Climate averages 1991–2020
Ningbo 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 Ningbo: daytime highs average 11.6°C and nights cool to about 4.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 75 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 16 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Fenghua (28 km away). In December its highs average 11.7°C, about as warm as Ningbo, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Ningbo ranks joint 251st of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 878th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Ningbo is 4.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.5°C to 9.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 75 mm to 88 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
Ningbo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.1°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 88 | 11.0 | 10.510 h |
| February | 10.9°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 80 | 10.4 | 11.111 h |
| March | 14.7°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 130 | 13.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 20.2°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 129 | 12.8 | 12.913 h |
| May | 24.7°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 162 | 12.6 | 13.614 h |
| June | 27.6°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 292 | 17.3 | 14.014 h |
| July | 32.1°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 158 | 13.9 | 13.914 h |
| August | 31.4°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 175 | 16.2 | 13.213 h |
| September | 27.2°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 153 | 13.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.6°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 90 | 7.5 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 79 | 9.7 | 10.711 h |
| December, selected | 11.6°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 75 | 8.4 | 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
- Fenghua in DecemberChina · 28 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 4.4°C · 69 mm rain
- Yuyao in DecemberChina · 43 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 3.9°C · 66 mm rain
- Cixi in DecemberChina · 44 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 4.6°C · 62 mm rain
- Zhoushan in DecemberChina · 64 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 8.9°C · 81 mm rain
- Shangyu in DecemberChina · 67 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 3.4°C · 63 mm rain
- Shenjiamen in DecemberChina · 73 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 9.0°C · 81 mm rain
- Shaoxing in DecemberChina · 95 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 3.4°C · 63 mm rain
- Jinshan in DecemberChina · 109 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 4.6°C · 52 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 Ningbo) is explained once on the Ningbo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.