Climate averages 1991–2020
Bole 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 Bole: daytime highs average -4.7°C and nights cool to about -11.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.5 mm of precipitation on roughly 2 days, which makes December a month with very little precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 51 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ghulja (124 km away). In December its highs average 3.0°C, 7.7°C warmer than Bole, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Bole ranks joint 788th of 884 for the warmest December highs and 159th of 884 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Bole is 12.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.7°C to -7.4°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 6.5 mm to 4.2 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
Bole climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -7.4°C-14.1°C | -14.1°C | 4.2 | 1.5 | 9.29 h |
| February | -2.6°C-10.3°C | -10.3°C | 6.9 | 1.8 | 10.410 h |
| March | 6.9°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 17 | 4.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.7°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 38 | 7.6 | 13.513 h |
| May | 23.6°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 50 | 8.7 | 14.815 h |
| June | 28.9°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 29 | 7.8 | 15.516 h |
| July | 30.8°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 33 | 7.6 | 15.215 h |
| August | 29.1°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 30 | 6.7 | 14.114 h |
| September | 22.6°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 26 | 5.1 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.4°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 26 | 5.0 | 11.011 h |
| November | 3.2°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 18 | 4.1 | 9.610 h |
| December, selected | -4.7°C-11.1°C | -11.1°C | 6.5 | 2.0 | 8.99 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
- Ghulja in DecemberChina · 124 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -7.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Huocheng in DecemberChina · 133 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -8.4°C · 13 mm rain
- Qarasu in DecemberChina · 152 kmHigh 1.0°C · Low -10.2°C · 22 mm precipitation
- Sarqant in DecemberKazakhstan · 178 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -10.1°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Xinyuan in DecemberChina · 188 kmHigh 2.4°C · Low -13.5°C · 23 mm rain
- Wusu in DecemberChina · 212 kmHigh -5.0°C · Low -9.5°C · 5.4 mm precipitation
- Tacheng in DecemberChina · 217 kmHigh -2.9°C · Low -11.2°C · 29 mm precipitation
- Karamay in DecemberChina · 234 kmHigh -6.4°C · Low -12.5°C · 2.6 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 Bole) is explained once on the Bole year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.