Climate averages 1991–2020
Lushui weather
in December.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
Approximate: the model cell is 910 m higher than the city, so the temperatures are adjusted up by 5.9°C. For places not marked Approximate, the cell is within 400 m of the place's elevation.
December is a warm month in Lushui: daytime highs average 22.8°C and nights cool to about 11.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 27 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 34 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Baoshan (Yunnan), China (84 km away). In December its highs average 16.2°C, 6.6°C cooler than Lushui, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Lushui ranks joint 6th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 510th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Lushui is 15.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 21.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 27 mm to 62 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
Lushui climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.9°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 62 | 6.9 | 10.711 h |
| February | 23.4°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 96 | 10.4 | 11.311 h |
| March | 26.0°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 173 | 15.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.2°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 197 | 18.6 | 12.813 h |
| May | 29.5°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 233 | 20.9 | 13.413 h |
| June | 29.9°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 289 | 25.1 | 13.714 h |
| July | 29.4°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 384 | 29.4 | 13.614 h |
| August | 30.0°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 296 | 27.4 | 13.013 h |
| September | 29.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 227 | 23.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.5°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 163 | 15.6 | 11.612 h |
| November | 25.0°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 53 | 6.3 | 10.911 h |
| December, selected | 22.8°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 27 | 4.2 | 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
- Baoshan (Yunnan), China in DecemberChina · 84 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 5.8°C · 16 mm rain
- Tengyue in DecemberChina · 98 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 4.2°C · 20 mm rain
- Dali Old Town in DecemberChina · 131 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 6.4°C · 13 mm rain
- Dali in DecemberChina · 138 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 6.4°C · 13 mm rain
- Longling County in DecemberChina · 139 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 7.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Myitkyina in DecemberMyanmar · 155 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 11.7°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Yingjiang in DecemberChina · 155 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 11.5°C · 26 mm rain
- Menghuan in DecemberChina · 157 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 11.2°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 Lushui) is explained once on the Lushui year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.