Climate averages 1991–2020
Shancheng weather
in December.
A cool, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Shancheng: daytime highs average 8.0°C and nights cool to about -1.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes December a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 52 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shouxian (35 km away). In December its highs average 7.9°C, about as warm as Shancheng, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shancheng ranks joint 485th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 293rd of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Shancheng is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 6.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 12 mm to 13 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
Shancheng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.4°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 13 | 2.7 | 10.110 h |
| February | 9.8°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 18 | 3.5 | 10.911 h |
| March | 15.4°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 30 | 4.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.8°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 42 | 5.3 | 13.013 h |
| May | 27.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 63 | 6.4 | 14.014 h |
| June | 31.4°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 92 | 7.0 | 14.414 h |
| July | 31.6°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 204 | 13.6 | 14.214 h |
| August | 30.1°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 158 | 13.2 | 13.513 h |
| September | 26.6°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 81 | 7.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.9°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 36 | 4.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.5°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 30 | 4.3 | 10.410 h |
| December, selected | 8.0°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 12 | 2.9 | 9.910 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
- Shouxian in DecemberChina · 35 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low -1.6°C · 13 mm rain
- Fengcheng (Jiangsu), China in DecemberChina · 47 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low -1.6°C · 13 mm rain
- Songlou in DecemberChina · 54 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low -1.5°C · 14 mm rain
- Huankou in DecemberChina · 54 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low -1.4°C · 13 mm rain
- Shangqiu in DecemberChina · 58 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low -1.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Huashan in DecemberChina · 63 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low -1.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Anguo in DecemberChina · 67 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low -1.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Heze in DecemberChina · 74 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low -2.0°C · 9.4 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 Shancheng) is explained once on the Shancheng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.