Climate averages 1991–2020
Lincang weather
in December.
A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Lincang: daytime highs average 18.7°C and nights cool to about 7.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 42 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jianshui (123 km away). In December its highs average 14.8°C, 3.9°C cooler than Lincang, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Lincang ranks joint 101st of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 441st of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Lincang is 11.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 19.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 19 mm to 31 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
Lincang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.2°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 31 | 4.6 | 10.811 h |
| February | 21.9°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 27 | 4.8 | 11.311 h |
| March | 25.0°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 34 | 6.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.9°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 62 | 10.0 | 12.713 h |
| May | 26.9°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 137 | 16.0 | 13.313 h |
| June | 26.2°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 203 | 25.8 | 13.614 h |
| July | 25.2°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 308 | 29.2 | 13.513 h |
| August | 25.5°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 281 | 28.4 | 13.013 h |
| September | 24.8°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 194 | 24.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 23.0°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 130 | 19.2 | 11.612 h |
| November | 20.8°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 47 | 7.2 | 11.011 h |
| December, selected | 18.7°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 19 | 4.1 | 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
- Jianshui in DecemberChina · 123 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 5.8°C · 45 mm rain
- Ning’er in DecemberChina · 134 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 9.4°C · 25 mm rain
- Menglang in DecemberChina · 148 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 11.6°C · 25 mm rain
- Pu'er in DecemberChina · 151 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 10.0°C · 23 mm rain
- Longling County in DecemberChina · 163 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 7.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Menghuan in DecemberChina · 165 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 11.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Baoshan (Yunnan), China in DecemberChina · 167 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 5.8°C · 16 mm rain
- Micheng in DecemberChina · 167 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 5.8°C · 15 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 Lincang) is explained once on the Lincang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.