Climate averages 1991–2020
Gangu Chengguanzhen 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 Gangu Chengguanzhen: daytime highs average 4.8°C and nights cool to about -3.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.1 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes December a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 52 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xinxing (5 km away). In December its highs average 4.1°C, 0.7°C cooler than Gangu Chengguanzhen, with 7.1 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Gangu Chengguanzhen ranks joint 631st of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 169th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Gangu Chengguanzhen is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 3.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 7.1 mm to 10 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
Gangu Chengguanzhen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.2°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 10 | 3.5 | 10.110 h |
| February | 6.4°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 14 | 4.1 | 10.911 h |
| March | 12.6°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 27 | 6.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.7°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 42 | 8.1 | 13.013 h |
| May | 22.7°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 68 | 9.4 | 14.014 h |
| June | 26.5°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 76 | 9.4 | 14.414 h |
| July | 28.3°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 105 | 11.5 | 14.214 h |
| August | 27.1°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 119 | 11.2 | 13.513 h |
| September | 21.9°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 95 | 11.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 16.3°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 66 | 11.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 10.5°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 21 | 5.4 | 10.410 h |
| December, selected | 4.8°C-3.8°C | -3.8°C | 7.1 | 2.2 | 9.910 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
- Xinxing in DecemberChina · 5 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -4.3°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Pan’an in DecemberChina · 20 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low -4.6°C · 7.2 mm rain
- Luomen in DecemberChina · 28 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -4.7°C · 7.2 mm rain
- Xingguo in DecemberChina · 34 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -4.0°C · 7.7 mm rain
- Tianshui in DecemberChina · 42 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -3.6°C · 9.7 mm rain
- Beidao in DecemberChina · 55 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -3.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Dingxi in DecemberChina · 113 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -7.9°C · 3.6 mm precipitation
- Pingliang in DecemberChina · 153 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -6.0°C · 5.4 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 Gangu Chengguanzhen) is explained once on the Gangu Chengguanzhen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Xinxing lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.