Climate averages 1991–2020
Suzhou, China weather
in December.
A cool, fairly 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 Suzhou, China: daytime highs average 8.7°C and nights cool to about -0.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 58 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Suixi (34 km away). In December its highs average 8.5°C, about as warm as Suzhou, China, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Suzhou, China ranks joint 458th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 448th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Suzhou, China is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 6.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 20 mm to 23 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
Suzhou, China climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.8°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 23 | 4.2 | 10.210 h |
| February | 9.8°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 28 | 4.9 | 11.011 h |
| March | 14.8°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 43 | 6.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.4°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 48 | 5.9 | 13.013 h |
| May | 26.8°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 75 | 6.8 | 13.914 h |
| June | 30.6°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 133 | 7.9 | 14.314 h |
| July | 31.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 245 | 15.1 | 14.214 h |
| August | 30.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 157 | 13.7 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.8°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 80 | 7.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.1°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 50 | 4.8 | 11.411 h |
| November | 15.1°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 36 | 5.4 | 10.510 h |
| December, selected | 8.7°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 20 | 3.8 | 10.010 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
- Suixi in DecemberChina · 34 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low -1.0°C · 18 mm rain
- Huaibei in DecemberChina · 41 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low -1.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Tongshan in DecemberChina · 63 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low -1.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Xuzhou in DecemberChina · 69 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low -1.3°C · 17 mm rain
- Yunlong in DecemberChina · 73 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low -1.3°C · 17 mm rain
- Damiao in DecemberChina · 78 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low -1.4°C · 17 mm rain
- Bengbu in DecemberChina · 85 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low 0.3°C · 25 mm rain
- Suicheng in DecemberChina · 93 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low -1.0°C · 20 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 Suzhou) is explained once on the Suzhou, China year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.