Climate averages 1991–2020
Luoyang 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 Luoyang: daytime highs average 8.8°C and nights cool to about -1.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 10 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes December a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 53 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jiyuan (48 km away). In December its highs average 8.2°C, 0.5°C cooler than Luoyang, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Luoyang ranks joint 456th 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; Luoyang is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 7.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 10 mm to 11 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
Luoyang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.1°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 11 | 2.8 | 10.110 h |
| February | 10.8°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 15 | 3.0 | 10.911 h |
| March | 16.7°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 23 | 4.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 23.4°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 40 | 5.0 | 13.013 h |
| May | 28.4°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 59 | 6.2 | 14.014 h |
| June | 32.4°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 72 | 7.5 | 14.414 h |
| July | 32.3°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 160 | 13.8 | 14.214 h |
| August | 30.2°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 132 | 12.9 | 13.513 h |
| September | 26.4°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 95 | 9.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.5°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 48 | 6.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.7°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 32 | 4.7 | 10.410 h |
| December, selected | 8.8°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 10 | 2.4 | 9.910 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
- Jiyuan in DecemberChina · 48 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low -2.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Yima in DecemberChina · 51 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -2.9°C · 9.5 mm rain
- Changzhi (Shanxi, 35.21°N 111.74°E), China in DecemberChina · 87 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low -2.7°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Jiaozuo in DecemberChina · 96 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low -2.5°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Jincheng in DecemberChina · 99 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -4.0°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Yuzhou in DecemberChina · 111 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low -1.1°C · 12 mm rain
- Zhengzhou in DecemberChina · 111 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low -1.1°C · 9.9 mm rain
- Sanmenxia in DecemberChina · 114 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low -2.3°C · 9.2 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 Luoyang) is explained once on the Luoyang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.