Climate averages 1991–2020
Wugang weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet 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 Wugang: daytime highs average 11.6°C and nights cool to about 5.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 30 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hongjiang (76 km away). In December its highs average 12.0°C, about as warm as Wugang, with 64 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Wugang ranks joint 251st of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 836th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Wugang is 4.0°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 9.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 62 mm to 76 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
Wugang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.2°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 76 | 13.5 | 10.711 h |
| February | 12.0°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 85 | 14.2 | 11.211 h |
| March | 16.0°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 149 | 18.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.0°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 185 | 18.3 | 12.813 h |
| May | 25.9°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 230 | 17.6 | 13.413 h |
| June | 28.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 269 | 19.0 | 13.814 h |
| July | 31.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 169 | 14.5 | 13.614 h |
| August | 30.5°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 158 | 16.8 | 13.113 h |
| September | 27.2°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 87 | 11.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 22.3°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 82 | 10.2 | 11.512 h |
| November | 17.2°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 83 | 10.6 | 10.911 h |
| December, selected | 11.6°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 62 | 9.8 | 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
- Hongjiang in DecemberChina · 76 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 5.4°C · 64 mm rain
- Shaoyang in DecemberChina · 100 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 4.6°C · 43 mm rain
- Yongzhou in DecemberChina · 103 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 6.0°C · 57 mm rain
- Huaihua in DecemberChina · 112 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 4.9°C · 64 mm rain
- Shangmei in DecemberChina · 131 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 4.6°C · 53 mm rain
- Lengshuijiang in DecemberChina · 133 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 4.5°C · 49 mm rain
- Gantang in DecemberChina · 154 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 4.3°C · 48 mm rain
- Liping in DecemberChina · 159 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 4.6°C · 57 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 Wugang) is explained once on the Wugang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.