Climate averages 1991–2020
Quanzhou weather
in December.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Quanzhou: daytime highs average 18.7°C and nights cool to about 11.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 36 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 37 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jinjiang (11 km away). In December its highs average 18.3°C, about as warm as Quanzhou, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Quanzhou ranks joint 101st 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; Quanzhou is 11.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 17.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 36 mm to 33 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
Quanzhou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.0°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 33 | 5.0 | 10.811 h |
| February | 17.8°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 46 | 7.6 | 11.311 h |
| March | 20.6°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 80 | 11.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.5°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 93 | 11.3 | 12.713 h |
| May | 27.3°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 172 | 14.8 | 13.313 h |
| June | 29.3°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 218 | 17.8 | 13.714 h |
| July | 31.5°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 175 | 15.2 | 13.514 h |
| August | 31.1°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 245 | 18.4 | 13.013 h |
| September | 29.7°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 123 | 12.2 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.0°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 52 | 3.8 | 11.612 h |
| November | 23.3°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 47 | 4.7 | 11.011 h |
| December, selected | 18.7°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 36 | 4.6 | 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
- Jinjiang in DecemberChina · 11 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 12.1°C · 39 mm rain
- Ximeicun in DecemberChina · 22 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 10.0°C · 36 mm rain
- Xiamen in DecemberChina · 70 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 11.9°C · 42 mm rain
- Putian in DecemberChina · 72 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 10.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Zhangzhou in DecemberChina · 104 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 10.5°C · 39 mm rain
- Fuzhou in DecemberChina · 147 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 8.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Longyan in DecemberChina · 159 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 8.5°C · 50 mm rain
- Sanming in DecemberChina · 177 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 Quanzhou) is explained once on the Quanzhou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Ximeicun lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.