Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhangjiajie weather
in December.
A cool, 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 cool month in Zhangjiajie: daytime highs average 11.1°C and nights cool to about 4.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 19 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jishou (116 km away). In December its highs average 10.4°C, 0.8°C cooler than Zhangjiajie, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhangjiajie ranks joint 304th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 732nd of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Zhangjiajie is 3.6°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 8.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 46 mm to 71 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
Zhangjiajie climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.8°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 71 | 10.4 | 10.511 h |
| February | 11.3°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 96 | 11.4 | 11.111 h |
| March | 15.8°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 150 | 15.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 220 | 16.2 | 12.913 h |
| May | 25.7°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 247 | 16.5 | 13.614 h |
| June | 28.7°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 293 | 18.2 | 14.014 h |
| July | 31.1°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 317 | 19.9 | 13.814 h |
| August | 31.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 165 | 16.9 | 13.213 h |
| September | 27.3°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 111 | 11.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.9°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 115 | 11.4 | 11.511 h |
| November | 16.6°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 92 | 10.4 | 10.711 h |
| December, selected | 11.1°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 46 | 8.3 | 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
- Jishou in DecemberChina · 116 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 3.8°C · 69 mm rain
- Changde in DecemberChina · 119 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 4.1°C · 40 mm rain
- Jinshi in DecemberChina · 145 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 3.7°C · 36 mm rain
- Fenghuang in DecemberChina · 158 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 2.7°C · 67 mm rain
- Enshi in DecemberChina · 162 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 4.3°C · 66 mm rain
- Zhicheng in DecemberChina · 163 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 3.9°C · 30 mm rain
- Zhonghe in DecemberChina · 164 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 4.4°C · 59 mm rain
- Zhongduo in DecemberChina · 170 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 3.8°C · 60 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 Zhangjiajie) is explained once on the Zhangjiajie year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.