Climate averages 1991–2020
Nanqiao weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Nanqiao: daytime highs average 11.1°C and nights cool to about 4.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 11 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Fengxiang (7 km away). In December its highs average 11.1°C, about as warm as Nanqiao, with 63 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Nanqiao ranks joint 304th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 739th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Nanqiao is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.6°C to 8.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 47 mm to 64 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
Nanqiao climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.5°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 64 | 8.7 | 10.410 h |
| February | 10.0°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 64 | 9.1 | 11.111 h |
| March | 13.6°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 100 | 11.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 18.8°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 110 | 10.6 | 12.913 h |
| May | 23.6°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 133 | 10.6 | 13.714 h |
| June | 26.6°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 275 | 14.9 | 14.114 h |
| July | 30.7°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 143 | 12.3 | 13.914 h |
| August | 30.5°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 149 | 14.1 | 13.313 h |
| September | 26.9°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 104 | 10.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 62 | 6.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 17.2°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 55 | 7.3 | 10.611 h |
| December, selected | 11.1°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 47 | 6.8 | 10.210 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
- Fengxiang in DecemberChina · 7 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 5.0°C · 63 mm rain
- Jinshan in DecemberChina · 17 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 4.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Xinqiao in DecemberChina · 21 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 3.1°C · 47 mm rain
- Minhang in DecemberChina · 23 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 3.5°C · 47 mm rain
- Songjiang in DecemberChina · 25 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 3.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Zhujing in DecemberChina · 28 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 3.7°C · 47 mm rain
- Xuhui in DecemberChina · 31 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 3.4°C · 45 mm rain
- Shanghai in DecemberChina · 34 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 3.9°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 Nanqiao) is explained once on the Nanqiao year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.