Climate averages 1991–2020
Xiongzhou weather
in December.
A mild, 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 mild month in Xiongzhou: daytime highs average 15.6°C and nights cool to about 7.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 36 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shixing (30 km away). In December its highs average 16.2°C, 0.5°C warmer than Xiongzhou, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xiongzhou ranks joint 141st of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 739th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Xiongzhou is 8.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 14.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 47 mm to 62 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
Xiongzhou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.0°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 62 | 8.4 | 10.811 h |
| February | 16.3°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 72 | 11.0 | 11.311 h |
| March | 19.5°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 152 | 16.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.6°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 195 | 17.0 | 12.713 h |
| May | 27.9°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 239 | 19.4 | 13.413 h |
| June | 30.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 242 | 19.5 | 13.714 h |
| July | 32.5°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 128 | 16.1 | 13.514 h |
| August | 32.6°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 158 | 17.8 | 13.013 h |
| September | 30.1°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 106 | 11.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 26.6°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 50 | 6.1 | 11.612 h |
| November | 21.3°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 55 | 6.8 | 10.911 h |
| December, selected | 15.6°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 47 | 6.2 | 10.611 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
- Shixing in DecemberChina · 30 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 7.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Shaoguan in DecemberChina · 80 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 8.3°C · 55 mm rain
- Maba in DecemberChina · 86 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 8.3°C · 55 mm rain
- Lecheng in DecemberChina · 96 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 6.7°C · 47 mm rain
- Ganzhou in DecemberChina · 103 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 6.4°C · 51 mm rain
- Chenzhou in DecemberChina · 148 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 5.3°C · 54 mm rain
- Heyuan in DecemberChina · 159 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 9.9°C · 36 mm rain
- Huacheng in DecemberChina · 177 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 9.4°C · 37 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 Xiongzhou) is explained once on the Xiongzhou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.