Wulingyuan Weather in December
Wulingyuan in December
The short of it: Wulingyuan in December averages a high of 11 °C (51 °F) and a low of 3 °C (38 °F), with 28 mm (1.1 in) of rain and about 10 h 16 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are December and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 11° · low 3° · rain 28 mm · daylight 10 h 16 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: December & October
Thirty years of records give Wulingyuan an average December high of 11°, a low of 3° and some 28 mm of rain. Highs fall 5° against November, to near 11°; nights run about 3°. It is the driest month of the year, only 28 mm of rain.
The sun is up for about 10 h 16 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; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Wulingyuan runs cooler than most and drier than most in December. Zhangjiajie, 25 km to the SSW, is 1° warmer by day.
December in Wulingyuan, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 5° colder, 38 mm less rain
- Versus January
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 16 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h