Climate averages 1991–2020
Lichuan weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Lichuan: daytime highs average 6.6°C and nights cool to about 0.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 14 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Enshi (61 km away). In December its highs average 10.2°C, 3.6°C warmer than Lichuan, with 66 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Lichuan ranks joint 536th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 821st of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Lichuan is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 4.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 60 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
Lichuan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.6°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 63 | 12.9 | 10.410 h |
| February | 7.0°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 73 | 13.5 | 11.111 h |
| March | 11.5°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 118 | 16.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 16.9°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 178 | 17.4 | 12.913 h |
| May | 20.5°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 226 | 18.6 | 13.714 h |
| June | 23.6°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 265 | 19.1 | 14.114 h |
| July | 25.7°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 276 | 22.4 | 13.914 h |
| August | 25.7°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 230 | 19.8 | 13.213 h |
| September | 21.8°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 171 | 15.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 16.5°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 146 | 15.8 | 11.511 h |
| November | 11.8°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 101 | 13.6 | 10.711 h |
| December, selected | 6.6°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 60 | 12.3 | 10.210 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
- Enshi in DecemberChina · 61 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 4.3°C · 66 mm rain
- Wanzhou in DecemberChina · 68 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 7.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Nanbin in DecemberChina · 79 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 4.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Qianjiang (Chongqing), China in DecemberChina · 86 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 4.0°C · 45 mm rain
- Yezhou in DecemberChina · 90 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 3.9°C · 54 mm rain
- Yong’an in DecemberChina · 99 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 5.4°C · 36 mm rain
- Hanfeng in DecemberChina · 106 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 6.4°C · 45 mm rain
- Linjiang in DecemberChina · 107 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 6.9°C · 45 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 Lichuan) is explained once on the Lichuan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.