Climate averages 1991–2020
Sanming weather
in December.
A mild, moderately wet 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 mild month in Sanming: daytime highs average 17.1°C and nights cool to about 8.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 32 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nanping (71 km away). In December its highs average 17.0°C, about as warm as Sanming, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Sanming ranks joint 117th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 769th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Sanming is 9.6°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 15.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 51 mm to 62 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
Sanming climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.7°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 62 | 8.9 | 10.711 h |
| February | 17.6°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 81 | 11.3 | 11.311 h |
| March | 20.9°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 156 | 16.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.6°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 180 | 16.7 | 12.813 h |
| May | 28.8°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 222 | 17.9 | 13.413 h |
| June | 31.1°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 251 | 17.9 | 13.814 h |
| July | 34.4°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 145 | 13.7 | 13.614 h |
| August | 33.6°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 173 | 17.6 | 13.113 h |
| September | 31.0°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 103 | 12.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 51 | 6.5 | 11.612 h |
| November | 22.3°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 52 | 6.6 | 10.911 h |
| December, selected | 17.1°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 51 | 6.6 | 10.511 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
- Nanping in DecemberChina · 71 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 8.8°C · 51 mm rain
- Shaowu in DecemberChina · 122 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 5.9°C · 70 mm rain
- Longyan in DecemberChina · 144 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 8.5°C · 50 mm rain
- Xujiang in DecemberChina · 145 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 5.3°C · 66 mm rain
- Qincheng in DecemberChina · 152 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 5.4°C · 71 mm rain
- Ximeicun in DecemberChina · 160 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 10.0°C · 36 mm rain
- Putian in DecemberChina · 166 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 10.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Fuzhou in DecemberChina · 170 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 8.9°C · 52 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 Sanming) is explained once on the Sanming year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.