Climate averages 1991–2020
Jinshanlu weather
in December.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 11th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Jinshanlu: daytime highs average -7.1°C and nights cool to about -17.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 21 mm of precipitation on roughly 5 days, which makes December a month with light precipitation (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 29 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Karamay (353 km away). In December its highs average -6.4°C, 0.7°C warmer than Jinshanlu, with 2.6 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jinshanlu ranks 809th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 458th of 884 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Jinshanlu is 14.6°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.8°C to -7.8°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 21 mm to 14 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
Jinshanlu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -7.8°C-18.6°C | -18.6°C | 14 | 3.7 | 8.99 h |
| February | -3.7°C-15.7°C | -15.7°C | 11 | 3.1 | 10.210 h |
| March | 2.5°C-9.8°C | -9.8°C | 17 | 4.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 11.7°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 23 | 5.1 | 13.614 h |
| May | 18.6°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 24 | 5.2 | 15.115 h |
| June | 24.1°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 21 | 4.6 | 15.916 h |
| July | 25.7°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 25 | 5.0 | 15.616 h |
| August | 24.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 19 | 4.4 | 14.314 h |
| September | 18.2°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 22 | 4.8 | 12.613 h |
| October | 9.5°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 25 | 5.6 | 10.911 h |
| November | -0.4°C-11.3°C | -11.3°C | 32 | 6.3 | 9.39 h |
| December, selected | -7.1°C-17.0°C | -17.0°C | 21 | 5.2 | 8.58 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
- Karamay in DecemberChina · 353 kmHigh -6.4°C · Low -12.5°C · 2.6 mm precipitation
- Tacheng in DecemberChina · 409 kmHigh -2.9°C · Low -11.2°C · 29 mm precipitation
- Wujiaqu in DecemberChina · 413 kmHigh -6.8°C · Low -14.9°C · 7.3 mm precipitation
- Shihezi in DecemberChina · 426 kmHigh -6.4°C · Low -13.4°C · 6.7 mm precipitation
- Changji in DecemberChina · 432 kmHigh -4.2°C · Low -12.5°C · 8.3 mm precipitation
- Ürümqi in DecemberChina · 452 kmHigh -2.7°C · Low -12.6°C · 13 mm precipitation
- Wusu in DecemberChina · 464 kmHigh -5.0°C · Low -9.5°C · 5.4 mm precipitation
- Ust-Kamenogorsk in DecemberKazakhstan · 468 kmHigh -6.9°C · Low -15.6°C · 46 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 Jinshanlu) is explained once on the Jinshanlu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.