Climate averages 1991–2020
Pengze weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Pengze: daytime highs average 10.6°C and nights cool to about 3.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 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 16 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jiujiang (57 km away). In December its highs average 11.0°C, about as warm as Pengze, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Pengze ranks joint 357th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 711th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Pengze is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 8.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 44 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
Pengze climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.3°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 66 | 9.1 | 10.510 h |
| February | 11.0°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 90 | 10.4 | 11.111 h |
| March | 15.4°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 145 | 13.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.4°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 188 | 13.4 | 12.913 h |
| May | 25.9°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 228 | 12.8 | 13.614 h |
| June | 28.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 337 | 15.4 | 14.014 h |
| July | 31.7°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 226 | 13.0 | 13.914 h |
| August | 31.4°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 142 | 13.1 | 13.213 h |
| September | 27.8°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 74 | 8.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.8°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 55 | 5.9 | 11.511 h |
| November | 16.8°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 58 | 7.1 | 10.711 h |
| December, selected | 10.6°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 44 | 6.5 | 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
- Jiujiang in DecemberChina · 57 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 4.4°C · 49 mm rain
- Huangmei in DecemberChina · 60 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 3.2°C · 42 mm rain
- Anqing in DecemberChina · 84 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 3.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Jingdezhen in DecemberChina · 93 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 3.9°C · 60 mm rain
- Wuxue in DecemberChina · 96 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 3.9°C · 45 mm rain
- Poyang in DecemberChina · 101 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 5.0°C · 55 mm rain
- Chizhou in DecemberChina · 123 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 2.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Qingquan in DecemberChina · 138 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 2.5°C · 33 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 Pengze) is explained once on the Pengze year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.