Climate averages 1991–2020
Putian weather
in December.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Putian: daytime highs average 17.3°C and nights cool to about 10.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 35 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Quanzhou (72 km away). In December its highs average 18.7°C, 1.4°C warmer than Putian, with 36 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Putian ranks 116th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 656th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Putian is 9.7°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 15.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 39 mm to 41 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
Putian climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.5°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 41 | 5.8 | 10.711 h |
| February | 16.2°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 55 | 8.0 | 11.311 h |
| March | 19.0°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 100 | 13.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.1°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 110 | 12.6 | 12.713 h |
| May | 26.2°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 191 | 16.0 | 13.413 h |
| June | 28.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 245 | 18.4 | 13.714 h |
| July | 31.0°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 178 | 15.3 | 13.614 h |
| August | 30.5°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 265 | 20.3 | 13.013 h |
| September | 28.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 152 | 13.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 25.6°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 52 | 4.3 | 11.612 h |
| November | 21.8°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 46 | 4.9 | 10.911 h |
| December, selected | 17.3°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 39 | 5.1 | 10.611 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
- Quanzhou in DecemberChina · 72 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 11.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Fuzhou in DecemberChina · 75 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 8.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Ximeicun in DecemberChina · 80 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 10.0°C · 36 mm rain
- Jinjiang in DecemberChina · 82 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 12.1°C · 39 mm rain
- Xiamen in DecemberChina · 142 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 11.9°C · 42 mm rain
- Ningde in DecemberChina · 145 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 8.6°C · 62 mm rain
- Nanping in DecemberChina · 158 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 8.8°C · 51 mm rain
- Sanming in DecemberChina · 166 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 8.4°C · 51 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 Putian) is explained once on the Putian year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.