Climate averages 1991–2020
Zigong weather
in December.
A cool, fairly 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 cool month in Zigong: daytime highs average 12.2°C and nights cool to about 6.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 18 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Neijiang (39 km away). In December its highs average 11.9°C, about as warm as Zigong, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zigong ranks joint 209th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 475th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Zigong is 4.6°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 11.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 23 mm to 22 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
Zigong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.1°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 22 | 7.2 | 10.510 h |
| February | 13.7°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 25 | 7.8 | 11.111 h |
| March | 18.2°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 40 | 9.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.5°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 68 | 12.4 | 12.913 h |
| May | 27.0°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 92 | 13.4 | 13.614 h |
| June | 29.0°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 153 | 16.0 | 14.014 h |
| July | 31.1°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 230 | 20.3 | 13.814 h |
| August | 30.8°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 210 | 18.9 | 13.213 h |
| September | 26.7°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 114 | 14.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.3°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 67 | 14.8 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.2°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 37 | 8.9 | 10.711 h |
| December, selected | 12.2°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 23 | 6.9 | 10.310 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
- Neijiang in DecemberChina · 39 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 6.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Nanxi in DecemberChina · 59 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 7.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Fuji, China in DecemberChina · 62 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 7.2°C · 25 mm rain
- Yibin in DecemberChina · 66 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 7.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Luocheng in DecemberChina · 73 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 5.8°C · 21 mm rain
- Baixi in DecemberChina · 75 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 7.5°C · 39 mm rain
- Changyuan in DecemberChina · 79 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 6.9°C · 26 mm rain
- Luzhou in DecemberChina · 81 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 7.5°C · 30 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 Zigong) is explained once on the Zigong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.