Climate averages 1991–2020
Nanning weather
in December.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest 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 Nanning: daytime highs average 18.7°C and nights cool to about 11.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 46 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shangsi (81 km away). In December its highs average 18.7°C, about as warm as Nanning, with 38 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Nanning ranks joint 101st of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 716th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Nanning is 11.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 16.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 45 mm to 50 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
Nanning climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.7°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 50 | 8.4 | 10.911 h |
| February | 19.0°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 38 | 8.3 | 11.411 h |
| March | 22.3°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 77 | 12.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.9°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 106 | 14.2 | 12.713 h |
| May | 29.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 227 | 20.2 | 13.213 h |
| June | 30.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 262 | 22.6 | 13.514 h |
| July | 31.2°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 245 | 21.8 | 13.413 h |
| August | 31.1°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 246 | 22.2 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.0°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 156 | 14.6 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.7°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 73 | 8.2 | 11.612 h |
| November | 23.6°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 56 | 7.8 | 11.111 h |
| December, selected | 18.7°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 45 | 7.5 | 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
- Shangsi in DecemberChina · 81 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 11.6°C · 38 mm rain
- Qinzhou in DecemberChina · 99 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 12.5°C · 34 mm rain
- Chongzuo in DecemberChina · 109 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 11.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Fangchenggang in DecemberChina · 117 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 12.8°C · 38 mm rain
- Guigang in DecemberChina · 135 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 10.9°C · 55 mm rain
- Laibin in DecemberChina · 139 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 10.2°C · 59 mm rain
- Dongxing in DecemberChina · 145 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 13.8°C · 53 mm rain
- Xichang, China in DecemberChina · 147 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 14.2°C · 29 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 Nanning) is explained once on the Nanning year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.