Climate averages 1991–2020
Ghulja weather
in December.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Ghulja: daytime highs average 3.0°C and nights cool to about -7.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 58 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Huocheng (39 km away). In December its highs average 2.3°C, 0.7°C cooler than Ghulja, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Ghulja ranks joint 668th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 441st of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Ghulja is 4.6°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 1.1°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 19 mm to 14 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
Ghulja climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.1°C-9.7°C | -9.7°C | 14 | 4.2 | 9.39 h |
| February | 4.4°C-7.2°C | -7.2°C | 17 | 4.6 | 10.410 h |
| March | 11.4°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 20 | 5.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.6°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 36 | 7.2 | 13.413 h |
| May | 23.7°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 40 | 6.9 | 14.715 h |
| June | 27.8°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 31 | 6.0 | 15.415 h |
| July | 29.9°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 31 | 4.7 | 15.115 h |
| August | 28.9°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 22 | 3.6 | 14.014 h |
| September | 24.1°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 15 | 3.3 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.7°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 20 | 4.3 | 11.011 h |
| November | 8.9°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 25 | 5.4 | 9.710 h |
| December, selected | 3.0°C-7.0°C | -7.0°C | 19 | 5.2 | 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
- Huocheng in DecemberChina · 39 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -8.4°C · 13 mm rain
- Qarasu in DecemberChina · 79 kmHigh 1.0°C · Low -10.2°C · 22 mm precipitation
- Bole in DecemberChina · 124 kmHigh -4.7°C · Low -11.1°C · 6.5 mm precipitation
- Xinyuan in DecemberChina · 164 kmHigh 2.4°C · Low -13.5°C · 23 mm rain
- Sarqant in DecemberKazakhstan · 200 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -10.1°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Taldykorgan in DecemberKazakhstan · 264 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -10.7°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Wusu in DecemberChina · 274 kmHigh -5.0°C · Low -9.5°C · 5.4 mm precipitation
- Xincheng in DecemberChina · 278 kmHigh 0.3°C · Low -8.9°C · 1.8 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 Ghulja) is explained once on the Ghulja year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.