Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhicheng 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 Zhicheng: daytime highs average 11.2°C and nights cool to about 3.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 14 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhijiang (28 km away). In December its highs average 11.1°C, about as warm as Zhicheng, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhicheng ranks joint 290th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 539th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Zhicheng is 3.7°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 9.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 30 mm to 43 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
Zhicheng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.1°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 43 | 7.2 | 10.410 h |
| February | 11.8°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 54 | 8.4 | 11.111 h |
| March | 16.4°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 85 | 11.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.3°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 117 | 12.0 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.6°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 171 | 13.4 | 13.714 h |
| June | 29.5°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 227 | 13.8 | 14.114 h |
| July | 31.8°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 265 | 17.2 | 13.914 h |
| August | 31.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 188 | 16.1 | 13.213 h |
| September | 27.4°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 110 | 10.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.4°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 83 | 9.8 | 11.511 h |
| November | 16.8°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 60 | 8.4 | 10.711 h |
| December, selected | 11.2°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 30 | 6.1 | 10.210 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
- Zhijiang in DecemberChina · 28 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 3.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Yichang in DecemberChina · 51 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 3.6°C · 26 mm rain
- Jingzhou in DecemberChina · 66 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 3.3°C · 28 mm rain
- Buhe in DecemberChina · 70 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 3.3°C · 28 mm rain
- Jinshi in DecemberChina · 84 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 3.7°C · 36 mm rain
- Jingmen in DecemberChina · 106 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 2.4°C · 22 mm rain
- Xiulin in DecemberChina · 108 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 3.8°C · 32 mm rain
- Duobao in DecemberChina · 121 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 2.6°C · 26 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 Zhicheng) is explained once on the Zhicheng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.