Climate averages 1991–2020
Shangluo weather
in December.
A cold, fairly 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 Shangluo: daytime highs average 6.2°C and nights cool to about -2.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 57 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Huayin (79 km away). In December its highs average 8.0°C, 1.8°C warmer than Shangluo, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shangluo ranks joint 548th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 386th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Shangluo is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 4.8°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 15 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
Shangluo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.8°C-4.2°C | -4.2°C | 15 | 4.0 | 10.210 h |
| February | 8.2°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 23 | 5.4 | 10.911 h |
| March | 13.5°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 40 | 7.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 19.7°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 50 | 8.2 | 13.013 h |
| May | 23.7°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 71 | 9.5 | 13.914 h |
| June | 27.6°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 85 | 8.9 | 14.414 h |
| July | 28.9°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 137 | 14.9 | 14.214 h |
| August | 27.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 114 | 13.3 | 13.413 h |
| September | 23.0°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 116 | 11.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 18.1°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 71 | 9.5 | 11.411 h |
| November | 11.9°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 40 | 7.2 | 10.410 h |
| December, selected | 6.2°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 15 | 3.8 | 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
- Huayin in DecemberChina · 79 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low -1.1°C · 12 mm rain
- Weinan in DecemberChina · 81 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low -1.7°C · 9.0 mm rain
- Lintong in DecemberChina · 87 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low -2.1°C · 8.0 mm rain
- Xi’an in DecemberChina · 102 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -2.2°C · 13 mm rain
- Yongji in DecemberChina · 121 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low -1.8°C · 8.6 mm rain
- Xianyang in DecemberChina · 125 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low -2.2°C · 13 mm rain
- Tongchuan in DecemberChina · 146 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low -3.5°C · 7.5 mm rain
- Sanmenxia in DecemberChina · 154 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low -2.3°C · 9.2 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 Shangluo) is explained once on the Shangluo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.