Climate averages 1991–2020
Xunchang weather
in December.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Xunchang: daytime highs average 10.7°C and nights cool to about 6.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 22 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Changning (24 km away). In December its highs average 12.1°C, 1.4°C warmer than Xunchang, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xunchang ranks joint 348th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 582nd of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Xunchang is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 9.5°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 34 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
Xunchang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.5°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 34 | 10.0 | 10.611 h |
| February | 12.0°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 33 | 9.2 | 11.211 h |
| March | 16.5°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 52 | 12.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.8°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 71 | 13.8 | 12.813 h |
| May | 25.2°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 99 | 14.7 | 13.514 h |
| June | 27.5°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 163 | 17.9 | 13.914 h |
| July | 29.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 247 | 21.4 | 13.814 h |
| August | 29.6°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 248 | 20.2 | 13.213 h |
| September | 25.3°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 130 | 15.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 19.9°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 80 | 16.1 | 11.512 h |
| November | 15.8°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 48 | 10.7 | 10.811 h |
| December, selected | 10.7°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 34 | 9.1 | 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
- Changning in DecemberChina · 24 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 7.6°C · 41 mm rain
- Baixi in DecemberChina · 32 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 7.5°C · 39 mm rain
- Yibin in DecemberChina · 35 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 7.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Shuifu in DecemberChina · 36 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 7.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Junlian in DecemberChina · 37 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 6.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Nanxi in DecemberChina · 50 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 7.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Gusong in DecemberChina · 53 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 5.9°C · 76 mm rain
- Xuyong in DecemberChina · 77 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 6.4°C · 62 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 Xunchang) is explained once on the Xunchang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.