Climate averages 1991–2020
Yangshuo 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 Yangshuo: daytime highs average 15.9°C and nights cool to about 7.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 59 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 38 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Guilin (59 km away). In December its highs average 15.0°C, 0.9°C cooler than Yangshuo, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Yangshuo ranks joint 138th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 815th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Yangshuo is 8.4°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 13.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 59 mm to 82 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
Yangshuo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.8°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 82 | 12.4 | 10.811 h |
| February | 16.0°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 81 | 13.8 | 11.311 h |
| March | 19.0°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 174 | 20.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.9°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 227 | 20.4 | 12.713 h |
| May | 27.2°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 303 | 21.8 | 13.313 h |
| June | 29.2°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 309 | 22.2 | 13.614 h |
| July | 30.8°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 194 | 17.8 | 13.514 h |
| August | 31.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 154 | 16.9 | 13.013 h |
| September | 29.9°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 79 | 10.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 26.4°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 67 | 7.1 | 11.612 h |
| November | 21.2°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 74 | 8.7 | 11.011 h |
| December, selected | 15.9°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 59 | 8.7 | 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
- Guilin in DecemberChina · 59 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 7.3°C · 69 mm rain
- Hezhou in DecemberChina · 117 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 7.5°C · 71 mm rain
- Liuzhou in DecemberChina · 121 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 9.3°C · 71 mm rain
- Guiping in DecemberChina · 160 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 11.1°C · 66 mm rain
- Wuzhou in DecemberChina · 166 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 10.4°C · 49 mm rain
- Laibin in DecemberChina · 172 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 10.2°C · 59 mm rain
- Nanfeng in DecemberChina · 177 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 10.6°C · 47 mm rain
- Yizhou in DecemberChina · 187 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 8.9°C · 65 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 Yangshuo) is explained once on the Yangshuo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.