Climate averages 1991–2020
Shizilu weather
in December.
A cold, very 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 Shizilu: daytime highs average 6.4°C and nights cool to about -2.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes December a very dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 50 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Linyi (46 km away). In December its highs average 6.9°C, about as warm as Shizilu, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shizilu ranks joint 542nd of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 369th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Shizilu is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 4.7°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 14 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
Shizilu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.7°C-4.2°C | -4.2°C | 14 | 2.7 | 10.110 h |
| February | 7.7°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 19 | 3.5 | 10.911 h |
| March | 13.2°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 29 | 4.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.0°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 40 | 5.8 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.2°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 71 | 6.6 | 14.014 h |
| June | 28.7°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 95 | 7.8 | 14.514 h |
| July | 29.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 226 | 14.5 | 14.314 h |
| August | 29.0°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 180 | 14.2 | 13.513 h |
| September | 25.4°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 81 | 7.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.3°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 31 | 4.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.1°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 30 | 4.4 | 10.410 h |
| December, selected | 6.4°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 14 | 2.8 | 9.810 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
- Linyi in DecemberChina · 46 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low -2.4°C · 15 mm rain
- Rizhao in DecemberChina · 69 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low 0.5°C · 18 mm rain
- Yishui in DecemberChina · 71 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -3.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Lianyungang in DecemberChina · 73 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low -0.3°C · 20 mm rain
- Feicheng, China in DecemberChina · 79 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low -2.7°C · 15 mm rain
- Xinyi, China in DecemberChina · 98 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low -1.4°C · 17 mm rain
- Jiayue in DecemberChina · 100 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -3.0°C · 14 mm rain
- Tiefu in DecemberChina · 101 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low -1.8°C · 17 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 Shizilu) is explained once on the Shizilu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.