Climate averages 1991–2020
Xichang weather
in December.
A cool, fairly dry month: one of the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Xichang: daytime highs average 13.3°C and nights cool to about 3.9°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 25 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhaotong (157 km away). In December its highs average 9.0°C, 4.2°C cooler than Xichang, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xichang ranks 171st of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 531st of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Xichang is 5.7°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 13.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 29 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
Xichang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.3°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 23 | 5.8 | 10.611 h |
| February | 16.0°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 18 | 4.9 | 11.211 h |
| March | 20.8°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 32 | 7.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.0°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 46 | 9.6 | 12.813 h |
| May | 25.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 97 | 15.6 | 13.514 h |
| June | 25.0°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 193 | 22.9 | 13.914 h |
| July | 25.8°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 220 | 22.8 | 13.714 h |
| August | 25.8°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 201 | 21.4 | 13.113 h |
| September | 23.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 160 | 19.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 19.4°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 129 | 18.8 | 11.512 h |
| November | 16.7°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 48 | 10.3 | 10.811 h |
| December, selected | 13.3°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 29 | 6.9 | 10.410 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
- Zhaotong in DecemberChina · 157 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low -0.5°C · 15 mm rain
- Junlian in DecemberChina · 223 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 6.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Shuifu in DecemberChina · 225 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 7.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Lijiang in DecemberChina · 232 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 1.6°C · 10 mm rain
- Leshan in DecemberChina · 236 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 6.1°C · 42 mm rain
- Kangding in DecemberChina · 236 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -9.8°C · 15 mm precipitation
- Luocheng in DecemberChina · 239 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 5.8°C · 21 mm rain
- Baixi in DecemberChina · 241 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 7.5°C · 39 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 Xichang) is explained once on the Xichang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.