Climate averages 1991–2020
Qionghai weather
in December.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Qionghai: daytime highs average 22.8°C and nights cool to about 18.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 36 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 00 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wenchang (49 km away). In December its highs average 22.8°C, about as warm as Qionghai, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Qionghai ranks joint 6th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 613th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Qionghai is 15.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 22.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 36 mm to 26 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
Qionghai climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.2°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 26 | 6.5 | 11.111 h |
| February | 23.4°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 26 | 7.1 | 11.512 h |
| March | 25.9°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 42 | 9.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.4°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 73 | 11.7 | 12.613 h |
| May | 30.2°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 149 | 16.8 | 13.013 h |
| June | 31.0°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 142 | 16.7 | 13.313 h |
| July | 30.8°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 177 | 18.0 | 13.213 h |
| August | 30.5°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 234 | 23.4 | 12.813 h |
| September | 29.5°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 243 | 22.6 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.6°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 203 | 16.5 | 11.712 h |
| November | 25.5°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 65 | 11.5 | 11.211 h |
| December, selected | 22.8°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 36 | 7.0 | 11.011 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
- Wenchang in DecemberChina · 49 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 18.9°C · 33 mm rain
- Wanning in DecemberChina · 50 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 19.5°C · 110 mm rain
- Qiongshan in DecemberChina · 86 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 18.8°C · 35 mm rain
- Haikou in DecemberChina · 89 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 18.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Nada in DecemberChina · 98 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 16.0°C · 27 mm rain
- Wuzhishan in DecemberChina · 113 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 15.9°C · 24 mm rain
- Dacheng in DecemberChina · 116 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 16.0°C · 27 mm rain
- Xucheng in DecemberChina · 125 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 17.0°C · 29 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 Qionghai) is explained once on the Qionghai year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.