Climate averages 1991–2020
Jiudian weather
in December.
A cold, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Jiudian: daytime highs average 4.8°C and nights cool to about -2.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes December a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 41 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yuanshang (28 km away). In December its highs average 5.4°C, 0.7°C warmer than Jiudian, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jiudian ranks joint 631st of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 293rd of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Jiudian is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 2.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 12 mm to 9.0 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
Jiudian climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.9°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 9.0 | 2.2 | 9.910 h |
| February | 5.8°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 15 | 2.7 | 10.811 h |
| March | 11.6°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 21 | 4.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.7°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 38 | 4.9 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.5°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 61 | 6.5 | 14.114 h |
| June | 28.6°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 74 | 7.6 | 14.715 h |
| July | 30.0°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 198 | 13.1 | 14.414 h |
| August | 29.0°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 178 | 13.2 | 13.614 h |
| September | 25.3°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 62 | 5.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.4°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 29 | 4.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 11.6°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 28 | 4.2 | 10.210 h |
| December, selected | 4.8°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 12 | 2.5 | 9.710 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
- Yuanshang in DecemberChina · 28 kmHigh 5.4°C · Low -3.1°C · 12 mm rain
- Laizhou in DecemberChina · 31 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -1.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Laixi in DecemberChina · 32 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low -2.9°C · 12 mm rain
- Pingdu in DecemberChina · 33 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low -3.3°C · 11 mm rain
- Laiyang in DecemberChina · 45 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -2.7°C · 12 mm rain
- Jiangshan in DecemberChina · 45 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -3.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Zhaoyuan (Shandong), China in DecemberChina · 45 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -2.1°C · 12 mm rain
- Liaolan in DecemberChina · 46 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -3.3°C · 11 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 Jiudian) is explained once on the Jiudian year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.