Xichang climate

Xichang Weather in December

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Xichang, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 12°C on December 1 to 11°C on December 31, and lows from -2°C to -3°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 6 mm over about 0 wet days.

December day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Xichang, in °C, with the record for each date.-1001020151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

December at a glance

Average high
11°C
Average low
-3°C
Precipitation
6 mm
Reanalysis high
18°CDec 3, 1996
Reanalysis low
-9°CDec 16, 2010
Daylight
10 h 31 min to 10 h 24 min
Cloud cover
54%
Humidity
73%
Dew point
-2°C
Wind
9.4 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Dec 112°C-2°C16°C 1998-5°C 20197%
Dec 212°C-2°C17°C 2002-5°C 20007%
Dec 312°C-2°C18°C 1996-6°C 20006%
Dec 412°C-2°C17°C 1996-5°C 20205%
Dec 512°C-2°C17°C 2002-7°C 19965%
Dec 612°C-2°C17°C 2002-8°C 19965%
Dec 712°C-3°C16°C 2002-7°C 19975%
Dec 812°C-3°C16°C 1993-8°C 19976%
Dec 912°C-3°C15°C 2016-6°C 19966%
Dec 1011°C-3°C15°C 2010-7°C 19965%
Dec 1111°C-3°C15°C 1993-6°C 20145%
Dec 1211°C-3°C15°C 2009-7°C 20145%
Dec 1311°C-3°C15°C 2020-7°C 19945%
Dec 1411°C-3°C16°C 2009-5°C 20205%
Dec 1511°C-3°C14°C 2019-8°C 20105%
Dec 1611°C-3°C14°C 2007-9°C 20105%
Dec 1711°C-3°C16°C 2003-6°C 19934%
Dec 1811°C-3°C15°C 2018-7°C 20204%
Dec 1911°C-3°C16°C 2008-7°C 20204%
Dec 2011°C-3°C15°C 2008-6°C 20014%
Dec 2111°C-3°C14°C 2018-7°C 20014%
Dec 2210°C-3°C15°C 2003-7°C 20124%
Dec 2310°C-3°C15°C 2003-7°C 20124%
Dec 2410°C-3°C14°C 2003-6°C 20113%
Dec 2510°C-3°C15°C 2018-7°C 20023%
Dec 2610°C-3°C14°C 2017-7°C 20023%
Dec 2711°C-3°C14°C 2011-9°C 19913%
Dec 2811°C-3°C14°C 2017-9°C 19914%
Dec 2911°C-3°C16°C 1993-8°C 20124%
Dec 3011°C-3°C14°C 1997-8°C 20124%
Dec 3111°C-3°C15°C 1996-7°C 20044%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Xichang, in percent.024681102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+8).

December 1
sunrise 7:44 AM, sunset 6:15 PM
December 31
sunrise 8:02 AM, sunset 6:26 PM

Every day of December: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.