Climate averages 1991–2020
Baishan weather
in December.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 11th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Baishan: daytime highs average -6.5°C and nights cool to about -17.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 21 mm of precipitation on roughly 5 days, which makes December a month with light precipitation (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 11 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tonghua (48 km away). In December its highs average -5.6°C, 0.9°C warmer than Baishan, with 19 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Baishan ranks joint 803rd of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 458th of 884 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Baishan is 14.0°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.0°C to -8.5°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 21 mm to 13 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
Baishan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -8.5°C-20.4°C | -20.4°C | 13 | 3.6 | 9.510 h |
| February | -4.2°C-16.8°C | -16.8°C | 21 | 4.8 | 10.611 h |
| March | 3.2°C-8.4°C | -8.4°C | 38 | 7.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.5°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 65 | 10.8 | 13.313 h |
| May | 19.1°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 105 | 14.0 | 14.515 h |
| June | 23.7°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 154 | 16.5 | 15.215 h |
| July | 26.1°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 234 | 19.2 | 14.915 h |
| August | 25.4°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 217 | 16.9 | 13.914 h |
| September | 20.7°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 86 | 9.7 | 12.513 h |
| October | 12.6°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 60 | 9.1 | 11.111 h |
| November | 2.4°C-6.7°C | -6.7°C | 48 | 8.4 | 9.910 h |
| December, selected | -6.5°C-17.4°C | -17.4°C | 21 | 5.4 | 9.29 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
- Tonghua in DecemberChina · 48 kmHigh -5.6°C · Low -17.0°C · 19 mm precipitation
- Chaoyang, China in DecemberChina · 87 kmHigh -6.5°C · Low -16.7°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Manp’o in DecemberNorth Korea · 88 kmHigh -3.3°C · Low -14.9°C · 23 mm precipitation
- Meihekou in DecemberChina · 90 kmHigh -6.2°C · Low -16.7°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Kanggye in DecemberNorth Korea · 109 kmHigh -3.7°C · Low -16.4°C · 26 mm precipitation
- Panshi in DecemberChina · 115 kmHigh -6.9°C · Low -17.2°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Huanren in DecemberChina · 115 kmHigh -4.3°C · Low -14.5°C · 18 mm precipitation
- Huadian in DecemberChina · 118 kmHigh -6.8°C · Low -17.0°C · 15 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 Baishan) is explained once on the Baishan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.