Climate averages 1991–2020
Lijiang weather
in December.
A cool, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Lijiang: daytime highs average 12.9°C and nights cool to about 1.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 10 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes December a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 29 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jinniu (124 km away). In December its highs average 18.7°C, 5.8°C warmer than Lijiang, with 8.5 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Lijiang ranks joint 178th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 250th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Lijiang is 5.4°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 12.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 10 mm to 16 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
Lijiang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.1°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 16 | 3.3 | 10.711 h |
| February | 14.2°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 17 | 3.9 | 11.211 h |
| March | 17.3°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 29 | 6.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 20.3°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 45 | 9.2 | 12.813 h |
| May | 22.4°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 115 | 13.2 | 13.513 h |
| June | 23.0°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 248 | 21.6 | 13.814 h |
| July | 22.0°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 317 | 27.8 | 13.714 h |
| August | 21.6°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 277 | 27.9 | 13.113 h |
| September | 20.1°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 249 | 24.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 18.3°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 113 | 14.6 | 11.512 h |
| November | 15.4°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 29 | 5.2 | 10.811 h |
| December, selected | 12.9°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 10 | 2.5 | 10.510 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
- Jinniu in DecemberChina · 124 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 9.1°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Dali Old Town in DecemberChina · 131 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 6.4°C · 13 mm rain
- Dali in DecemberChina · 143 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 6.4°C · 13 mm rain
- Xiangcheng in DecemberChina · 160 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 4.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Yunnanyi in DecemberChina · 167 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 4.3°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Micheng in DecemberChina · 172 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 5.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Lushui (approximate) in DecemberChina · 179 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 11.3°C · 27 mm rain
- Baoshan (Yunnan), China in DecemberChina · 222 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 5.8°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 Lijiang) is explained once on the Lijiang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.