Climate averages 1991–2020
Dunhua weather
in December.
A freezing month with very little precipitation: the 11th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Dunhua: daytime highs average -7.9°C and nights cool to about -17.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of precipitation on roughly 3 days, which makes December a month with very little precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 02 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jiaohe (82 km away). In December its highs average -8.2°C, about as warm as Dunhua, with 16 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Dunhua ranks joint 815th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 293rd of 884 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Dunhua is 15.5°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.3°C to -10.2°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 12 mm to 7.8 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
Dunhua climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -10.2°C-20.9°C | -20.9°C | 7.8 | 1.9 | 9.49 h |
| February | -5.6°C-17.2°C | -17.2°C | 14 | 3.3 | 10.510 h |
| March | 2.3°C-9.3°C | -9.3°C | 30 | 6.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.0°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 52 | 9.6 | 13.413 h |
| May | 18.4°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 89 | 13.5 | 14.715 h |
| June | 22.9°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 108 | 15.0 | 15.315 h |
| July | 25.2°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 174 | 15.4 | 15.115 h |
| August | 24.2°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 158 | 14.8 | 14.014 h |
| September | 19.5°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 68 | 8.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 11.4°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 43 | 7.9 | 11.111 h |
| November | 0.9°C-7.9°C | -7.9°C | 29 | 5.8 | 9.710 h |
| December, selected | -7.9°C-17.6°C | -17.6°C | 12 | 3.4 | 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
- Jiaohe in DecemberChina · 82 kmHigh -8.2°C · Low -18.0°C · 16 mm precipitation
- Helong in DecemberChina · 111 kmHigh -5.2°C · Low -16.2°C · 11 mm precipitation
- Yanji in DecemberChina · 116 kmHigh -4.5°C · Low -14.3°C · 9.4 mm precipitation
- Longjing in DecemberChina · 118 kmHigh -4.7°C · Low -14.9°C · 9.4 mm precipitation
- Wangqing in DecemberChina · 124 kmHigh -5.8°C · Low -15.1°C · 10 mm precipitation
- Huadian in DecemberChina · 128 kmHigh -6.8°C · Low -17.0°C · 15 mm precipitation
- Tumen in DecemberChina · 138 kmHigh -4.6°C · Low -14.0°C · 10 mm precipitation
- Jilin in DecemberChina · 144 kmHigh -7.5°C · Low -17.5°C · 14 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 Dunhua) is explained once on the Dunhua year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.