Climate averages 1991–2020
Yishui weather
in December.
A cold, 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 cold month in Yishui: daytime highs average 5.5°C and nights cool to about -3.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes December a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 47 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yishan (49 km away). In December its highs average 5.3°C, about as warm as Yishui, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Yishui ranks joint 603rd of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 369th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Yishui is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 4.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 14 mm to 11 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
Yishui climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.0°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 11 | 2.4 | 10.010 h |
| February | 7.1°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 16 | 3.3 | 10.911 h |
| March | 13.0°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 26 | 4.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.9°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 39 | 5.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.2°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 63 | 6.3 | 14.014 h |
| June | 28.9°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 74 | 7.4 | 14.515 h |
| July | 29.9°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 199 | 13.5 | 14.314 h |
| August | 28.8°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 168 | 13.6 | 13.514 h |
| September | 25.2°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 75 | 6.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 19.8°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 29 | 4.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 12.1°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 28 | 4.1 | 10.310 h |
| December, selected | 5.5°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 14 | 2.7 | 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
- Yishan in DecemberChina · 49 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low -3.2°C · 13 mm rain
- Jiayue in DecemberChina · 56 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -3.0°C · 14 mm rain
- Nanma in DecemberChina · 62 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low -3.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Xinzhai in DecemberChina · 68 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low -3.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Shizilu in DecemberChina · 71 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low -2.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Yeyuan in DecemberChina · 71 kmHigh 5.4°C · Low -3.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Zhu Cheng City in DecemberChina · 74 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low -2.7°C · 14 mm rain
- Linghe in DecemberChina · 76 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -2.9°C · 13 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 Yishui) is explained once on the Yishui year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.