Climate averages 1991–2020
Daxing’anling weather
in December.
A freezing month with very little precipitation: the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Daxing’anling: daytime highs average -17.1°C and nights cool to about -25.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 5.7 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 7 h 48 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jiagedaqi (217 km away). In December its highs average -14.9°C, 2.3°C warmer than Daxing’anling, with 5.4 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Daxing’anling ranks 883rd of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 143rd of 884 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Daxing’anling is 24.7°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.2°C to -16.9°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 5.7 mm to 4.1 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
Daxing’anling climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -16.9°C-26.9°C | -26.9°C | 4.1 | 1.3 | 8.38 h |
| February | -11.1°C-23.9°C | -23.9°C | 4.1 | 1.4 | 9.910 h |
| March | -2.5°C-16.3°C | -16.3°C | 10 | 2.8 | 11.812 h |
| April | 7.8°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 25 | 5.7 | 13.914 h |
| May | 16.6°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 65 | 10.2 | 15.716 h |
| June | 22.9°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 88 | 12.4 | 16.717 h |
| July | 24.7°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 137 | 15.6 | 16.316 h |
| August | 22.4°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 101 | 12.8 | 14.715 h |
| September | 15.7°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 62 | 9.5 | 12.713 h |
| October | 5.1°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 32 | 5.9 | 10.711 h |
| November | -8.1°C-16.8°C | -16.8°C | 13 | 3.0 | 8.89 h |
| December, selected | -17.1°C-25.6°C | -25.6°C | 5.7 | 2.1 | 7.88 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
- Jiagedaqi in DecemberChina · 217 kmHigh -14.9°C · Low -24.8°C · 5.4 mm precipitation
- Genhe in DecemberChina · 280 kmHigh -17.2°C · Low -27.1°C · 4.6 mm precipitation
- Blagoveshchensk in DecemberRussia · 301 kmHigh -15.6°C · Low -24.3°C · 7.1 mm precipitation
- Heihe in DecemberChina · 302 kmHigh -15.5°C · Low -24.2°C · 7.1 mm precipitation
- Aihui in DecemberChina · 325 kmHigh -15.1°C · Low -24.0°C · 7.3 mm precipitation
- Nenjiang in DecemberChina · 353 kmHigh -14.3°C · Low -23.5°C · 6.6 mm precipitation
- Nehe in DecemberChina · 429 kmHigh -13.3°C · Low -22.5°C · 6.4 mm precipitation
- Yakeshi in DecemberChina · 439 kmHigh -16.1°C · Low -25.1°C · 5.5 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 Daxing’anling) is explained once on the Daxing’anling year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.