Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhongshu weather
in December.
A cool, fairly dry month: the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Zhongshu: daytime highs average 14.2°C and nights cool to about 5.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 39 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Miyang (35 km away). In December its highs average 16.4°C, 2.2°C warmer than Zhongshu, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhongshu ranks joint 156th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 429th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Zhongshu is 6.7°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 14.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 18 mm to 29 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
Zhongshu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.6°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 29 | 5.1 | 10.811 h |
| February | 17.7°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 23 | 4.4 | 11.311 h |
| March | 22.0°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 38 | 6.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.6°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 56 | 9.3 | 12.713 h |
| May | 25.2°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 112 | 13.8 | 13.313 h |
| June | 24.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 213 | 21.9 | 13.614 h |
| July | 24.3°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 223 | 24.6 | 13.513 h |
| August | 24.1°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 197 | 23.4 | 13.013 h |
| September | 22.5°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 117 | 17.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 19.9°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 65 | 11.9 | 11.612 h |
| November | 17.4°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 25 | 4.3 | 11.011 h |
| December, selected | 14.2°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 18 | 3.3 | 10.611 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
- Miyang in DecemberChina · 35 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 7.4°C · 16 mm rain
- Kaiyuan (Yunnan), China in DecemberChina · 102 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 8.4°C · 15 mm rain
- Qujing in DecemberChina · 108 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 3.9°C · 28 mm rain
- Kunming in DecemberChina · 121 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 5.8°C · 24 mm rain
- Haikou, China in DecemberChina · 124 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 6.7°C · 16 mm rain
- Yuxi in DecemberChina · 125 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 7.5°C · 20 mm rain
- Majie in DecemberChina · 128 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 6.0°C · 24 mm rain
- Xingyi in DecemberChina · 132 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 5.8°C · 48 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 Zhongshu) is explained once on the Zhongshu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.