Climate averages 1991–2020
Meihekou 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 Meihekou: daytime highs average -6.2°C and nights cool to about -16.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 14 mm of precipitation on roughly 4 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 08 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chaoyang, China (32 km away). In December its highs average -6.5°C, about as warm as Meihekou, with 14 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Meihekou ranks 800th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 369th of 884 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Meihekou is 13.8°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.5°C to -8.7°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 14 mm to 8.6 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
Meihekou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -8.7°C-20.7°C | -20.7°C | 8.6 | 2.7 | 9.49 h |
| February | -3.5°C-16.1°C | -16.1°C | 13 | 3.1 | 10.511 h |
| March | 4.8°C-7.0°C | -7.0°C | 28 | 5.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.8°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 51 | 7.9 | 13.313 h |
| May | 20.4°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 77 | 11.4 | 14.615 h |
| June | 24.9°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 125 | 14.2 | 15.215 h |
| July | 26.9°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 197 | 16.6 | 15.015 h |
| August | 25.8°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 193 | 15.2 | 13.914 h |
| September | 21.0°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 69 | 8.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 13.1°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 50 | 8.2 | 11.111 h |
| November | 2.6°C-6.5°C | -6.5°C | 34 | 6.5 | 9.810 h |
| December, selected | -6.2°C-16.7°C | -16.7°C | 14 | 3.7 | 9.19 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
- Chaoyang, China in DecemberChina · 32 kmHigh -6.5°C · Low -16.7°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Panshi in DecemberChina · 55 kmHigh -6.9°C · Low -17.2°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Longshan in DecemberChina · 59 kmHigh -6.1°C · Low -15.9°C · 11 mm precipitation
- Baishan in DecemberChina · 90 kmHigh -6.5°C · Low -17.4°C · 21 mm precipitation
- Tonghua in DecemberChina · 92 kmHigh -5.6°C · Low -17.0°C · 19 mm precipitation
- Huadian in DecemberChina · 100 kmHigh -6.8°C · Low -17.0°C · 15 mm precipitation
- Siping in DecemberChina · 127 kmHigh -5.9°C · Low -15.2°C · 8.8 mm precipitation
- Gongzhuling in DecemberChina · 129 kmHigh -6.7°C · Low -15.9°C · 8.1 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 Meihekou) is explained once on the Meihekou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.