Climate averages 1991–2020
Shache 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 Shache: daytime highs average 2.8°C and nights cool to about -5.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical December (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 33 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kashgar (159 km away). In December its highs average 1.8°C, 1.0°C cooler than Shache, with 5.0 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shache ranks 673rd of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 5th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Shache is 4.8°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 1.2°C, and monthly precipitation rises from under 1 mm to 1.2 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
Shache climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.2°C-7.7°C | -7.7°C | 1.2 | 0.5 | 9.810 h |
| February | 6.6°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 1.6 | 0.5 | 10.711 h |
| March | 15.4°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 4.0 | 0.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 23.2°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 4.7 | 1.2 | 13.213 h |
| May | 27.3°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 14 | 2.5 | 14.214 h |
| June | 30.9°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 10 | 2.2 | 14.815 h |
| July | 32.5°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 12 | 2.3 | 14.615 h |
| August | 30.9°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 15 | 3.2 | 13.714 h |
| September | 26.5°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 13 | 2.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.5°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 3.0 | 0.9 | 11.211 h |
| November | 10.9°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 2.5 | 0.5 | 10.110 h |
| December, selected | 2.8°C-5.3°C | -5.3°C | 0.9 | 0.4 | 9.510 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
- Kashgar in DecemberChina · 159 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -6.6°C · 5.0 mm precipitation
- Artux in DecemberChina · 170 kmHigh 1.1°C · Low -6.0°C · 3.9 mm precipitation
- Tumxuk in DecemberChina · 225 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -6.4°C · 1.3 mm precipitation
- Kageleke in DecemberChina · 242 kmHigh 2.4°C · Low -6.2°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Gujangbagh in DecemberChina · 278 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -5.9°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Aqsu in DecemberChina · 403 kmHigh -0.4°C · Low -8.0°C · 3.0 mm precipitation
- Wensu in DecemberChina · 408 kmHigh -1.0°C · Low -6.8°C · 3.0 mm precipitation
- Ālā'ĕr in DecemberChina · 418 kmHigh -0.2°C · Low -9.6°C · 0.7 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 Shache) is explained once on the Shache year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.