Zigong Weather in December
Zigong in December
The short of it: Zigong in December averages a high of 12 °C (53 °F) and a low of 7 °C (45 °F), with 17 mm (0.67 in) of rain and about 10 h 16 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 12° · low 7° · rain 17 mm · daylight 10 h 16 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: March & November
Thirty years of records give Zigong an average December high of 12°, a low of 7° and some 17 mm of rain. Highs fall 6° against November, to near 12°; nights run about 7°. It is the driest month of the year, only 17 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; the finest months here are March and November.
Against its neighbours, Zigong runs warmer than most and wetter than most in December. Kongtan, 24 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
December in Zigong, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 6° colder, 17 mm less rain
- Versus January
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 4°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 16 min
- Average wind
- 4 km/h