Your holiday weather, at a glance

China in December: where is it warmest?

In December, Sanya is the warmest place with 24 °C by day, Harbin the coolest with −10 °C. 12 of 43 destinations have good holiday weather.

All destinations in December, warmest first

Long-term averages for the month: daytime high, sea, sunshine and rainy days.

Place	Score	Air	Sea	Sun	Rain days
Sanya	82	24°	25°	4 h	3
Haikou	77	22°	22°	3 h	6
Shenzhen	87	20°	20°	5 h	4
Dongguan	86	20°	–	5 h	4
Zhuhai	86	20°	20°	5 h	4
Guangzhou	85	20°	–	5 h	4
Foshan	84	20°	–	5 h	5
Shantou	87	19°	19°	5 h	4
Xiamen	84	19°	18°	5 h	5
Quanzhou	84	19°	18°	5 h	5
Fuzhou	64	16°	17°	3 h	8
Guilin	59	15°	–	3 h	8
Kunming	67	14°	–	6 h	5
Wenzhou	55	14°	16°	4 h	8
Changsha	44	12°	–	3 h	7
Ningbo	41	12°	–	4 h	8
Wuhan	45	11°	–	4 h	6
Shanghai	43	11°	–	4 h	6
Hangzhou	41	11°	12°	4 h	7
Zhangjiajie	37	11°	–	4 h	8
Chengdu	36	11°	–	2 h	8
Hefei	42	10°	–	4 h	5
Nanjing	41	10°	–	4 h	6
Suzhou	39	10°	–	4 h	7
Luoyang	38	9°	–	4 h	2
Zhengzhou	37	9°	–	4 h	2
Kaifeng	35	8°	–	4 h	2
Xi'an	34	8°	–	4 h	2
Lhasa	48	6°	–	8 h	2
Qingdao	37	6°	11°	5 h	3
Jinan	37	6°	–	5 h	2
Shangri-La City	37	5°	–	5 h	5
Tianjin	39	4°	–	6 h	1
Beijing	39	3°	–	6 h	1
Lanzhou	39	3°	–	6 h	0
Dalian	38	3°	10°	6 h	3
Kashgar	36	2°	–	5 h	1
Shenyang	36	−3°	–	5 h	3
Ürümqi	30	−3°	–	3 h	3
Hohhot	37	−4°	–	5 h	1
Ulanqab	41	−5°	–	6 h	1
Changchun	37	−7°	–	5 h	2
Harbin	33	−10°	–	4 h	2

China in December: where is it warmest?

The warmest places in December are Sanya (24 °C), Haikou (22 °C) and Shenzhen (20 °C).

China in December: where is the sea warmest?

The sea is warmest at Sanya (25 °C), Haikou (22 °C) and Shenzhen (20 °C).

China in December: where is the weather best?

The best holiday weather in December – warm, sunny and dry – is in Shenzhen, Shantou and Dongguan.

Climate averages 1996–2025, not a forecast. Data: Copernicus ERA5 / ERA5-Land via Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0), NOAA OISST, WMO 1991–2020 (NOAA NCEI), GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sources & licences