Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhengzhou weather
in December.
A cool, very dry 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 Zhengzhou: daytime highs average 8.6°C and nights cool to about -1.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 9.9 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes December a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 52 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xinxiang (50 km away). In December its highs average 8.2°C, about as warm as Zhengzhou, with 7.2 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhengzhou ranks joint 462nd of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 246th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Zhengzhou is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 6.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 9.9 mm to 9.8 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
Zhengzhou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.7°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 9.8 | 2.3 | 10.110 h |
| February | 10.5°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 15 | 2.8 | 10.911 h |
| March | 16.4°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 25 | 4.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 23.0°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 36 | 4.8 | 13.013 h |
| May | 28.3°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 58 | 6.3 | 14.014 h |
| June | 32.3°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 86 | 7.3 | 14.414 h |
| July | 32.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 182 | 14.3 | 14.214 h |
| August | 30.2°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 146 | 13.7 | 13.513 h |
| September | 26.6°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 83 | 8.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.9°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 42 | 4.9 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.7°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 30 | 4.6 | 10.410 h |
| December, selected | 8.6°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 9.9 | 2.3 | 9.910 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
- Xinxiang in DecemberChina · 50 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low -2.2°C · 7.2 mm rain
- Kaifeng in DecemberChina · 60 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low -1.7°C · 9.5 mm rain
- Jiaozuo in DecemberChina · 65 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low -2.5°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Yuzhou in DecemberChina · 69 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low -1.1°C · 12 mm rain
- Xuchang in DecemberChina · 83 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low -1.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Jiyuan in DecemberChina · 103 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low -2.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Luoyang in DecemberChina · 111 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low -1.8°C · 10 mm rain
- Jincheng in DecemberChina · 111 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -4.0°C · 7.4 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 Zhengzhou) is explained once on the Zhengzhou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.