Climate averages 1991–2020
Junlian weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Junlian: daytime highs average 11.0°C and nights cool to about 6.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 64 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 23 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xunchang (37 km away). In December its highs average 10.7°C, about as warm as Junlian, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Junlian ranks joint 323rd of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 849th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Junlian is 3.4°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 9.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 64 mm to 72 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
Junlian climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.7°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 72 | 18.4 | 10.611 h |
| February | 12.3°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 64 | 15.7 | 11.211 h |
| March | 16.9°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 73 | 17.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.1°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 84 | 16.0 | 12.813 h |
| May | 25.4°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 117 | 16.8 | 13.514 h |
| June | 27.6°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 190 | 19.6 | 13.914 h |
| July | 30.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 279 | 23.2 | 13.714 h |
| August | 29.7°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 268 | 22.1 | 13.113 h |
| September | 25.6°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 156 | 19.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 20.1°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 103 | 20.3 | 11.512 h |
| November | 16.0°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 72 | 16.5 | 10.811 h |
| December, selected | 11.0°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 64 | 16.5 | 10.410 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
- Xunchang in DecemberChina · 37 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 6.2°C · 34 mm rain
- Shuifu in DecemberChina · 52 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 7.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Baixi in DecemberChina · 59 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 7.5°C · 39 mm rain
- Changning in DecemberChina · 60 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 7.6°C · 41 mm rain
- Yibin in DecemberChina · 67 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 7.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Gusong in DecemberChina · 73 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 5.9°C · 76 mm rain
- Nanxi in DecemberChina · 88 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 7.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Xuyong in DecemberChina · 90 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 6.4°C · 62 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 Junlian) is explained once on the Junlian year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.