Climate averages 1991–2020
Tai Po weather
in December.
A mild, fairly dry month: the joint 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Tai Po: daytime highs average 20.3°C and nights cool to about 13.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 47 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sha Tin (8 km away). In December its highs average 19.6°C, 0.7°C cooler than Tai Po, with 29 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Hong Kong, Tai Po ranks 2nd of 6 for the warmest December highs and joint 1st of 6 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 6 cities is 20.0°C; Tai Po is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 19.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 29 mm to 24 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
Tai Po climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.1°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 24 | 3.9 | 10.911 h |
| February | 20.3°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 34 | 6.4 | 11.411 h |
| March | 23.0°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 68 | 10.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.0°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 122 | 14.1 | 12.713 h |
| May | 28.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 229 | 20.0 | 13.213 h |
| June | 29.7°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 314 | 23.8 | 13.513 h |
| July | 30.5°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 243 | 22.9 | 13.413 h |
| August | 30.4°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 308 | 23.9 | 12.913 h |
| September | 29.6°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 203 | 17.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.5°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 64 | 6.9 | 11.612 h |
| November | 24.4°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 36 | 4.9 | 11.111 h |
| December, selected | 20.3°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 29 | 3.9 | 10.811 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
- Sha Tin in DecemberHong Kong · 8 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 14.1°C · 29 mm rain
- Kwai Chung in DecemberHong Kong · 10 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 13.9°C · 34 mm rain
- Shenzhen in DecemberChina · 15 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 13.8°C · 31 mm rain
- Hong Kong in DecemberHong Kong · 19 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 14.6°C · 34 mm rain
- Tuen Mun in DecemberHong Kong · 21 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 14.1°C · 31 mm rain
- Bao'an Centre in DecemberChina · 30 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 13.6°C · 31 mm rain
- San Tung Chung Hang in DecemberHong Kong · 30 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 14.8°C · 29 mm rain
- Longgang in DecemberChina · 32 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 12.6°C · 32 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 Tai Po) is explained once on the Tai Po year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Sha Tin lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.