Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhonghe 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 Zhonghe: daytime highs average 10.0°C and nights cool to about 4.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 59 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 22 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhongduo (49 km away). In December its highs average 9.1°C, 0.9°C cooler than Zhonghe, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhonghe ranks joint 405th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 815th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Zhonghe is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 7.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 59 mm to 76 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
Zhonghe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.9°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 76 | 13.2 | 10.611 h |
| February | 10.4°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 89 | 14.0 | 11.211 h |
| March | 14.8°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 133 | 17.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 20.6°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 184 | 18.6 | 12.813 h |
| May | 24.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 241 | 18.7 | 13.514 h |
| June | 27.9°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 268 | 18.5 | 13.914 h |
| July | 30.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 240 | 18.0 | 13.814 h |
| August | 30.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 151 | 15.5 | 13.213 h |
| September | 26.4°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 122 | 12.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.6°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 130 | 13.4 | 11.512 h |
| November | 15.5°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 96 | 12.7 | 10.811 h |
| December, selected | 10.0°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 59 | 10.9 | 10.410 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
- Zhongduo in DecemberChina · 49 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 3.8°C · 60 mm rain
- Jishou in DecemberChina · 74 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 3.8°C · 69 mm rain
- Fenghuang in DecemberChina · 83 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 2.7°C · 67 mm rain
- Tongren (Guizhou), China in DecemberChina · 84 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 5.1°C · 58 mm rain
- Qianjiang (Chongqing), China in DecemberChina · 122 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 4.0°C · 45 mm rain
- Hanjia in DecemberChina · 124 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 5.8°C · 61 mm rain
- Huaihua in DecemberChina · 140 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 4.9°C · 64 mm rain
- Wulong (approximate) in DecemberChina · 154 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 6.4°C · 54 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 Zhonghe) is explained once on the Zhonghe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.