Climate averages 1991–2020
Xihe 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 Xihe: daytime highs average 10.4°C and nights cool to about 1.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 21 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 10 h 07 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Suizhou (10 km away). In December its highs average 10.4°C, about as warm as Xihe, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xihe ranks joint 370th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 458th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Xihe is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 8.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 21 mm to 28 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
Xihe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.5°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 28 | 5.2 | 10.310 h |
| February | 11.5°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 37 | 6.1 | 11.011 h |
| March | 16.1°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 57 | 8.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.0°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 94 | 8.9 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.3°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 126 | 10.3 | 13.814 h |
| June | 29.4°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 180 | 10.9 | 14.214 h |
| July | 31.1°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 227 | 15.1 | 14.014 h |
| August | 30.7°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 149 | 13.6 | 13.313 h |
| September | 27.2°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 81 | 8.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.4°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 64 | 6.9 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.3°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 47 | 6.5 | 10.611 h |
| December, selected | 10.4°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 21 | 4.3 | 10.110 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
- Suizhou in DecemberChina · 10 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 1.2°C · 20 mm rain
- Guangshui in DecemberChina · 51 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 1.2°C · 24 mm rain
- Anlu in DecemberChina · 52 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 1.5°C · 24 mm rain
- Xinyang in DecemberChina · 75 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 0.5°C · 24 mm rain
- Xinshi in DecemberChina · 77 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 2.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Chengzhong in DecemberChina · 83 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 2.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Zaoyang in DecemberChina · 83 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 1.0°C · 17 mm rain
- Xiaogan in DecemberChina · 95 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 2.1°C · 26 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 Xihe) is explained once on the Xihe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.