Climate averages 1991–2020
Menglang weather
in December.
A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Menglang: daytime highs average 21.4°C and nights cool to about 11.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 47 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Möng Yang (83 km away). In December its highs average 22.5°C, 1.1°C warmer than Menglang, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Menglang ranks joint 23rd of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 489th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Menglang is 13.8°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 22.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 25 mm to 31 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
Menglang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.0°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 31 | 3.7 | 10.911 h |
| February | 24.8°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 17 | 2.6 | 11.411 h |
| March | 28.4°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 26 | 3.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.2°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 43 | 6.7 | 12.713 h |
| May | 29.2°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 142 | 14.5 | 13.213 h |
| June | 27.4°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 188 | 23.9 | 13.513 h |
| July | 26.2°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 281 | 28.4 | 13.413 h |
| August | 26.6°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 245 | 27.3 | 12.913 h |
| September | 26.5°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 160 | 22.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 25.2°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 118 | 17.0 | 11.612 h |
| November | 23.3°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 50 | 6.7 | 11.111 h |
| December, selected | 21.4°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 25 | 4.5 | 10.811 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
- Möng Yang in DecemberMyanmar · 83 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 11.7°C · 21 mm rain
- Kēng Tung in DecemberMyanmar · 104 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 13.4°C · 18 mm rain
- Yunjinghong in DecemberChina · 110 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 13.3°C · 30 mm rain
- Pu'er in DecemberChina · 112 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 10.0°C · 23 mm rain
- Ning’er in DecemberChina · 127 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 9.4°C · 25 mm rain
- Lincang in DecemberChina · 148 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 7.9°C · 19 mm rain
- Lashio in DecemberMyanmar · 225 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 9.5°C · 10 mm rain
- Jianshui in DecemberChina · 233 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 5.8°C · 45 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 Menglang) is explained once on the Menglang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.