Climate averages 1991–2020
Gujangbagh 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 Gujangbagh: daytime highs average 2.3°C and nights cool to about -5.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.3 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes December a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 40 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kageleke (36 km away). In December its highs average 2.4°C, about as warm as Gujangbagh, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Gujangbagh ranks joint 684th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 17th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Gujangbagh is 5.3°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 0.5°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 1.3 mm to 1.4 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
Gujangbagh climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.5°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 1.4 | 0.6 | 9.910 h |
| February | 5.9°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 2.2 | 0.6 | 10.811 h |
| March | 15.3°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 4.1 | 0.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.9°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 4.1 | 1.0 | 13.113 h |
| May | 27.0°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 9.6 | 2.0 | 14.114 h |
| June | 30.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 12 | 2.1 | 14.715 h |
| July | 32.2°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 12 | 1.8 | 14.414 h |
| August | 30.9°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 18 | 2.3 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.3°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 10 | 1.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.1°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 3.0 | 0.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 10.2°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 2.7 | 0.7 | 10.210 h |
| December, selected | 2.3°C-5.9°C | -5.9°C | 1.3 | 0.4 | 9.710 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
- Kageleke in DecemberChina · 36 kmHigh 2.4°C · Low -6.2°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Shache in DecemberChina · 278 kmHigh 2.8°C · Low -5.3°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Tumxuk in DecemberChina · 316 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -6.4°C · 1.3 mm precipitation
- Ālā'ĕr in DecemberChina · 399 kmHigh -0.2°C · Low -9.6°C · 0.7 mm precipitation
- Kashgar in DecemberChina · 433 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -6.6°C · 5.0 mm precipitation
- Artux in DecemberChina · 436 kmHigh 1.1°C · Low -6.0°C · 3.9 mm precipitation
- Aqsu in DecemberChina · 454 kmHigh -0.4°C · Low -8.0°C · 3.0 mm precipitation
- Wensu in DecemberChina · 464 kmHigh -1.0°C · Low -6.8°C · 3.0 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 Gujangbagh) is explained once on the Gujangbagh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.