Climate averages 1991–2020
Genhe weather
in December.
A freezing month with very little precipitation: the 11th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Genhe: daytime highs average -17.2°C and nights cool to about -27.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.6 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 8 h 03 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yakeshi (176 km away). In December its highs average -16.1°C, 1.1°C warmer than Genhe, with 5.5 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Genhe ranks 884th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 112th of 884 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Genhe is 24.8°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.7°C to -17.9°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 4.6 mm to 2.3 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
Genhe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -17.9°C-29.5°C | -29.5°C | 2.3 | 0.9 | 8.59 h |
| February | -11.8°C-25.9°C | -25.9°C | 3.4 | 1.2 | 10.010 h |
| March | -3.3°C-17.7°C | -17.7°C | 9.7 | 2.6 | 11.812 h |
| April | 6.7°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 25 | 6.1 | 13.814 h |
| May | 15.3°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 49 | 8.8 | 15.515 h |
| June | 21.3°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 75 | 12.2 | 16.416 h |
| July | 23.2°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 109 | 14.1 | 16.016 h |
| August | 20.8°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 104 | 12.8 | 14.515 h |
| September | 14.2°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 61 | 9.5 | 12.713 h |
| October | 4.2°C-4.3°C | -4.3°C | 26 | 5.0 | 10.811 h |
| November | -8.1°C-17.1°C | -17.1°C | 9.8 | 3.1 | 9.09 h |
| December, selected | -17.2°C-27.1°C | -27.1°C | 4.6 | 1.6 | 8.08 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
- Yakeshi in DecemberChina · 176 kmHigh -16.1°C · Low -25.1°C · 5.5 mm precipitation
- Jiagedaqi in DecemberChina · 188 kmHigh -14.9°C · Low -24.8°C · 5.4 mm precipitation
- Hulunbuir in DecemberChina · 215 kmHigh -15.7°C · Low -25.5°C · 4.5 mm precipitation
- Hailar in DecemberChina · 219 kmHigh -15.7°C · Low -25.6°C · 4.5 mm precipitation
- Daxing’anling in DecemberChina · 280 kmHigh -17.1°C · Low -25.6°C · 5.7 mm precipitation
- Jalai Nur in DecemberChina · 310 kmHigh -14.1°C · Low -22.2°C · 3.1 mm precipitation
- Nenjiang in DecemberChina · 320 kmHigh -14.3°C · Low -23.5°C · 6.6 mm precipitation
- Zhalantun in DecemberChina · 321 kmHigh -10.4°C · Low -18.6°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 Genhe) is explained once on the Genhe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.