Climate averages 1991–2020
Jianshui weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Jianshui: daytime highs average 14.8°C and nights cool to about 5.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 40 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chuxiong (90 km away). In December its highs average 16.1°C, 1.2°C warmer than Jianshui, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jianshui ranks joint 149th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 716th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Jianshui is 7.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 15.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 45 mm to 65 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
Jianshui climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.1°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 65 | 7.3 | 10.811 h |
| February | 17.6°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 49 | 6.2 | 11.311 h |
| March | 21.2°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 61 | 7.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.5°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 99 | 10.8 | 12.713 h |
| May | 24.0°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 176 | 16.8 | 13.313 h |
| June | 24.0°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 279 | 25.6 | 13.614 h |
| July | 23.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 334 | 29.5 | 13.513 h |
| August | 23.6°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 287 | 27.7 | 13.013 h |
| September | 22.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 212 | 24.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 20.1°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 160 | 20.3 | 11.612 h |
| November | 17.3°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 72 | 9.8 | 11.011 h |
| December, selected | 14.8°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 45 | 7.5 | 10.711 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
- Chuxiong in DecemberChina · 90 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 6.3°C · 16 mm rain
- Longquan in DecemberChina · 105 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 7.4°C · 12 mm rain
- Lincang in DecemberChina · 123 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 7.9°C · 19 mm rain
- Yuxi in DecemberChina · 134 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 7.5°C · 20 mm rain
- Yunnanyi in DecemberChina · 139 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 4.3°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Ning’er in DecemberChina · 139 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 9.4°C · 25 mm rain
- Micheng in DecemberChina · 140 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 5.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Anning in DecemberChina · 146 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 6.6°C · 16 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 Jianshui) is explained once on the Jianshui year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.