Chongqing Weather in December
Chongqing in December
The short of it: Chongqing in December averages a high of 11 °C (53 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 20 mm (0.79 in) of rain and about 10 h 15 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are March and November. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 11° · low 8° · rain 20 mm · daylight 10 h 15 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: March & November
Thirty years of records give Chongqing an average December high of 11°, a low of 8° and some 20 mm of rain. Highs fall 6° against November, to near 11°; nights run about 8°. Rain is modest, about 20 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 15 min in mid-December, 22 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates December 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are March and November.
Against its neighbours, Chongqing runs warmer than most and wetter than most in December. Huixing, 15 km to the NNE, is 1° cooler by day.
December in Chongqing, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 6° colder, 26 mm less rain
- Versus January
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 4°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 15 min
- Average wind
- 4 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HuixingChongqing | 15 km NNE | 11° | 6° | 20 mm |
| ShuanglonghuChongqing | 18 km NNE | 11° | 6° | 19 mm |
| ShuangfengqiaoChongqing | 19 km NNE | 11° | 6° | 19 mm |
| JieshiChongqing | 20 km SSE | 11° | 7° | 20 mm |
| YudongChongqing | 20 km S | 11° | 8° | 20 mm |
| JiangbeiChongqing | 20 km NNE | 11° | 6° | 19 mm |
| BananChongqing | 20 km S | 11° | 8° | 20 mm |
| ShuituChongqing | 25 km NNW | 11° | 7° | 18 mm |