Climate averages 1991–2020
Pingwu County weather
in December.
A cool, fairly dry 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 Pingwu County: daytime highs average 8.0°C and nights cool to about 2.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 04 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jiangyou (73 km away). In December its highs average 10.2°C, 2.1°C warmer than Pingwu County, with 9.9 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Pingwu County ranks joint 485th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 401st of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Pingwu County is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 6.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 mm to 18 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
Pingwu County climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.6°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 18 | 6.1 | 10.310 h |
| February | 9.0°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 29 | 9.6 | 11.011 h |
| March | 13.7°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 53 | 14.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 19.3°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 83 | 17.3 | 13.013 h |
| May | 22.8°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 116 | 19.5 | 13.814 h |
| June | 25.6°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 155 | 19.9 | 14.214 h |
| July | 27.3°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 271 | 23.8 | 14.114 h |
| August | 26.7°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 236 | 23.2 | 13.313 h |
| September | 22.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 204 | 23.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 17.7°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 121 | 21.1 | 11.411 h |
| November | 13.0°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 49 | 12.4 | 10.511 h |
| December, selected | 8.0°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 16 | 5.5 | 10.110 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
- Jiangyou in DecemberChina · 73 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 3.5°C · 9.9 mm rain
- Mianyang in DecemberChina · 105 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 4.0°C · 7.6 mm rain
- Longnan (approximate) in DecemberChina · 116 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -1.2°C · 11 mm rain
- Guangyuan in DecemberChina · 122 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 2.7°C · 19 mm rain
- Mianzhu, Deyang, Sichuan in DecemberChina · 122 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low 4.0°C · 28 mm rain
- Luojiang in DecemberChina · 123 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 4.1°C · 9.7 mm rain
- Deyang in DecemberChina · 143 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 4.4°C · 9.7 mm rain
- Donghe in DecemberChina · 168 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 3.1°C · 30 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 Pingwu County) is explained once on the Pingwu County year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.