Climate averages 1991–2020
Chengtangcun weather
in December.
A cold, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Chengtangcun: daytime highs average 6.9°C and nights cool to about -1.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes December a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 51 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shanting (24 km away). In December its highs average 6.7°C, about as warm as Chengtangcun, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Chengtangcun ranks joint 526th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 293rd of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Chengtangcun is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 5.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 12 mm to 13 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Chengtangcun climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.4°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 13 | 3.0 | 10.110 h |
| February | 8.6°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 18 | 3.5 | 10.911 h |
| March | 14.4°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 30 | 4.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.0°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 42 | 5.6 | 13.013 h |
| May | 26.3°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 60 | 6.1 | 14.014 h |
| June | 30.2°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 95 | 7.0 | 14.514 h |
| July | 30.7°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 220 | 13.8 | 14.314 h |
| August | 29.7°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 168 | 13.0 | 13.513 h |
| September | 26.1°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 71 | 6.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.9°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 35 | 4.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.4°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 29 | 4.1 | 10.410 h |
| December, selected | 6.9°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 12 | 2.7 | 9.810 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Shanting in DecemberChina · 24 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -1.8°C · 13 mm rain
- Xiazhen in DecemberChina · 32 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low -1.6°C · 14 mm rain
- Datun in DecemberChina · 40 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low -1.6°C · 14 mm rain
- Zoucheng in DecemberChina · 41 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low -2.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Zaozhuang in DecemberChina · 41 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -1.8°C · 14 mm rain
- Anguo in DecemberChina · 44 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low -1.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Peicheng in DecemberChina · 46 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low -1.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Huankou in DecemberChina · 53 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low -1.4°C · 13 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 Chengtangcun) is explained once on the Chengtangcun year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.