Climate averages 1991–2020
Dongxia weather
in December.
A cold, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Dongxia: daytime highs average 5.9°C and nights cool to about -3.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes December a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 42 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tanfang (10 km away). In December its highs average 5.8°C, about as warm as Dongxia, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Dongxia ranks joint 572nd of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 260th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Dongxia is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 4.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 11 mm to 9.1 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
Dongxia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.0°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 9.1 | 2.2 | 10.010 h |
| February | 7.5°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 15 | 3.1 | 10.811 h |
| March | 13.9°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 20 | 3.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.0°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 37 | 5.2 | 13.113 h |
| May | 26.6°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 59 | 6.0 | 14.114 h |
| June | 30.7°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 71 | 8.1 | 14.615 h |
| July | 31.5°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 160 | 13.0 | 14.414 h |
| August | 29.8°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 163 | 12.6 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.3°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 58 | 6.0 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.7°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 29 | 4.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 12.8°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 28 | 4.2 | 10.210 h |
| December, selected | 5.9°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 11 | 2.5 | 9.710 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
- Tanfang in DecemberChina · 10 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -3.4°C · 12 mm rain
- Qingzhou in DecemberChina · 11 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low -3.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Huanglou in DecemberChina · 12 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low -3.0°C · 11 mm rain
- Yidu in DecemberChina · 14 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low -3.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Heguan in DecemberChina · 16 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low -3.6°C · 9.3 mm rain
- Shouguang in DecemberChina · 20 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low -3.6°C · 9.7 mm rain
- Changle in DecemberChina · 22 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -3.4°C · 12 mm rain
- Xindian in DecemberChina · 26 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -3.6°C · 12 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 Dongxia) is explained once on the Dongxia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Qingzhou, Yidu and Huanglou lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.