Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhongxiang 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 Zhongxiang: daytime highs average 10.9°C and nights cool to about 2.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 10 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jingmen (39 km away). In December its highs average 10.6°C, about as warm as Zhongxiang, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhongxiang ranks joint 335th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 448th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Zhongxiang is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 8.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 20 mm to 28 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
Zhongxiang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.9°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 28 | 5.0 | 10.410 h |
| February | 11.8°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 34 | 6.1 | 11.111 h |
| March | 16.4°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 57 | 8.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.3°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 93 | 9.6 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.6°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 129 | 10.8 | 13.714 h |
| June | 29.6°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 186 | 11.6 | 14.114 h |
| July | 31.3°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 217 | 14.8 | 14.014 h |
| August | 31.0°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 155 | 13.8 | 13.313 h |
| September | 27.5°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 79 | 8.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.6°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 67 | 7.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.6°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 46 | 6.7 | 10.611 h |
| December, selected | 10.9°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 20 | 4.1 | 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
- Jingmen in DecemberChina · 39 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 2.4°C · 22 mm rain
- Xinshi in DecemberChina · 55 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 2.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Duobao in DecemberChina · 56 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 2.6°C · 26 mm rain
- Jingling in DecemberChina · 76 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 2.5°C · 26 mm rain
- Qianjiang (Hubei), China in DecemberChina · 88 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 2.6°C · 28 mm rain
- Chengzhong in DecemberChina · 96 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 2.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Suizhou in DecemberChina · 96 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 1.2°C · 20 mm rain
- Jingzhou in DecemberChina · 98 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 3.3°C · 28 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 Zhongxiang) is explained once on the Zhongxiang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.