Climate averages 1991–2020
Huilong weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Huilong: daytime highs average 10.1°C and nights cool to about 5.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 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 07 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chongming (22 km away). In December its highs average 10.1°C, about as warm as Huilong, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Huilong ranks joint 398th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 749th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Huilong is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.8°C to 7.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 48 mm to 63 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
Huilong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.4°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 63 | 8.5 | 10.310 h |
| February | 8.5°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 66 | 8.7 | 11.011 h |
| March | 12.1°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 97 | 10.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 17.2°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 102 | 10.0 | 12.913 h |
| May | 22.2°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 116 | 9.5 | 13.814 h |
| June | 25.4°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 241 | 12.3 | 14.214 h |
| July | 29.3°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 159 | 12.2 | 14.014 h |
| August | 29.3°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 153 | 12.9 | 13.313 h |
| September | 25.9°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 109 | 9.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.4°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 63 | 5.9 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.2°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 65 | 7.7 | 10.611 h |
| December, selected | 10.1°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 48 | 6.8 | 10.110 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
- Chongming in DecemberChina · 22 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 5.3°C · 51 mm rain
- Chengqiao in DecemberChina · 32 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 4.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Baoshan in DecemberChina · 47 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 3.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Yanghang in DecemberChina · 53 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 3.8°C · 45 mm rain
- Luodian in DecemberChina · 53 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 3.6°C · 43 mm rain
- Jiading in DecemberChina · 61 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 3.3°C · 43 mm rain
- Yangpu in DecemberChina · 62 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 3.9°C · 45 mm rain
- Jinsha in DecemberChina · 63 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 2.8°C · 39 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 Huilong) is explained once on the Huilong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.