Climate averages 1991–2020
Jilin 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 Jilin: daytime highs average -7.5°C and nights cool to about -17.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 14 mm of precipitation on roughly 4 days, which makes December a month with very little precipitation (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 59 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jishu (56 km away). In December its highs average -8.5°C, 1.0°C cooler than Jilin, with 13 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jilin ranks 811th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 369th of 884 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Jilin is 15.0°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.5°C to -10.0°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 14 mm to 8.6 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
Jilin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -10.0°C-21.1°C | -21.1°C | 8.6 | 2.5 | 9.39 h |
| February | -4.7°C-17.0°C | -17.0°C | 12 | 3.1 | 10.410 h |
| March | 3.7°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 26 | 5.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.3°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 44 | 7.7 | 13.413 h |
| May | 20.1°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 80 | 11.1 | 14.715 h |
| June | 25.1°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 115 | 14.5 | 15.415 h |
| July | 27.2°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 195 | 16.0 | 15.115 h |
| August | 25.8°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 170 | 15.0 | 14.014 h |
| September | 20.9°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 74 | 9.3 | 12.613 h |
| October | 12.5°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 51 | 8.3 | 11.111 h |
| November | 1.7°C-6.5°C | -6.5°C | 32 | 6.1 | 9.710 h |
| December, selected | -7.5°C-17.5°C | -17.5°C | 14 | 4.1 | 9.09 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
- Jishu in DecemberChina · 56 kmHigh -8.5°C · Low -18.3°C · 13 mm precipitation
- Jiaohe in DecemberChina · 64 kmHigh -8.2°C · Low -18.0°C · 16 mm precipitation
- Jiutai in DecemberChina · 68 kmHigh -7.8°C · Low -17.5°C · 8.8 mm precipitation
- Shulan in DecemberChina · 70 kmHigh -8.7°C · Low -18.3°C · 13 mm precipitation
- Huadian in DecemberChina · 98 kmHigh -6.8°C · Low -17.0°C · 15 mm precipitation
- Changchun in DecemberChina · 99 kmHigh -7.4°C · Low -16.8°C · 7.9 mm precipitation
- Dehui in DecemberChina · 103 kmHigh -8.2°C · Low -17.7°C · 8.1 mm precipitation
- Panshi in DecemberChina · 109 kmHigh -6.9°C · Low -17.2°C · 14 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 Jilin) is explained once on the Jilin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.