Climate averages 1991–2020
Bayan Hot weather
in December.
A freezing month with very little precipitation: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Bayan Hot: daytime highs average -1.2°C and nights cool to about -9.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.3 mm of precipitation on fewer than one day, which makes December a month with very little precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 30 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shizuishan (64 km away). In December its highs average 0.9°C, 2.1°C warmer than Bayan Hot, with 1.0 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Bayan Hot ranks joint 745th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 17th of 884 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Bayan Hot is 8.8°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.1°C to -2.4°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 1.3 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
Bayan Hot climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.4°C-10.6°C | -10.6°C | 1.5 | 0.5 | 9.810 h |
| February | 2.3°C-6.9°C | -6.9°C | 3.1 | 1.0 | 10.711 h |
| March | 9.3°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 8.5 | 2.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.1°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 14 | 3.4 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.5°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 31 | 5.1 | 14.314 h |
| June | 27.2°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 43 | 6.9 | 14.815 h |
| July | 28.7°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 76 | 10.5 | 14.615 h |
| August | 26.7°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 72 | 10.5 | 13.714 h |
| September | 21.5°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 51 | 8.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 14.5°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 18 | 3.7 | 11.211 h |
| November | 6.0°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 5.2 | 1.7 | 10.110 h |
| December, selected | -1.2°C-9.0°C | -9.0°C | 1.3 | 0.3 | 9.510 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
- Shizuishan in DecemberChina · 64 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -8.3°C · 1.0 mm precipitation
- Yinchuan in DecemberChina · 67 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -8.6°C · 1.2 mm precipitation
- Xigang in DecemberChina · 67 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -8.5°C · 1.2 mm precipitation
- Shitanjing in DecemberChina · 73 kmHigh -0.6°C · Low -8.9°C · 1.2 mm precipitation
- Huinong in DecemberChina · 105 kmHigh 0.2°C · Low -9.5°C · 1.0 mm precipitation
- Wuzhong in DecemberChina · 105 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -8.0°C · 1.1 mm precipitation
- Wuda in DecemberChina · 116 kmHigh -0.8°C · Low -9.8°C · 1.0 mm precipitation
- Wuhai in DecemberChina · 136 kmHigh -1.2°C · Low -10.4°C · 0.9 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 Bayan Hot) is explained once on the Bayan Hot year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.