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Hangzhou in December

Cool and mostly dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Hangzhou is cool: highs near 55°F, lows near 37°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 10 hours 13 minutes.December in Hangzhou is cool: highs near 13°C, lows near 3°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 10 hours 13 minutes.

High
55°F13°Caverage
Low
37°F3°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 24% of days
Daylight
10h 13mon average

Is December a good time to visit Hangzhou?

December sits outside Hangzhou's best months, which run from October. Expect cool days and rain on about two days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 55°F in December, against 51°F to 94°F through the year.Highs near 13°C in December, against 11°C to 34°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

24% of days in December, against 24% to 57% through the year.

Cloud cover

34% cover in December, against 34% to 71% through the year.

Daylight

10h 13m in December, against 10h 13m to 14h 04m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with December shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. November67°19°low 50°low 10°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. December55°13°low 37°low 3°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. January51°11°low 34°low 1°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Hangzhou sits, in December

Asia/Shanghai
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
6:48 AMsets 5:01 PM
Above the sea
90 mlow-lying
Latitude
30.2°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Shanghai163 km north-east

The land around Hangzhou, shaded by its typical high in December, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in China in December

high · low · wet days
See December on the planning mapThe whole year in Hangzhou

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Hangzhou. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (90 m) against the climate model's (0 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (90 m) against the climate model's (0 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.