Climate averages 1991–2020
Shuozhou weather
in December.
A freezing month with very little precipitation: the 11th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Shuozhou: daytime highs average -1.2°C and nights cool to about -11.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.3 mm of precipitation on roughly 1 day, which makes December a month with very little precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 27 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yuanping (73 km away). In December its highs average 1.9°C, 3.2°C warmer than Shuozhou, with 3.5 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shuozhou ranks joint 745th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 59th of 884 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Shuozhou is 8.8°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.0°C to -2.3°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 3.3 mm to 2.9 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
Shuozhou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.3°C-14.2°C | -14.2°C | 2.9 | 1.0 | 9.710 h |
| February | 2.4°C-9.6°C | -9.6°C | 6.6 | 2.0 | 10.711 h |
| March | 8.9°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 17 | 4.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.0°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 32 | 5.6 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.0°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 42 | 6.4 | 14.314 h |
| June | 26.2°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 71 | 10.2 | 14.915 h |
| July | 27.2°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 121 | 11.9 | 14.615 h |
| August | 25.3°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 130 | 11.5 | 13.714 h |
| September | 20.7°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 78 | 9.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 14.3°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 38 | 6.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 5.7°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 15 | 3.4 | 10.110 h |
| December, selected | -1.2°C-11.8°C | -11.8°C | 3.3 | 1.2 | 9.59 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
- Yuanping in DecemberChina · 73 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -9.3°C · 3.5 mm precipitation
- Xinzhou in DecemberChina · 104 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -8.5°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Datong in DecemberChina · 114 kmHigh -1.4°C · Low -12.3°C · 2.7 mm precipitation
- Beichengqu in DecemberChina · 140 kmHigh -3.5°C · Low -13.9°C · 3.1 mm precipitation
- Taiyuan in DecemberChina · 161 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -6.6°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Hohhot in DecemberChina · 179 kmHigh -3.9°C · Low -14.1°C · 4.3 mm precipitation
- Jinzhong in DecemberChina · 184 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -6.6°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Yangquan in DecemberChina · 190 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -6.4°C · 4.6 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 Shuozhou) is explained once on the Shuozhou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.