Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhaotong weather
in December.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Zhaotong: daytime highs average 9.0°C and nights cool to about -0.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 27 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Junlian (123 km away). In December its highs average 11.0°C, 1.9°C warmer than Zhaotong, with 64 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhaotong ranks joint 450th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 386th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Zhaotong is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 8.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 16 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
Zhaotong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.8°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 16 | 3.9 | 10.611 h |
| February | 11.9°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 15 | 4.5 | 11.211 h |
| March | 15.9°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 30 | 8.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 19.1°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 48 | 12.7 | 12.813 h |
| May | 20.6°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 89 | 17.2 | 13.513 h |
| June | 21.7°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 159 | 21.8 | 13.814 h |
| July | 23.4°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 200 | 21.9 | 13.714 h |
| August | 22.9°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 175 | 20.6 | 13.113 h |
| September | 20.0°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 121 | 18.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 15.3°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 80 | 17.6 | 11.512 h |
| November | 13.1°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 30 | 8.6 | 10.811 h |
| December, selected | 9.0°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 15 | 4.5 | 10.510 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
- Junlian in DecemberChina · 123 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 6.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Liupanshui in DecemberChina · 137 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 2.8°C · 40 mm rain
- Bijie in DecemberChina · 155 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 1.9°C · 43 mm rain
- Xichang in DecemberChina · 157 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 3.9°C · 29 mm rain
- Xunchang in DecemberChina · 160 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 6.2°C · 34 mm rain
- Shuifu in DecemberChina · 161 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 7.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Baixi in DecemberChina · 174 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 7.5°C · 39 mm rain
- Changning in DecemberChina · 183 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 7.6°C · 41 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 Zhaotong) is explained once on the Zhaotong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.