Climate averages 1991–2020
Zaoyang weather
in December.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Zaoyang: daytime highs average 10.3°C and nights cool to about 1.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 17 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 05 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xiangyang (58 km away). In December its highs average 10.6°C, about as warm as Zaoyang, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zaoyang ranks joint 379th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 417th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Zaoyang is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 8.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 17 mm to 19 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
Zaoyang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.4°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 19 | 3.9 | 10.310 h |
| February | 11.4°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 27 | 5.1 | 11.011 h |
| March | 16.2°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 47 | 6.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.3°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 66 | 8.1 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.8°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 100 | 9.5 | 13.814 h |
| June | 30.1°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 146 | 9.5 | 14.214 h |
| July | 31.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 203 | 14.3 | 14.014 h |
| August | 30.5°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 163 | 13.2 | 13.313 h |
| September | 26.9°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 82 | 8.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.3°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 61 | 6.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.1°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 39 | 6.1 | 10.511 h |
| December, selected | 10.3°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 17 | 3.5 | 10.110 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
- Xiangyang in DecemberChina · 58 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 1.2°C · 16 mm rain
- Tanghe in DecemberChina · 63 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 0.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Suizhou in DecemberChina · 74 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 1.2°C · 20 mm rain
- Xihe in DecemberChina · 83 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 1.2°C · 21 mm rain
- Dengzhou in DecemberChina · 88 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 0.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Nanzhang Chengguanzhen in DecemberChina · 95 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 1.5°C · 22 mm rain
- Nanyang in DecemberChina · 100 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low -0.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Laohekou in DecemberChina · 106 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 1.0°C · 15 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 Zaoyang) is explained once on the Zaoyang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.