Climate averages 1991–2020

Liaoyang 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.

Average high -1.9°C Daytime mean, December
Average low -11.0°C Night-time mean, December
Precipitation 13 mm 3 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 9 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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December is a freezing month in Liaoyang: daytime highs average -1.9°C and nights cool to about -11.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 13 mm of precipitation on roughly 3 days, which makes December a month with very little precipitation (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 16 min on an average December day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Anshan (23 km away). In December its highs average -1.6°C, about as warm as Liaoyang, with 13 mm of precipitation.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Liaoyang ranks joint 756th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 332nd of 884 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Liaoyang is 9.5°C cooler than that mean.

From December to January, average highs fall by 2.6°C to -4.5°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 13 mm to 7.0 mm.

The annual picture

December in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -20-15-10-505101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm
Average monthly precipitation totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Liaoyang climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Liaoyang, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January -4.5°C-14.7°C-14.7°C7.02.09.610 h
February 0.6°C-10.3°C-10.3°C122.610.611 h
March 8.1°C-3.8°C-3.8°C213.911.912 h
April 16.4°C3.6°C3.6°C466.613.313 h
May 23.1°C11.1°C11.1°C628.014.514 h
June 27.3°C17.0°C17.0°C9810.715.115 h
July 29.0°C20.7°C20.7°C15113.314.815 h
August 27.9°C19.7°C19.7°C17411.613.814 h
September 23.6°C13.4°C13.4°C586.812.513 h
October 16.0°C5.3°C5.3°C466.411.111 h
November 5.8°C-3.6°C-3.6°C325.19.910 h
December, selected -1.9°C-11.0°C-11.0°C133.09.39 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

Distance from Liaoyang

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Liaoyang) is explained once on the Liaoyang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.