Climate averages 1991–2020
Ning’er 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 Ning’er: daytime highs average 18.6°C and nights cool to about 9.4°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 45 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pu'er (29 km away). In December its highs average 19.1°C, 0.5°C warmer than Ning’er, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Ning’er ranks 107th 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; Ning’er is 11.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 19.4°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
Ning’er climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.4°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 31 | 4.9 | 10.911 h |
| February | 22.5°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 21 | 3.9 | 11.411 h |
| March | 26.3°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 35 | 5.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.0°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 70 | 8.9 | 12.713 h |
| May | 27.5°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 172 | 17.0 | 13.213 h |
| June | 26.3°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 270 | 25.2 | 13.514 h |
| July | 25.1°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 397 | 29.3 | 13.413 h |
| August | 25.3°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 363 | 29.2 | 12.913 h |
| September | 24.7°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 239 | 24.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 23.0°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 141 | 19.9 | 11.612 h |
| November | 20.7°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 51 | 7.5 | 11.111 h |
| December, selected | 18.6°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 25 | 4.6 | 10.711 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
- Pu'er in DecemberChina · 29 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 10.0°C · 23 mm rain
- Yunjinghong in DecemberChina · 117 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 13.3°C · 30 mm rain
- Menglang in DecemberChina · 127 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 11.6°C · 25 mm rain
- Lincang in DecemberChina · 134 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 7.9°C · 19 mm rain
- Jianshui in DecemberChina · 139 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 5.8°C · 45 mm rain
- Möng Yang in DecemberMyanmar · 193 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 11.7°C · 21 mm rain
- Kēng Tung in DecemberMyanmar · 194 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 13.4°C · 18 mm rain
- Yuxi in DecemberChina · 212 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 7.5°C · 20 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 Ning’er) is explained once on the Ning’er year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.