Climate averages 1991–2020

Juegang 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.

Average high 9.7°C Daytime mean, December
Average low 3.9°C Night-time mean, December
Rainfall 43 mm 6 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 10 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Juegang · average highYear overview

December is a cool month in Juegang: daytime highs average 9.7°C and nights cool to about 3.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 04 min on an average December day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Jinsha (27 km away). In December its highs average 10.1°C, about as warm as Juegang, with 39 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Juegang ranks joint 420th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 701st of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Juegang is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.

From December to January, average highs fall by 2.7°C to 7.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 43 mm to 57 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. -505101520253035 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 2500

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

Every month, side by side

Juegang climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Juegang, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 7.0°C1.4°C1.4°C578.010.310 h
February 8.5°C2.3°C2.3°C598.111.011 h
March 12.4°C5.5°C5.5°C829.612.012 h
April 17.9°C10.4°C10.4°C919.013.013 h
May 23.0°C15.9°C15.9°C1119.013.814 h
June 26.1°C20.4°C20.4°C21311.414.214 h
July 29.9°C24.8°C24.8°C18813.814.014 h
August 29.6°C25.1°C25.1°C17314.213.313 h
September 25.9°C21.4°C21.4°C1029.412.412 h
October 21.4°C16.0°C16.0°C616.111.411 h
November 16.0°C10.2°C10.2°C597.410.511 h
December, selected 9.7°C3.9°C3.9°C436.410.110 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

Distance from Juegang

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 Juegang) is explained once on the Juegang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.