14.2°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 50 | 6.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 20.5°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 55 | 6.5 | 13.013 h |
| May | 25.7°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 83 | 7.3 | 13.914 h |
| June | 29.3°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 137 | 8.9 | 14.314 h |
| July | 30.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 251 | 15.9 | 14.114 h |
| August | 30.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 177 | 15.2 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.5°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 87 | 7.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.8°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 42 | 5.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 15.3°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 41 | 5.6 | 10.510 h |
| December, selected | 8.6°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 25 | 4.3 | 10.010 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
- Baoying in DecemberChina · 48 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 0.6°C · 28 mm rain
- Suqian in DecemberChina · 78 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low -0.9°C · 21 mm rain
- Dongkan in DecemberChina · 88 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low -0.1°C · 25 mm rain
- Qiuji in DecemberChina · 97 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low -0.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Gaoyou in DecemberChina · 97 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low 2.8°C · 33 mm rain
- Xinghua in DecemberChina · 105 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 0.6°C · 32 mm rain
- Suicheng in DecemberChina · 106 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low -1.0°C · 20 mm rain
- Xinyi, China in DecemberChina · 108 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low -1.4°C · 17 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 Huai'an) is explained once on the Huai'an year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.