Climate averages 1991–2020

Qujing weather
in December.

A cool, fairly dry month: the coolest and the driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 12.7°C Daytime mean, December
Average low 3.9°C Night-time mean, December
Rainfall 28 mm 7 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Qujing · average highYear overview

December is a cool month in Qujing: daytime highs average 12.7°C and nights cool to about 3.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 28 mm of rain on roughly 7 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 Zhongshu (108 km away). In December its highs average 14.2°C, 1.5°C warmer than Qujing, with 18 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Qujing ranks joint 184th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 519th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Qujing is 5.1°C warmer than that mean.

From December to January, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 13.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 28 mm to 41 mm.

The annual picture

December in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 051015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Qujing climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Qujing, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 13.3°C3.5°C3.5°C417.410.711 h
February 16.1°C5.2°C5.2°C336.511.311 h
March 20.4°C8.6°C8.6°C568.212.012 h
April 22.9°C11.5°C11.5°C7011.212.713 h
May 23.7°C14.0°C14.0°C12815.613.413 h
June 23.4°C16.0°C16.0°C24222.913.714 h
July 23.5°C16.4°C16.4°C21424.413.614 h
August 23.4°C15.9°C15.9°C17422.213.013 h
September 21.5°C14.4°C14.4°C12918.212.312 h
October 18.5°C11.6°C11.6°C9115.311.612 h
November 15.8°C7.3°C7.3°C367.810.911 h
December, selected 12.7°C3.9°C3.9°C286.710.611 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

Distance from Qujing

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Qujing) is explained once on the Qujing year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.