Climate averages 1991–2020
Hancheng 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 Hancheng: daytime highs average 6.8°C and nights cool to about -3.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 8.3 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes December a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 49 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yongji (66 km away). In December its highs average 7.6°C, 0.8°C warmer than Hancheng, with 8.6 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Hancheng ranks joint 530th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 204th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Hancheng is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 5.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 8.3 mm to 9.1 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Hancheng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.4°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 9.1 | 2.5 | 10.110 h |
| February | 9.1°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 14 | 3.1 | 10.911 h |
| March | 15.3°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 25 | 4.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.1°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 41 | 5.9 | 13.113 h |
| May | 26.9°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 47 | 6.1 | 14.014 h |
| June | 31.0°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 58 | 6.7 | 14.515 h |
| July | 31.5°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 108 | 11.3 | 14.314 h |
| August | 29.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 104 | 10.8 | 13.513 h |
| September | 24.9°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 93 | 9.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 19.5°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 55 | 7.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 12.9°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 31 | 4.6 | 10.310 h |
| December, selected | 6.8°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 8.3 | 2.2 | 9.810 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Yongji in DecemberChina · 66 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low -1.8°C · 8.6 mm rain
- Yuncheng in DecemberChina · 71 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -1.8°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Sanmenxia in DecemberChina · 103 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low -2.3°C · 9.2 mm rain
- Huayin in DecemberChina · 105 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low -1.1°C · 12 mm rain
- Linfen in DecemberChina · 121 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low -3.9°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Changzhi (Shanxi, 35.21°N 111.74°E), China in DecemberChina · 122 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low -2.7°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Tongchuanshi in DecemberChina · 129 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low -2.9°C · 7.5 mm rain
- Weinan in DecemberChina · 135 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low -1.7°C · 9.0 mm rain
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 Hancheng) is explained once on the Hancheng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.