Climate averages 1991–2020
Yuxi weather
in December.
A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Yuxi: daytime highs average 16.2°C and nights cool to about 7.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 40 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Haikou, China (47 km away). In December its highs average 13.9°C, 2.3°C cooler than Yuxi, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Yuxi ranks joint 131st of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 448th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Yuxi is 8.7°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 16.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 20 mm to 30 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
Yuxi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.6°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 30 | 4.9 | 10.811 h |
| February | 19.5°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 22 | 4.0 | 11.311 h |
| March | 23.3°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 30 | 5.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.8°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 50 | 8.3 | 12.713 h |
| May | 26.3°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 97 | 13.3 | 13.313 h |
| June | 25.7°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 159 | 20.0 | 13.614 h |
| July | 24.8°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 218 | 25.1 | 13.513 h |
| August | 24.8°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 197 | 24.3 | 13.013 h |
| September | 23.5°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 125 | 19.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 21.3°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 79 | 13.7 | 11.612 h |
| November | 18.8°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 33 | 6.0 | 11.011 h |
| December, selected | 16.2°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 20 | 3.8 | 10.711 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
- Haikou, China in DecemberChina · 47 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 6.7°C · 16 mm rain
- Longquan in DecemberChina · 52 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 7.4°C · 12 mm rain
- Anning in DecemberChina · 63 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 6.6°C · 16 mm rain
- Majie in DecemberChina · 76 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 6.0°C · 24 mm rain
- Kunming in DecemberChina · 78 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 5.8°C · 24 mm rain
- Miyang in DecemberChina · 91 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 7.4°C · 16 mm rain
- Kaiyuan (Yunnan), China in DecemberChina · 106 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 8.4°C · 15 mm rain
- Zhongshu in DecemberChina · 125 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 5.5°C · 18 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 Yuxi) is explained once on the Yuxi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.