Climate averages 1991–2020
Rikaze weather
in December.
A cold, very dry month: the 11th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Rikaze: daytime highs average 5.7°C and nights cool to about -5.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.0 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes December a very dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 19 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thimphu (212 km away). In December its highs average 9.4°C, 3.8°C warmer than Rikaze, with 59 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Rikaze ranks joint 592nd of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 7th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Rikaze is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 4.0°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 1.0 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
Rikaze climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.0°C-7.7°C | -7.7°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 10.510 h |
| February | 6.2°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 11.111 h |
| March | 9.8°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 2.8 | 0.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 13.8°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 11 | 3.1 | 12.913 h |
| May | 18.1°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 26 | 6.6 | 13.614 h |
| June | 21.1°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 79 | 15.4 | 14.014 h |
| July | 19.8°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 157 | 23.3 | 13.814 h |
| August | 18.7°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 156 | 23.5 | 13.213 h |
| September | 17.3°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 79 | 16.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 13.4°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 16 | 4.0 | 11.511 h |
| November | 8.5°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 2.4 | 0.8 | 10.711 h |
| December, selected | 5.7°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 1.0 | 0.2 | 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
- Thimphu in DecemberBhutan · 212 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 1.1°C · 59 mm rain
- Gangtok in DecemberIndia · 216 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 5.9°C · 173 mm rain
- Dārjiling in DecemberIndia · 254 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 4.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Jaigaon in DecemberIndia · 271 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 14.0°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Lhoka in DecemberChina · 280 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low -5.6°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Siliguri in DecemberIndia · 286 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 12.0°C · 8.8 mm rain
- Jalpāiguri in DecemberIndia · 304 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 13.3°C · 3.4 mm rain
- Dharān in DecemberNepal · 313 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 11.0°C · 4.6 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 Rikaze) is explained once on the Rikaze year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.