Shangri-La climate

Shangri-La Weather in December

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

Average highs run from 8°C on December 1 to 5°C on December 31, and lows from -4°C to -6°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 3 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 Shangri-La, in °C, with the record for each date.-20-1001020151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

December at a glance

Average high
6°C
Average low
-5°C
Precipitation
3 mm
Reanalysis high
14°CDec 21, 2016
Reanalysis low
-12°CDec 28, 2004
Daylight
10 h 30 min to 10 h 24 min
Cloud cover
29%
Humidity
67%
Dew point
-7°C
Wind
8.3 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 18°C-4°C11°C 1998-6°C 20004%
Dec 28°C-4°C11°C 2014-6°C 19913%
Dec 38°C-4°C11°C 2013-6°C 20022%
Dec 48°C-4°C12°C 2009-6°C 19912%
Dec 57°C-4°C12°C 2016-7°C 19923%
Dec 67°C-4°C14°C 1993-10°C 19923%
Dec 77°C-4°C13°C 2017-9°C 19923%
Dec 87°C-5°C12°C 2016-7°C 19923%
Dec 97°C-5°C13°C 2017-7°C 20073%
Dec 107°C-5°C14°C 2017-9°C 20073%
Dec 117°C-5°C12°C 2017-7°C 20073%
Dec 127°C-5°C13°C 2016-8°C 19914%
Dec 137°C-5°C12°C 2017-8°C 20004%
Dec 147°C-5°C11°C 2004-9°C 20064%
Dec 156°C-5°C11°C 2003-8°C 19924%
Dec 166°C-5°C10°C 2003-9°C 20104%
Dec 176°C-5°C11°C 2008-10°C 20134%
Dec 186°C-5°C11°C 2008-9°C 20134%
Dec 196°C-5°C12°C 1991-9°C 19924%
Dec 206°C-6°C11°C 1991-11°C 20154%
Dec 216°C-6°C14°C 2016-9°C 20104%
Dec 226°C-6°C10°C 2016-9°C 20154%
Dec 236°C-6°C9°C 2017-9°C 20104%
Dec 246°C-6°C9°C 2000-10°C 19924%
Dec 256°C-6°C9°C 1996-10°C 19923%
Dec 265°C-6°C9°C 2017-10°C 20093%
Dec 275°C-6°C8°C 1994-10°C 20093%
Dec 285°C-6°C10°C 2017-12°C 20044%
Dec 295°C-6°C9°C 2010-11°C 20194%
Dec 305°C-6°C9°C 2016-12°C 19924%
Dec 315°C-6°C8°C 1996-10°C 19914%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Shangri-La, in percent.0123451102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

December 1
sunrise 7:55 AM, sunset 6:25 PM
December 31
sunrise 8:12 AM, sunset 6:36 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.