Climate averages 1991–2020
Nanping weather
in December.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Nanping: daytime highs average 17.0°C and nights cool to about 8.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 30 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sanming (71 km away). In December its highs average 17.1°C, about as warm as Nanping, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Nanping ranks joint 119th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 769th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Nanping is 9.4°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 15.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 51 mm to 66 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
Nanping climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.4°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 66 | 9.1 | 10.711 h |
| February | 17.2°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 81 | 11.0 | 11.211 h |
| March | 20.3°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 155 | 16.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 174 | 16.3 | 12.813 h |
| May | 28.6°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 223 | 17.2 | 13.413 h |
| June | 31.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 271 | 17.5 | 13.814 h |
| July | 34.6°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 123 | 13.0 | 13.614 h |
| August | 33.9°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 150 | 16.0 | 13.113 h |
| September | 31.2°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 96 | 11.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.3°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 51 | 6.7 | 11.512 h |
| November | 22.2°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 57 | 6.9 | 10.911 h |
| December, selected | 17.0°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 51 | 6.8 | 10.511 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
- Sanming in DecemberChina · 71 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 8.4°C · 51 mm rain
- Shaowu in DecemberChina · 103 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 5.9°C · 70 mm rain
- Wuyishan in DecemberChina · 125 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 5.9°C · 75 mm rain
- Fuzhou in DecemberChina · 130 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 8.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Ningde in DecemberChina · 134 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 8.6°C · 62 mm rain
- Fu’an in DecemberChina · 154 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 6.9°C · 50 mm rain
- Putian in DecemberChina · 158 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 10.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Qincheng in DecemberChina · 175 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 5.4°C · 71 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 Nanping) is explained once on the Nanping year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.