Climate averages 1991–2020
Rugao weather
in December.
A cool, 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 cool month in Rugao: daytime highs average 9.8°C and nights cool to about 1.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 04 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jiangyan (43 km away). In December its highs average 9.9°C, about as warm as Rugao, with 36 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Rugao ranks joint 411th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 629th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Rugao is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 7.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 37 mm to 53 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
Rugao climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.5°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 53 | 7.6 | 10.310 h |
| February | 9.6°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 54 | 8.1 | 11.011 h |
| March | 14.0°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 75 | 9.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 20.0°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 84 | 8.8 | 13.013 h |
| May | 25.0°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 109 | 9.1 | 13.814 h |
| June | 28.0°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 217 | 12.3 | 14.214 h |
| July | 31.1°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 217 | 15.4 | 14.114 h |
| August | 30.5°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 178 | 15.1 | 13.313 h |
| September | 26.6°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 94 | 9.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.0°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 53 | 5.9 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.3°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 54 | 7.0 | 10.511 h |
| December, selected | 9.8°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 37 | 5.7 | 10.110 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
- Jiangyan in DecemberChina · 43 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 0.9°C · 36 mm rain
- Nantong in DecemberChina · 47 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 2.5°C · 39 mm rain
- Jinsha in DecemberChina · 56 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 2.8°C · 39 mm rain
- Zhangjiagang in DecemberChina · 56 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 2.2°C · 38 mm rain
- Juegang in DecemberChina · 58 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 3.9°C · 43 mm rain
- Taixing in DecemberChina · 58 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 1.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Jiangyin in DecemberChina · 59 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 1.8°C · 38 mm rain
- Dongtai in DecemberChina · 59 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 0.5°C · 35 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 Rugao) is explained once on the Rugao year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.