Climate averages 1991–2020
Nanchuan 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 Nanchuan: daytime highs average 10.7°C and nights cool to about 5.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 19 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wansheng (27 km away). In December its highs average 12.1°C, 1.3°C warmer than Nanchuan, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Nanchuan ranks joint 348th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 693rd of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Nanchuan is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 9.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 42 mm to 36 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
Nanchuan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.3°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 36 | 9.4 | 10.511 h |
| February | 12.0°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 43 | 10.2 | 11.111 h |
| March | 16.2°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 85 | 15.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.2°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 134 | 17.2 | 12.913 h |
| May | 24.7°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 191 | 18.2 | 13.614 h |
| June | 27.4°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 197 | 18.7 | 14.014 h |
| July | 30.5°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 188 | 17.6 | 13.814 h |
| August | 30.4°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 170 | 17.0 | 13.213 h |
| September | 26.3°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 123 | 13.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.5°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 121 | 16.4 | 11.511 h |
| November | 15.9°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 80 | 12.5 | 10.711 h |
| December, selected | 10.7°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 42 | 10.0 | 10.310 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
- Wansheng in DecemberChina · 27 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 6.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Gunan in DecemberChina · 47 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 6.9°C · 56 mm rain
- Banan in DecemberChina · 60 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 7.3°C · 37 mm rain
- Wulong (approximate) in DecemberChina · 67 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 6.4°C · 54 mm rain
- Lidu in DecemberChina · 68 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 6.9°C · 42 mm rain
- Fuling in DecemberChina · 68 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 6.5°C · 43 mm rain
- Luohuang in DecemberChina · 68 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 7.3°C · 40 mm rain
- Chongqing in DecemberChina · 70 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 6.7°C · 37 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 Nanchuan) is explained once on the Nanchuan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.