Climate averages 1991–2020
Huangmei 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 Huangmei: daytime highs average 11.1°C and nights cool to about 3.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 14 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jiujiang (54 km away). In December its highs average 11.0°C, about as warm as Huangmei, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Huangmei ranks joint 304th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 693rd of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Huangmei is 3.6°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 8.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 42 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
Huangmei climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.8°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 67 | 9.1 | 10.410 h |
| February | 11.4°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 98 | 10.2 | 11.111 h |
| March | 15.7°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 150 | 13.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.7°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 192 | 13.1 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.1°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 231 | 13.7 | 13.714 h |
| June | 28.7°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 338 | 16.9 | 14.114 h |
| July | 31.8°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 263 | 16.4 | 13.914 h |
| August | 31.6°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 170 | 17.0 | 13.213 h |
| September | 28.0°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 92 | 9.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.2°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 64 | 6.9 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.1°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 60 | 8.0 | 10.711 h |
| December, selected | 11.1°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 42 | 6.5 | 10.210 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
- Jiujiang in DecemberChina · 54 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 4.4°C · 49 mm rain
- Wuxue in DecemberChina · 59 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 3.9°C · 45 mm rain
- Pengze in DecemberChina · 60 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 3.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Qingquan in DecemberChina · 79 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 2.5°C · 33 mm rain
- Huangshi in DecemberChina · 94 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 3.8°C · 37 mm rain
- Daye in DecemberChina · 104 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 3.8°C · 41 mm rain
- Anqing in DecemberChina · 104 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 3.0°C · 40 mm rain
- E’zhou in DecemberChina · 112 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 3.4°C · 33 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 Huangmei) is explained once on the Huangmei year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.