Climate averages 1991–2020
Longquan weather
in December.
A mild, very dry month: the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Longquan: daytime highs average 17.0°C and nights cool to about 7.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 12 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 38 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Anning (43 km away). In December its highs average 15.0°C, 2.0°C cooler than Longquan, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Longquan ranks joint 119th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 293rd of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Longquan is 9.5°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 17.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 12 mm to 23 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
Longquan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.4°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 23 | 3.7 | 10.811 h |
| February | 20.3°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 16 | 3.3 | 11.311 h |
| March | 24.2°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 22 | 4.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.8°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 36 | 6.3 | 12.713 h |
| May | 27.3°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 89 | 11.7 | 13.313 h |
| June | 26.6°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 168 | 19.5 | 13.614 h |
| July | 25.6°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 220 | 24.9 | 13.514 h |
| August | 25.6°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 202 | 23.7 | 13.013 h |
| September | 24.3°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 129 | 19.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 22.1°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 74 | 13.0 | 11.612 h |
| November | 19.5°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 25 | 4.3 | 11.011 h |
| December, selected | 17.0°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 12 | 2.6 | 10.611 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
- Anning in DecemberChina · 43 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 6.6°C · 16 mm rain
- Haikou, China in DecemberChina · 44 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 6.7°C · 16 mm rain
- Yuxi in DecemberChina · 52 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 7.5°C · 20 mm rain
- Majie in DecemberChina · 63 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 6.0°C · 24 mm rain
- Kunming in DecemberChina · 69 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 5.8°C · 24 mm rain
- Chuxiong in DecemberChina · 74 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 6.3°C · 16 mm rain
- Jianshui in DecemberChina · 105 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 5.8°C · 45 mm rain
- Miyang in DecemberChina · 133 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 7.4°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 Longquan) is explained once on the Longquan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.