Climate averages 1991–2020
Sanshui weather
in December.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and one of the 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 Sanshui: daytime highs average 19.5°C and nights cool to about 11.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 5 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 44 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Foshan (28 km away). In December its highs average 20.1°C, 0.6°C warmer than Sanshui, with 37 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Sanshui ranks joint 80th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 668th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Sanshui is 12.0°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 18.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 40 mm to 50 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
Sanshui climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.0°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 50 | 6.9 | 10.911 h |
| February | 19.7°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 62 | 9.9 | 11.411 h |
| March | 22.7°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 136 | 16.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.4°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 221 | 17.3 | 12.713 h |
| May | 29.0°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 306 | 21.8 | 13.213 h |
| June | 30.6°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 353 | 23.1 | 13.514 h |
| July | 31.6°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 243 | 21.5 | 13.413 h |
| August | 31.5°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 264 | 22.1 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.2°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 165 | 15.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.9°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 61 | 6.1 | 11.612 h |
| November | 24.2°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 40 | 5.8 | 11.011 h |
| December, selected | 19.5°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 40 | 5.1 | 10.711 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
- Foshan in DecemberChina · 28 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 12.0°C · 37 mm rain
- Guangzhou in DecemberChina · 37 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 11.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Shaping in DecemberChina · 43 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 12.1°C · 36 mm rain
- Zhaoqing in DecemberChina · 46 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 11.7°C · 38 mm rain
- Daliang in DecemberChina · 51 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 12.3°C · 34 mm rain
- Shiqiao in DecemberChina · 53 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 12.1°C · 37 mm rain
- Dasha in DecemberChina · 56 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 11.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Lubu in DecemberChina · 62 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 11.6°C · 45 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 Sanshui) is explained once on the Sanshui year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.