Climate averages 1991–2020
Jinchang weather
in December.
A cold month with very little precipitation: 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 Jinchang: daytime highs average 0.7°C and nights cool to about -10.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Precipitation is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical December (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 32 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wuwei (74 km away). In December its highs average 1.3°C, 0.6°C warmer than Jinchang, with 1.2 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jinchang ranks joint 715th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 3rd of 884 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Jinchang is 6.8°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.6°C to -0.9°C, and monthly precipitation rises from under 1 mm to 1.1 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
Jinchang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.9°C-11.8°C | -11.8°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 9.810 h |
| February | 3.7°C-8.1°C | -8.1°C | 1.6 | 0.7 | 10.711 h |
| March | 10.5°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 4.0 | 1.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.0°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 7.9 | 2.2 | 13.213 h |
| May | 23.3°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 15 | 4.1 | 14.214 h |
| June | 27.9°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 23 | 5.1 | 14.815 h |
| July | 29.7°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 39 | 6.8 | 14.615 h |
| August | 27.6°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 41 | 7.1 | 13.714 h |
| September | 22.1°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 33 | 6.7 | 12.512 h |
| October | 15.3°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 11 | 2.8 | 11.211 h |
| November | 7.5°C-4.0°C | -4.0°C | 2.0 | 0.6 | 10.110 h |
| December, selected | 0.7°C-10.2°C | -10.2°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 9.510 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
- Wuwei in DecemberChina · 74 kmHigh 1.3°C · Low -8.9°C · 1.2 mm precipitation
- Zhangye in DecemberChina · 159 kmHigh 1.1°C · Low -10.7°C · 2.5 mm precipitation
- Qiaotou in DecemberChina · 180 kmHigh -0.9°C · Low -16.4°C · 3.8 mm precipitation
- Xining in DecemberChina · 212 kmHigh 1.3°C · Low -10.6°C · 2.2 mm precipitation
- Nianbo in DecemberChina · 226 kmHigh 1.1°C · Low -10.7°C · 3.3 mm precipitation
- Baiyin in DecemberChina · 279 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -8.9°C · 1.6 mm precipitation
- Zhongwei in DecemberChina · 285 kmHigh 2.5°C · Low -7.7°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Bayan Hot in DecemberChina · 304 kmHigh -1.2°C · Low -9.0°C · 1.3 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 Jinchang) is explained once on the Jinchang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.