Climate averages 1991–2020

Huaicheng weather
in December.

A mild, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 18.3°C Daytime mean, December
Average low 9.6°C Night-time mean, December
Rainfall 58 mm 7 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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December is a mild month in Huaicheng: daytime highs average 18.3°C and nights cool to about 9.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 41 min on an average December day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Nanfeng (44 km away). In December its highs average 18.7°C, about as warm as Huaicheng, with 47 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Huaicheng ranks joint 109th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 810th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Huaicheng is 10.8°C warmer than that mean.

From December to January, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 16.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 58 mm to 88 mm.

The annual picture

December in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 5101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Huaicheng climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Huaicheng, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 16.6°C8.7°C8.7°C8811.810.811 h
February 18.2°C10.7°C10.7°C11414.111.311 h
March 21.0°C14.1°C14.1°C23621.512.012 h
April 25.0°C18.3°C18.3°C26820.712.713 h
May 28.0°C21.5°C21.5°C29621.713.313 h
June 29.6°C23.8°C23.8°C31524.013.614 h
July 30.7°C24.6°C24.6°C20921.413.513 h
August 30.8°C24.5°C24.5°C20720.413.013 h
September 29.6°C22.7°C22.7°C11913.412.312 h
October 27.2°C18.8°C18.8°C465.911.612 h
November 23.1°C14.3°C14.3°C606.711.011 h
December, selected 18.3°C9.6°C9.6°C587.210.711 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

Distance from Huaicheng

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Huaicheng) is explained once on the Huaicheng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.