Climate averages 1991–2020
Jiangyin weather
in December.
A cool, fairly dry month: the joint 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 Jiangyin: daytime highs average 10.2°C and nights cool to about 1.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 06 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhangjiagang (27 km away). In December its highs average 10.2°C, about as warm as Jiangyin, with 38 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jiangyin ranks joint 386th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 644th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Jiangyin is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 7.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 38 mm to 57 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
Jiangyin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.9°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 57 | 8.1 | 10.310 h |
| February | 10.2°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 56 | 8.3 | 11.011 h |
| March | 14.6°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 79 | 10.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 20.5°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 90 | 9.4 | 12.913 h |
| May | 25.4°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 115 | 9.5 | 13.814 h |
| June | 28.3°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 236 | 12.3 | 14.214 h |
| July | 31.5°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 210 | 14.6 | 14.014 h |
| August | 31.0°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 172 | 15.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 27.1°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 89 | 9.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.4°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 52 | 5.8 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.7°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 54 | 6.8 | 10.611 h |
| December, selected | 10.2°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 38 | 5.7 | 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
- Zhangjiagang in DecemberChina · 27 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 2.2°C · 38 mm rain
- Changzhou in DecemberChina · 33 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 2.0°C · 37 mm rain
- Taixing in DecemberChina · 37 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 1.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Wuxi in DecemberChina · 38 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 2.6°C · 48 mm rain
- Changshu in DecemberChina · 54 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 2.1°C · 40 mm rain
- Rugao in DecemberChina · 59 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 1.3°C · 37 mm rain
- Nantong in DecemberChina · 59 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 2.5°C · 39 mm rain
- Jiangyan in DecemberChina · 67 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 0.9°C · 36 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 Jiangyin) is explained once on the Jiangyin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.