Climate averages 1991–2020
Liupanshui weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Liupanshui: daytime highs average 9.8°C and nights cool to about 2.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 30 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Liuzhi (71 km away). In December its highs average 10.5°C, 0.6°C warmer than Liupanshui, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Liupanshui ranks joint 411th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 668th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Liupanshui is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 9.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 40 mm to 44 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
Liupanshui climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.4°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 44 | 11.6 | 10.711 h |
| February | 12.4°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 39 | 10.9 | 11.211 h |
| March | 16.4°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 63 | 15.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 19.8°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 99 | 18.1 | 12.813 h |
| May | 21.5°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 165 | 21.1 | 13.413 h |
| June | 22.9°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 264 | 23.6 | 13.814 h |
| July | 24.1°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 237 | 23.4 | 13.614 h |
| August | 23.9°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 180 | 22.1 | 13.113 h |
| September | 21.2°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 148 | 18.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 17.0°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 137 | 20.2 | 11.612 h |
| November | 14.2°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 56 | 13.1 | 10.911 h |
| December, selected | 9.8°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 40 | 12.1 | 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
- Liuzhi in DecemberChina · 71 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 4.4°C · 52 mm rain
- Bijie in DecemberChina · 91 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 1.9°C · 43 mm rain
- Anshun in DecemberChina · 116 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 3.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Xingren in DecemberChina · 135 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 4.4°C · 23 mm rain
- Zhaotong in DecemberChina · 137 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low -0.5°C · 15 mm rain
- Qujing in DecemberChina · 162 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 3.9°C · 28 mm rain
- Xingyi in DecemberChina · 167 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 5.8°C · 48 mm rain
- Junlian in DecemberChina · 178 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 6.7°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 Liupanshui) is explained once on the Liupanshui year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.