Climate averages 1991–2020
Jinzhong 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 Jinzhong: daytime highs average 2.9°C and nights cool to about -6.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.3 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes December a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 37 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Taiyuan (27 km away). In December its highs average 3.4°C, about as warm as Jinzhong, with 3.2 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jinzhong ranks joint 671st of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 59th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Jinzhong is 4.6°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 2.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.3 mm to 3.4 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
Jinzhong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.0°C-8.5°C | -8.5°C | 3.4 | 1.0 | 9.910 h |
| February | 5.8°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 6.7 | 2.0 | 10.811 h |
| March | 11.9°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 15 | 3.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.0°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 28 | 4.7 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.8°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 32 | 5.7 | 14.214 h |
| June | 28.8°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 51 | 8.4 | 14.715 h |
| July | 29.4°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 100 | 11.9 | 14.514 h |
| August | 27.6°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 86 | 10.2 | 13.614 h |
| September | 23.1°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 59 | 7.3 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.1°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 32 | 5.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 9.3°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 15 | 3.1 | 10.210 h |
| December, selected | 2.9°C-6.6°C | -6.6°C | 3.3 | 1.1 | 9.610 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
- Taiyuan in DecemberChina · 27 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -6.6°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Yangquan in DecemberChina · 74 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -6.4°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Xinzhou in DecemberChina · 81 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -8.5°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Jiexiu in DecemberChina · 105 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -5.0°C · 3.6 mm rain
- Yuanping in DecemberChina · 115 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -9.3°C · 3.5 mm precipitation
- Lüliang in DecemberChina · 143 kmHigh 1.6°C · Low -6.8°C · 5.7 mm precipitation
- Huaiyang in DecemberChina · 155 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -4.7°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Shijiazhuang in DecemberChina · 156 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low -4.9°C · 3.5 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 Jinzhong) is explained once on the Jinzhong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.