Climate averages 1991–2020
Ālā'ĕr weather
in December.
A freezing month with very little precipitation: the 11th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Ālā'ĕr: daytime highs average -0.2°C and nights cool to about -9.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Precipitation is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical December (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 20 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aqsu (109 km away). In December its highs average -0.4°C, about as warm as Ālā'ĕr, with 3.0 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Ālā'ĕr ranks joint 727th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 1st of 884 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Ālā'ĕr is 7.7°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.3°C to -1.4°C, and monthly precipitation stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Ālā'ĕr climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.4°C-11.6°C | -11.6°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 9.610 h |
| February | 5.5°C-5.8°C | -5.8°C | 1.3 | 0.3 | 10.611 h |
| March | 15.1°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 1.6 | 0.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 23.7°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 2.5 | 0.8 | 13.313 h |
| May | 28.4°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 6.6 | 1.5 | 14.414 h |
| June | 32.3°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 10 | 3.0 | 15.015 h |
| July | 33.8°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 13 | 4.6 | 14.815 h |
| August | 32.5°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 12 | 3.2 | 13.814 h |
| September | 27.7°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 7.2 | 1.4 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.5°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 3.0 | 0.4 | 11.211 h |
| November | 8.9°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 10.010 h |
| December, selected | -0.2°C-9.6°C | -9.6°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 9.39 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
December in nearby cities
- Aqsu in DecemberChina · 109 kmHigh -0.4°C · Low -8.0°C · 3.0 mm precipitation
- Wensu in DecemberChina · 119 kmHigh -1.0°C · Low -6.8°C · 3.0 mm precipitation
- Xincheng in DecemberChina · 191 kmHigh 0.3°C · Low -8.9°C · 1.8 mm precipitation
- Tumxuk in DecemberChina · 202 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -6.4°C · 1.3 mm precipitation
- Karakol in DecemberKyrgyzstan · 323 kmHigh -3.1°C · Low -12.6°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Xinyuan in DecemberChina · 360 kmHigh 2.4°C · Low -13.5°C · 23 mm rain
- Ghulja in DecemberChina · 375 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -7.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Kageleke in DecemberChina · 388 kmHigh 2.4°C · Low -6.2°C · 0.7 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Ālā'ĕr) is explained once on the Ālā'ĕr year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.