Climate averages 1991–2020
Liping weather
in December.
A cool, 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 cool month in Liping: daytime highs average 11.1°C and nights cool to about 4.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 32 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kaili (121 km away). In December its highs average 10.4°C, 0.7°C cooler than Liping, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Liping ranks joint 304th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 807th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Liping is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 8.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 57 mm to 78 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
Liping climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.6°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 78 | 13.0 | 10.711 h |
| February | 11.3°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 94 | 13.5 | 11.311 h |
| March | 15.3°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 166 | 18.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 20.9°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 223 | 19.6 | 12.813 h |
| May | 24.7°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 289 | 20.2 | 13.413 h |
| June | 27.2°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 319 | 22.1 | 13.814 h |
| July | 29.0°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 232 | 19.6 | 13.614 h |
| August | 29.2°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 159 | 18.2 | 13.113 h |
| September | 26.7°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 104 | 12.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 21.7°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 93 | 10.3 | 11.612 h |
| November | 16.6°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 78 | 9.9 | 10.911 h |
| December, selected | 11.1°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 57 | 9.5 | 10.511 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
- Kaili in DecemberChina · 121 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 3.8°C · 35 mm rain
- Hongjiang in DecemberChina · 130 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 5.4°C · 64 mm rain
- Guilin in DecemberChina · 157 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 7.3°C · 69 mm rain
- Wugang in DecemberChina · 159 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 5.0°C · 62 mm rain
- Duyun in DecemberChina · 161 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 4.2°C · 56 mm rain
- Tongren (Guizhou), China in DecemberChina · 165 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 5.1°C · 58 mm rain
- Dushan in DecemberChina · 166 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 4.2°C · 50 mm rain
- Huaihua in DecemberChina · 172 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 4.9°C · 64 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 Liping) is explained once on the Liping year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.