Climate averages 1991–2020
Dongsheng weather
in December.
A freezing month with very little precipitation: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Dongsheng: daytime highs average -2.7°C and nights cool to about -11.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.8 mm of precipitation on fewer than one day, which makes December a month with very little precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 25 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ordos (29 km away). In December its highs average -2.0°C, 0.7°C warmer than Dongsheng, with 3.1 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Dongsheng ranks joint 768th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 37th of 884 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Dongsheng is 10.3°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.3°C to -4.0°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 2.8 mm to 2.9 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
Dongsheng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -4.0°C-13.8°C | -13.8°C | 2.9 | 1.0 | 9.710 h |
| February | 0.5°C-9.9°C | -9.9°C | 5.2 | 1.7 | 10.711 h |
| March | 7.3°C-4.2°C | -4.2°C | 15 | 3.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.1°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 24 | 4.1 | 13.213 h |
| May | 21.2°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 34 | 5.0 | 14.314 h |
| June | 26.0°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 45 | 8.1 | 14.915 h |
| July | 27.4°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 103 | 11.1 | 14.715 h |
| August | 25.0°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 95 | 10.7 | 13.714 h |
| September | 19.8°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 64 | 8.1 | 12.512 h |
| October | 12.8°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 27 | 4.7 | 11.211 h |
| November | 4.4°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 12 | 2.3 | 10.010 h |
| December, selected | -2.7°C-11.5°C | -11.5°C | 2.8 | 0.9 | 9.49 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
- Ordos in DecemberChina · 29 kmHigh -2.0°C · Low -11.3°C · 3.1 mm precipitation
- Salaqi in DecemberChina · 93 kmHigh -2.5°C · Low -12.2°C · 4.2 mm precipitation
- Baotou in DecemberChina · 94 kmHigh -2.7°C · Low -13.0°C · 3.1 mm precipitation
- Shiguai in DecemberChina · 102 kmHigh -3.9°C · Low -13.5°C · 3.8 mm precipitation
- Yulinshi in DecemberChina · 171 kmHigh 0.3°C · Low -9.7°C · 3.6 mm precipitation
- Hohhot in DecemberChina · 180 kmHigh -3.9°C · Low -14.1°C · 4.3 mm precipitation
- Shuozhou in DecemberChina · 217 kmHigh -1.2°C · Low -11.8°C · 3.3 mm precipitation
- Bayan Nur in DecemberChina · 243 kmHigh -1.7°C · Low -11.4°C · 1.0 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 Dongsheng) is explained once on the Dongsheng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.