Climate averages 1991–2020
Gongchangling weather
in December.
A freezing month with light 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 Gongchangling: daytime highs average -2.9°C and nights cool to about -12.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 17 mm of precipitation on roughly 4 days, which makes December a month with light precipitation (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 17 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Liaoyang (29 km away). In December its highs average -1.9°C, 0.9°C warmer than Gongchangling, with 13 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Gongchangling ranks joint 773rd of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 417th of 884 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Gongchangling is 10.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.5°C to -5.3°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 17 mm to 8.8 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
Gongchangling climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -5.3°C-15.6°C | -15.6°C | 8.8 | 2.4 | 9.610 h |
| February | -0.4°C-11.4°C | -11.4°C | 15 | 3.0 | 10.611 h |
| March | 6.8°C-4.2°C | -4.2°C | 25 | 4.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.8°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 53 | 7.4 | 13.313 h |
| May | 21.3°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 74 | 9.0 | 14.514 h |
| June | 25.7°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 113 | 12.1 | 15.115 h |
| July | 27.8°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 167 | 15.2 | 14.815 h |
| August | 27.0°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 210 | 14.6 | 13.814 h |
| September | 22.5°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 66 | 7.7 | 12.513 h |
| October | 14.8°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 51 | 6.9 | 11.111 h |
| November | 4.9°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 39 | 6.1 | 9.910 h |
| December, selected | -2.9°C-12.1°C | -12.1°C | 17 | 3.6 | 9.39 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
- Liaoyang in DecemberChina · 29 kmHigh -1.9°C · Low -11.0°C · 13 mm precipitation
- Benxi in DecemberChina · 33 kmHigh -3.4°C · Low -13.1°C · 17 mm precipitation
- Anshan in DecemberChina · 39 kmHigh -1.6°C · Low -10.3°C · 13 mm precipitation
- Jiupu in DecemberChina · 42 kmHigh -1.4°C · Low -10.0°C · 13 mm precipitation
- Sujiatun in DecemberChina · 61 kmHigh -2.4°C · Low -11.6°C · 11 mm precipitation
- Haicheng in DecemberChina · 66 kmHigh -1.1°C · Low -9.5°C · 12 mm precipitation
- Liaozhong in DecemberChina · 75 kmHigh -1.7°C · Low -10.4°C · 9.8 mm precipitation
- Shenyang in DecemberChina · 75 kmHigh -2.7°C · Low -12.2°C · 13 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 Gongchangling) is explained once on the Gongchangling year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.