Climate averages 1991–2020
Poyang weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Poyang: daytime highs average 12.2°C and nights cool to about 5.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 20 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jingdezhen (62 km away). In December its highs average 12.8°C, 0.6°C warmer than Poyang, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Poyang ranks joint 209th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 794th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Poyang is 4.7°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 10.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 55 mm to 74 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
Poyang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.1°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 74 | 10.4 | 10.511 h |
| February | 12.8°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 99 | 11.5 | 11.111 h |
| March | 16.7°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 190 | 15.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.6°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 243 | 16.1 | 12.813 h |
| May | 26.9°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 277 | 15.5 | 13.614 h |
| June | 29.2°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 404 | 17.7 | 14.014 h |
| July | 32.7°C26.8°C | 26.8°C | 231 | 13.2 | 13.814 h |
| August | 32.6°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 154 | 13.8 | 13.213 h |
| September | 29.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 77 | 8.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.6°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 52 | 5.8 | 11.511 h |
| November | 18.4°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 83 | 7.9 | 10.711 h |
| December, selected | 12.2°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 55 | 7.4 | 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
- Jingdezhen in DecemberChina · 62 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 3.9°C · 60 mm rain
- Jinfeng in DecemberChina · 84 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 5.2°C · 66 mm rain
- Nanchang in DecemberChina · 86 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 4.7°C · 48 mm rain
- Yingtan in DecemberChina · 90 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 4.9°C · 65 mm rain
- Huayuan in DecemberChina · 95 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 5.0°C · 66 mm rain
- Pengze in DecemberChina · 101 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 3.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Jiujiang in DecemberChina · 102 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 4.4°C · 49 mm rain
- Fuzhou, China in DecemberChina · 119 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 4.9°C · 62 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 Poyang) is explained once on the Poyang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.