Shaoxing Weather in December
Shaoxing in December
The short of it: Shaoxing in December averages a high of 12 °C (54 °F) and a low of 4 °C (39 °F), with 61 mm (2.4 in) of rain and about 10 h 13 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are October and November. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 12° · low 4° · rain 61 mm · daylight 10 h 13 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: October & November
Thirty years of records give Shaoxing an average December high of 12°, a low of 4° and some 61 mm of rain. Highs fall 6° against November, to near 12°; nights run about 4°. Wet spells are common — about 61 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 13 min in mid-December, 23 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates December 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are October and November.
Against its neighbours, Shaoxing runs warmer than most and wetter than most in December. Shangyu, 28 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
December in Shaoxing, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 6° colder, 0.0 mm more rain
- Versus January
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 13 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h