Climate averages 1991–2020
Karamay 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 Karamay: daytime highs average -6.4°C and nights cool to about -12.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.6 mm of precipitation on roughly 1 day, 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 46 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wusu (129 km away). In December its highs average -5.0°C, 1.4°C warmer than Karamay, with 5.4 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Karamay ranks joint 801st of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 32nd of 884 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Karamay is 13.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.6°C to -9.0°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 2.6 mm to 1.9 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
Karamay climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -9.0°C-15.4°C | -15.4°C | 1.9 | 0.6 | 9.19 h |
| February | -2.9°C-10.9°C | -10.9°C | 1.9 | 0.6 | 10.310 h |
| March | 8.5°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 5.9 | 2.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.2°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 13 | 3.6 | 13.513 h |
| May | 26.6°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 15 | 4.8 | 14.915 h |
| June | 31.9°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 13 | 4.3 | 15.616 h |
| July | 33.6°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 18 | 6.0 | 15.315 h |
| August | 31.8°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 13 | 3.7 | 14.114 h |
| September | 24.6°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 10 | 3.1 | 12.613 h |
| October | 14.5°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 11 | 3.2 | 11.011 h |
| November | 3.0°C-4.2°C | -4.2°C | 6.1 | 2.4 | 9.610 h |
| December, selected | -6.4°C-12.5°C | -12.5°C | 2.6 | 1.0 | 8.89 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
- Wusu in DecemberChina · 129 kmHigh -5.0°C · Low -9.5°C · 5.4 mm precipitation
- Shihezi in DecemberChina · 169 kmHigh -6.4°C · Low -13.4°C · 6.7 mm precipitation
- Tacheng in DecemberChina · 197 kmHigh -2.9°C · Low -11.2°C · 29 mm precipitation
- Bole in DecemberChina · 234 kmHigh -4.7°C · Low -11.1°C · 6.5 mm precipitation
- Changji in DecemberChina · 259 kmHigh -4.2°C · Low -12.5°C · 8.3 mm precipitation
- Wujiaqu in DecemberChina · 261 kmHigh -6.8°C · Low -14.9°C · 7.3 mm precipitation
- Xinyuan in DecemberChina · 273 kmHigh 2.4°C · Low -13.5°C · 23 mm rain
- Ürümqi in DecemberChina · 292 kmHigh -2.7°C · Low -12.6°C · 13 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 Karamay) is explained once on the Karamay year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.