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Lijiang in December

Cool and dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Lijiang is cool: highs near 59°F, lows near 33°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and daylight holds at about 10 hours 29 minutes.December in Lijiang is cool: highs near 15°C, lows near 1°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and daylight holds at about 10 hours 29 minutes.

High
59°F15°Caverage
Low
33°F1°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 10% of days
Daylight
10h 29mon average

Is December a good time to visit Lijiang?

December sits outside Lijiang's best months, which run from April to May. Expect cool days and rain on about one day 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 59°F in December, against 57°F to 76°F through the year.Highs near 15°C in December, against 14°C to 24°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

10% of days in December, against 10% to 94% through the year.

Cloud cover

19% cover in December, against 15% to 79% through the year.

Daylight

10h 29m in December, against 10h 29m to 13h 48m 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. November64°18°low 40°low 4°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. December59°15°low 33°low 1°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. January57°14°low 31°low -1°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Lijiang sits, in December

Asia/Shanghai
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
8:00 AMsets 6:28 PM
Above the sea
2,400 mhigh country
Latitude
26.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture560 km south

The land around Lijiang, 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 Lijiang

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Lijiang. 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 (2,400 m) against the climate model's (2,642 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 (2,400 m) against the climate model's (2,642 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.