Climate averages 1991–2020
Haicheng 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 Haicheng: daytime highs average -1.1°C and nights cool to about -9.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of precipitation on roughly 3 days, which makes December a month with very little precipitation (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 18 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jiupu (29 km away). In December its highs average -1.4°C, about as warm as Haicheng, with 13 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Haicheng ranks 744th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 293rd of 884 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Haicheng is 8.6°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.6°C to -3.7°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 12 mm to 6.3 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
Haicheng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.7°C-13.2°C | -13.2°C | 6.3 | 1.8 | 9.610 h |
| February | 1.2°C-9.0°C | -9.0°C | 11 | 2.2 | 10.611 h |
| March | 8.3°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 19 | 3.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.5°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 41 | 6.1 | 13.313 h |
| May | 23.1°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 61 | 7.8 | 14.414 h |
| June | 27.2°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 90 | 9.8 | 15.115 h |
| July | 29.1°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 139 | 12.5 | 14.815 h |
| August | 28.1°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 166 | 11.7 | 13.814 h |
| September | 24.0°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 51 | 6.6 | 12.513 h |
| October | 16.4°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 40 | 6.0 | 11.211 h |
| November | 6.5°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 29 | 4.7 | 9.910 h |
| December, selected | -1.1°C-9.5°C | -9.5°C | 12 | 2.8 | 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
- Jiupu in DecemberChina · 29 kmHigh -1.4°C · Low -10.0°C · 13 mm precipitation
- Dashiqiao in DecemberChina · 32 kmHigh -0.7°C · Low -8.6°C · 11 mm precipitation
- Anshan in DecemberChina · 36 kmHigh -1.6°C · Low -10.3°C · 13 mm precipitation
- Yingkou in DecemberChina · 48 kmHigh -0.5°C · Low -7.4°C · 9.8 mm precipitation
- Liaoyang in DecemberChina · 59 kmHigh -1.9°C · Low -11.0°C · 13 mm precipitation
- Panjin in DecemberChina · 64 kmHigh -0.8°C · Low -9.2°C · 8.6 mm precipitation
- Gongchangling in DecemberChina · 66 kmHigh -2.9°C · Low -12.1°C · 17 mm precipitation
- Panshan in DecemberChina · 69 kmHigh -0.8°C · Low -9.3°C · 7.4 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 Haicheng) is explained once on the Haicheng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.