Climate averages 1991–2020
Songcheng weather
in December.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Songcheng: daytime highs average 15.5°C and nights cool to about 9.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 29 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Fu’an (42 km away). In December its highs average 16.2°C, 0.6°C warmer than Songcheng, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Songcheng ranks 143rd of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 760th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Songcheng is 8.0°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 13.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 50 mm to 55 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
Songcheng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.4°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 55 | 7.5 | 10.711 h |
| February | 14.2°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 67 | 9.8 | 11.211 h |
| March | 17.0°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 127 | 14.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.4°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 124 | 14.8 | 12.813 h |
| May | 25.1°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 191 | 16.1 | 13.513 h |
| June | 28.2°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 292 | 18.8 | 13.814 h |
| July | 30.9°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 213 | 18.2 | 13.714 h |
| August | 30.5°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 283 | 23.8 | 13.113 h |
| September | 28.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 151 | 15.6 | 12.312 h |
| October | 24.5°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 61 | 7.0 | 11.512 h |
| November | 20.3°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 65 | 7.8 | 10.811 h |
| December, selected | 15.5°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 50 | 6.5 | 10.510 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
- Fu’an in DecemberChina · 42 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 6.9°C · 50 mm rain
- Ningde in DecemberChina · 53 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 8.6°C · 62 mm rain
- Fuding in DecemberChina · 54 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 7.3°C · 60 mm rain
- Jinxiang in DecemberChina · 86 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 9.2°C · 60 mm rain
- Fuzhou in DecemberChina · 115 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 8.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Rui’an in DecemberChina · 119 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 7.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Wenzhou in DecemberChina · 141 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 6.4°C · 64 mm rain
- Lishui in DecemberChina · 176 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 4.9°C · 53 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 Songcheng) is explained once on the Songcheng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.