Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhoucheng weather
in December.
A cold, 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 cold month in Zhoucheng: daytime highs average 7.0°C and nights cool to about -2.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 8.5 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 46 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pingyin (43 km away). In December its highs average 6.6°C, about as warm as Zhoucheng, with 8.0 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhoucheng ranks joint 521st of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 208th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Zhoucheng is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 5.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 8.5 mm to 6.6 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
Zhoucheng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.4°C-4.5°C | -4.5°C | 6.6 | 1.5 | 10.010 h |
| February | 9.1°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 12 | 2.4 | 10.911 h |
| March | 15.1°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 17 | 3.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.7°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 33 | 5.0 | 13.113 h |
| May | 27.1°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 54 | 5.8 | 14.014 h |
| June | 31.6°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 72 | 7.2 | 14.615 h |
| July | 31.5°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 196 | 13.1 | 14.314 h |
| August | 30.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 167 | 12.6 | 13.514 h |
| September | 26.5°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 65 | 6.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.4°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 30 | 4.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.6°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 24 | 3.7 | 10.310 h |
| December, selected | 7.0°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 8.5 | 2.0 | 9.810 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
- Pingyin in DecemberChina · 43 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -2.9°C · 8.0 mm rain
- Ningyang in DecemberChina · 46 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -3.0°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Yanggu in DecemberChina · 53 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low -2.7°C · 7.9 mm rain
- Feicheng in DecemberChina · 55 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low -3.2°C · 8.7 mm rain
- Yanzhou in DecemberChina · 61 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low -2.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Jining in DecemberChina · 61 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -2.2°C · 10 mm rain
- Liaocheng in DecemberChina · 66 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -3.0°C · 6.6 mm rain
- Yanta in DecemberChina · 68 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low -2.9°C · 7.0 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 Zhoucheng) is explained once on the Zhoucheng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.