Climate averages 1991–2020
Changji 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 Changji: daytime highs average -4.2°C and nights cool to about -12.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 8.3 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 58 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wujiaqu (24 km away). In December its highs average -6.8°C, 2.6°C cooler than Changji, with 7.3 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Changji ranks 783rd of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 204th of 884 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Changji is 11.8°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 3.0°C to -7.2°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 8.3 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
Changji climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -7.2°C-15.9°C | -15.9°C | 4.3 | 1.7 | 9.39 h |
| February | -2.1°C-11.4°C | -11.4°C | 6.7 | 1.9 | 10.410 h |
| March | 9.2°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 13 | 3.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.6°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 26 | 5.2 | 13.413 h |
| May | 25.4°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 27 | 5.4 | 14.715 h |
| June | 30.4°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 23 | 4.9 | 15.415 h |
| July | 32.2°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 23 | 4.2 | 15.115 h |
| August | 30.7°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 26 | 5.0 | 14.014 h |
| September | 24.9°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 21 | 4.6 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.0°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 21 | 4.8 | 11.011 h |
| November | 5.3°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 14 | 3.5 | 9.710 h |
| December, selected | -4.2°C-12.5°C | -12.5°C | 8.3 | 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
- Wujiaqu in DecemberChina · 24 kmHigh -6.8°C · Low -14.9°C · 7.3 mm precipitation
- Ürümqi in DecemberChina · 33 kmHigh -2.7°C · Low -12.6°C · 13 mm precipitation
- Shihezi in DecemberChina · 106 kmHigh -6.4°C · Low -13.4°C · 6.7 mm precipitation
- Turpan in DecemberChina · 192 kmHigh 1.3°C · Low -6.5°C · 0.8 mm precipitation
- Wusu in DecemberChina · 215 kmHigh -5.0°C · Low -9.5°C · 5.4 mm precipitation
- Karamay in DecemberChina · 259 kmHigh -6.4°C · Low -12.5°C · 2.6 mm precipitation
- Korla in DecemberChina · 267 kmHigh 0.1°C · Low -7.3°C · 2.2 mm precipitation
- Xinyuan in DecemberChina · 332 kmHigh 2.4°C · Low -13.5°C · 23 mm rain
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 Changji) is explained once on the Changji year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.