Climate averages 1991–2020
Changchun weather
in December.
A freezing month with very little precipitation: the 11th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Changchun: daytime highs average -7.4°C and nights cool to about -16.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.9 mm of precipitation on roughly 2 days, which makes December a month with very little precipitation (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 59 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jiutai (51 km away). In December its highs average -7.8°C, about as warm as Changchun, with 8.8 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Changchun ranks 810th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 195th of 884 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Changchun is 14.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.4°C to -9.8°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 7.9 mm to 4.3 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
Changchun climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -9.8°C-20.0°C | -20.0°C | 4.3 | 1.4 | 9.39 h |
| February | -4.0°C-15.4°C | -15.4°C | 6.2 | 1.7 | 10.410 h |
| March | 4.7°C-6.9°C | -6.9°C | 17 | 3.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.2°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 28 | 5.0 | 13.413 h |
| May | 21.2°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 66 | 8.8 | 14.715 h |
| June | 26.0°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 98 | 12.6 | 15.415 h |
| July | 27.6°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 168 | 14.5 | 15.115 h |
| August | 26.2°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 138 | 12.4 | 14.014 h |
| September | 21.4°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 62 | 7.8 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.0°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 36 | 6.6 | 11.011 h |
| November | 1.8°C-6.5°C | -6.5°C | 20 | 4.3 | 9.710 h |
| December, selected | -7.4°C-16.8°C | -16.8°C | 7.9 | 2.4 | 9.09 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
- Jiutai in DecemberChina · 51 kmHigh -7.8°C · Low -17.5°C · 8.8 mm precipitation
- Gongzhuling in DecemberChina · 58 kmHigh -6.7°C · Low -15.9°C · 8.1 mm precipitation
- Dehui in DecemberChina · 79 kmHigh -8.2°C · Low -17.7°C · 8.1 mm precipitation
- Jilin in DecemberChina · 99 kmHigh -7.5°C · Low -17.5°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Siping in DecemberChina · 110 kmHigh -5.9°C · Low -15.2°C · 8.8 mm precipitation
- Longshan in DecemberChina · 112 kmHigh -6.1°C · Low -15.9°C · 11 mm precipitation
- Panshi in DecemberChina · 120 kmHigh -6.9°C · Low -17.2°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Jishu in DecemberChina · 128 kmHigh -8.5°C · Low -18.3°C · 13 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 Changchun) is explained once on the Changchun year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.