Climate averages 1991–2020
Yiwu 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 Yiwu: daytime highs average 11.9°C and nights cool to about 3.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 61 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 18 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dongyang (15 km away). In December its highs average 12.0°C, about as warm as Yiwu, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Yiwu ranks joint 240th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 831st of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Yiwu is 4.4°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 9.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 61 mm to 74 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
Yiwu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.6°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 74 | 10.4 | 10.510 h |
| February | 12.1°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 72 | 10.8 | 11.111 h |
| March | 16.1°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 127 | 14.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.9°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 147 | 14.0 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.3°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 173 | 14.5 | 13.614 h |
| June | 28.6°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 303 | 17.7 | 14.014 h |
| July | 33.1°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 146 | 12.8 | 13.814 h |
| August | 32.8°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 138 | 14.0 | 13.213 h |
| September | 28.5°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 93 | 9.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.7°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 54 | 6.6 | 11.511 h |
| November | 18.1°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 73 | 8.4 | 10.711 h |
| December, selected | 11.9°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 61 | 8.0 | 10.310 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
- Dongyang in DecemberChina · 15 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 3.8°C · 56 mm rain
- Puyang in DecemberChina · 24 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 4.5°C · 63 mm rain
- Zhuji in DecemberChina · 48 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 3.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Jinhua in DecemberChina · 48 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 4.5°C · 62 mm rain
- Guli in DecemberChina · 48 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 4.1°C · 62 mm rain
- Lanxi (Zhejiang), China in DecemberChina · 60 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 4.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Fuyang, China in DecemberChina · 83 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 3.5°C · 64 mm rain
- Shaoxing in DecemberChina · 91 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 3.4°C · 63 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 Yiwu) is explained once on the Yiwu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.