Climate averages 1991–2020
Xinxiang weather
in December.
A cool, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Xinxiang: daytime highs average 8.2°C and nights cool to about -2.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.2 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes December a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 50 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhengzhou (50 km away). In December its highs average 8.6°C, about as warm as Xinxiang, with 9.9 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xinxiang ranks joint 476th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 172nd of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Xinxiang is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 6.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 7.2 mm to 6.1 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
Xinxiang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.4°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 6.1 | 1.7 | 10.110 h |
| February | 10.1°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 11 | 2.2 | 10.911 h |
| March | 16.0°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 17 | 3.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.6°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 32 | 4.0 | 13.113 h |
| May | 28.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 45 | 5.3 | 14.014 h |
| June | 32.1°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 61 | 6.3 | 14.514 h |
| July | 31.8°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 153 | 12.5 | 14.314 h |
| August | 30.1°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 114 | 11.6 | 13.513 h |
| September | 26.6°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 60 | 7.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.7°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 29 | 4.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.4°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 22 | 4.0 | 10.410 h |
| December, selected | 8.2°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 7.2 | 1.9 | 9.810 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
- Zhengzhou in DecemberChina · 50 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low -1.1°C · 9.9 mm rain
- Jiaozuo in DecemberChina · 51 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low -2.5°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Kaifeng in DecemberChina · 63 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low -1.7°C · 9.5 mm rain
- Hebi in DecemberChina · 75 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low -2.8°C · 6.4 mm rain
- Jincheng in DecemberChina · 94 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -4.0°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Jiyuan in DecemberChina · 111 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low -2.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Anyang in DecemberChina · 114 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -3.3°C · 6.0 mm rain
- Yuzhou in DecemberChina · 119 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low -1.1°C · 12 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 Xinxiang) is explained once on the Xinxiang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.