Climate averages 1991–2020
Wushan 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 Wushan: daytime highs average 11.5°C and nights cool to about 5.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 10 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yong’an (40 km away). In December its highs average 11.5°C, about as warm as Wushan, with 36 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Wushan ranks joint 259th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 701st of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Wushan is 3.9°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 9.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 43 mm to 45 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
Wushan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.8°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 45 | 8.8 | 10.410 h |
| February | 12.4°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 59 | 10.0 | 11.111 h |
| March | 16.7°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 98 | 13.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.9°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 136 | 14.1 | 12.913 h |
| May | 25.7°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 190 | 15.0 | 13.714 h |
| June | 28.9°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 261 | 15.6 | 14.114 h |
| July | 31.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 312 | 21.4 | 14.014 h |
| August | 31.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 206 | 17.7 | 13.313 h |
| September | 27.0°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 165 | 13.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.7°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 129 | 12.3 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.7°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 85 | 11.4 | 10.611 h |
| December, selected | 11.5°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 43 | 8.8 | 10.210 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
- Yong’an in DecemberChina · 40 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 5.4°C · 36 mm rain
- Chengxiang in DecemberChina · 46 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 5.2°C · 34 mm rain
- Yezhou in DecemberChina · 55 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 3.9°C · 54 mm rain
- Enshi in DecemberChina · 94 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 4.3°C · 66 mm rain
- Lichuan in DecemberChina · 131 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low 0.9°C · 60 mm rain
- Yichang in DecemberChina · 140 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 3.6°C · 26 mm rain
- Hanfeng in DecemberChina · 141 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 6.4°C · 45 mm rain
- Wanzhou in DecemberChina · 145 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 7.1°C · 46 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 Wushan) is explained once on the Wushan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.