Xiaoxi Weather in December
Xiaoxi in December
The short of it: Xiaoxi in December averages a high of 11 °C (52 °F) and a low of 5 °C (40 °F), with 27 mm (1.1 in) of rain and about 10 h 21 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are November and March. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 11° · low 5° · rain 27 mm · daylight 10 h 21 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: November & March
Thirty years of records give Xiaoxi an average December high of 11°, a low of 5° and some 27 mm of rain. The year turns hard here: highs drop 5° from November to about 11°, with nights near 5°. Rain is modest, about 27 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 21 min in mid-December, 21 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 November and March.
Against its neighbours, Xiaoxi runs cooler than most and about as wet in December. Qingxichang, 3 km to the NNW, sees much the same highs.
December in Xiaoxi, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 5° colder, 34 mm less rain
- Versus January
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 6°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 21 min
- Average wind
- 5 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QingxichangChongqing | 3 km NNW | 11° | 5° | 27 mm |
| PingkaiChongqing | 10 km ENE | 12° | 5° | 27 mm |
| ZhonglingChongqing | 10 km SSE | 10° | 4° | 28 mm |
| ZhongheChongqing | 11 km NE | 12° | 5° | 27 mm |
| GuanzhouChongqing | 11 km ENE | 11° | 5° | 28 mm |
| AikouChongqing | 12 km WSW | 9° | 3° | 27 mm |
| GaotianChongqing | 14 km NNW | 10° | 4° | 27 mm |
| ShiyeChongqing | 14 km E | 11° | 4° | 28 mm |