Climate averages 1991–2020
Aqsu 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 Aqsu: daytime highs average -0.4°C and nights cool to about -8.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.0 mm of precipitation on fewer than one day, which makes December a month with very little precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 16 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wensu (11 km away). In December its highs average -1.0°C, 0.6°C cooler than Aqsu, with 3.0 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Aqsu ranks joint 730th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 42nd of 884 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Aqsu is 8.0°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.5°C to -1.9°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 3.0 mm to 1.5 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
Aqsu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.9°C-10.8°C | -10.8°C | 1.5 | 0.5 | 9.610 h |
| February | 3.9°C-6.9°C | -6.9°C | 6.3 | 1.7 | 10.611 h |
| March | 12.5°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 8.2 | 2.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.8°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 10 | 2.3 | 13.313 h |
| May | 25.7°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 14 | 3.5 | 14.514 h |
| June | 29.2°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 14 | 3.6 | 15.115 h |
| July | 30.5°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 14 | 4.2 | 14.815 h |
| August | 29.1°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 21 | 5.6 | 13.814 h |
| September | 24.5°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 22 | 4.5 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.2°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 12 | 2.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 7.5°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 6.4 | 1.6 | 9.910 h |
| December, selected | -0.4°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 3.0 | 0.7 | 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
- Wensu in DecemberChina · 11 kmHigh -1.0°C · Low -6.8°C · 3.0 mm precipitation
- Ālā'ĕr in DecemberChina · 109 kmHigh -0.2°C · Low -9.6°C · 0.7 mm precipitation
- Tumxuk in DecemberChina · 179 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -6.4°C · 1.3 mm precipitation
- Karakol in DecemberKyrgyzstan · 213 kmHigh -3.1°C · Low -12.6°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Xincheng in DecemberChina · 229 kmHigh 0.3°C · Low -8.9°C · 1.8 mm precipitation
- Ghulja in DecemberChina · 315 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -7.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Huocheng in DecemberChina · 323 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -8.4°C · 13 mm rain
- Qarasu in DecemberChina · 336 kmHigh 1.0°C · Low -10.2°C · 22 mm precipitation
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 Aqsu) is explained once on the Aqsu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Wensu lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.