Climate averages 1991–2020
Hami 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 Hami: daytime highs average -2.3°C and nights cool to about -10.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.7 mm of precipitation on fewer than one day, 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 06 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dunhuang (312 km away). In December its highs average -0.3°C, 2.0°C warmer than Hami, with 1.3 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Hami ranks joint 761st of 884 for the warmest December highs and 24th of 884 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Hami is 9.8°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.0°C to -3.2°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 1.7 mm to 1.2 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
Hami climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.2°C-12.8°C | -12.8°C | 1.2 | 0.5 | 9.49 h |
| February | 3.7°C-7.0°C | -7.0°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 10.511 h |
| March | 12.6°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 2.8 | 0.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.3°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 4.4 | 1.0 | 13.413 h |
| May | 27.3°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 3.6 | 1.0 | 14.615 h |
| June | 32.5°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 4.9 | 0.9 | 15.315 h |
| July | 34.7°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 5.4 | 1.1 | 15.015 h |
| August | 33.2°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 5.6 | 1.2 | 13.914 h |
| September | 26.8°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 2.2 | 0.6 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.1°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 5.1 | 1.3 | 11.111 h |
| November | 6.1°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 4.2 | 1.2 | 9.810 h |
| December, selected | -2.3°C-10.7°C | -10.7°C | 1.7 | 0.6 | 9.19 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
- Dunhuang in DecemberChina · 312 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -8.7°C · 1.3 mm precipitation
- Turpan in DecemberChina · 353 kmHigh 1.3°C · Low -6.5°C · 0.8 mm precipitation
- Laojunmiao in DecemberChina · 486 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -11.7°C · 4.6 mm precipitation
- Ürümqi in DecemberChina · 490 kmHigh -2.7°C · Low -12.6°C · 13 mm precipitation
- Wujiaqu in DecemberChina · 505 kmHigh -6.8°C · Low -14.9°C · 7.3 mm precipitation
- Changji in DecemberChina · 517 kmHigh -4.2°C · Low -12.5°C · 8.3 mm precipitation
- Jiayuguan in DecemberChina · 522 kmHigh -1.8°C · Low -10.2°C · 3.7 mm precipitation
- Jiuquan in DecemberChina · 542 kmHigh -1.6°C · Low -9.8°C · 3.3 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 Hami) is explained once on the Hami year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.