Climate averages 1991–2020
Hohhot weather
in December.
A freezing month with very little precipitation: the 11th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Hohhot: daytime highs average -3.9°C and nights cool to about -14.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.3 mm of precipitation on roughly 1 day, which makes December a month with very little precipitation (the 2nd 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 Salaqi (101 km away). In December its highs average -2.5°C, 1.4°C warmer than Hohhot, with 4.2 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Hohhot ranks joint 779th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 101st of 884 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Hohhot is 11.5°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.4°C to -5.3°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 4.3 mm to 3.5 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
Hohhot 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-17.3°C | -17.3°C | 3.5 | 1.2 | 9.610 h |
| February | 0.0°C-12.9°C | -12.9°C | 5.8 | 1.9 | 10.611 h |
| March | 7.4°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 15 | 3.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.4°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 24 | 3.6 | 13.313 h |
| May | 22.0°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 35 | 5.3 | 14.414 h |
| June | 26.8°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 43 | 6.8 | 15.015 h |
| July | 28.1°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 89 | 8.9 | 14.815 h |
| August | 26.0°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 69 | 8.0 | 13.814 h |
| September | 20.8°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 60 | 8.5 | 12.513 h |
| October | 13.3°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 32 | 4.5 | 11.211 h |
| November | 3.6°C-6.2°C | -6.2°C | 12 | 2.7 | 10.010 h |
| December, selected | -3.9°C-14.1°C | -14.1°C | 4.3 | 1.3 | 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
- Salaqi in DecemberChina · 101 kmHigh -2.5°C · Low -12.2°C · 4.2 mm precipitation
- Shiguai in DecemberChina · 116 kmHigh -3.9°C · Low -13.5°C · 3.8 mm precipitation
- Ulanqab in DecemberChina · 126 kmHigh -4.9°C · Low -15.5°C · 2.6 mm precipitation
- Beichengqu in DecemberChina · 133 kmHigh -3.5°C · Low -13.9°C · 3.1 mm precipitation
- Baotou in DecemberChina · 153 kmHigh -2.7°C · Low -13.0°C · 3.1 mm precipitation
- Datong in DecemberChina · 160 kmHigh -1.4°C · Low -12.3°C · 2.7 mm precipitation
- Shuozhou in DecemberChina · 179 kmHigh -1.2°C · Low -11.8°C · 3.3 mm precipitation
- Dongsheng in DecemberChina · 180 kmHigh -2.7°C · Low -11.5°C · 2.8 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 Hohhot) is explained once on the Hohhot year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.