Climate averages 1991–2020
Xiugu weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet 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 Xiugu: daytime highs average 13.2°C and nights cool to about 5.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 67 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 2nd 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 Jinfeng (40 km away). In December its highs average 13.2°C, about as warm as Xiugu, with 66 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xiugu ranks joint 172nd of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 864th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Xiugu is 5.7°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 11.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 67 mm to 85 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
Xiugu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.0°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 85 | 10.7 | 10.611 h |
| February | 13.9°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 102 | 12.0 | 11.211 h |
| March | 17.7°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 228 | 17.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.4°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 280 | 17.1 | 12.813 h |
| May | 27.4°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 316 | 16.8 | 13.514 h |
| June | 29.8°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 415 | 18.1 | 13.914 h |
| July | 33.5°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 200 | 13.4 | 13.714 h |
| August | 33.0°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 158 | 15.6 | 13.113 h |
| September | 29.6°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 92 | 10.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 25.1°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 63 | 6.5 | 11.512 h |
| November | 19.3°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 90 | 8.5 | 10.811 h |
| December, selected | 13.2°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 67 | 7.7 | 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
- Jinfeng in DecemberChina · 40 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 5.2°C · 66 mm rain
- Jianchang in DecemberChina · 41 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 5.8°C · 67 mm rain
- Yingtan in DecemberChina · 42 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 4.9°C · 65 mm rain
- Fuzhou, China in DecemberChina · 44 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 4.9°C · 62 mm rain
- Huayuan in DecemberChina · 59 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 5.0°C · 66 mm rain
- Bashan in DecemberChina · 73 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 4.9°C · 58 mm rain
- Qincheng in DecemberChina · 81 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 5.4°C · 71 mm rain
- Shaowu in DecemberChina · 94 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 5.9°C · 70 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 Xiugu) is explained once on the Xiugu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.