Climate averages 1991–2020
Tacheng weather
in December.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 11th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Tacheng: daytime highs average -2.9°C and nights cool to about -11.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 29 mm of precipitation on roughly 6 days, which makes December a month with light precipitation (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 38 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Karamay (197 km away). In December its highs average -6.4°C, 3.5°C cooler than Tacheng, with 2.6 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Tacheng ranks joint 773rd of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 531st of 884 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Tacheng is 10.5°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.2°C to -5.2°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 29 mm to 21 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
Tacheng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -5.2°C-13.7°C | -13.7°C | 21 | 5.5 | 9.09 h |
| February | -1.6°C-11.1°C | -11.1°C | 17 | 4.6 | 10.310 h |
| March | 6.1°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 23 | 5.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.9°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 34 | 6.8 | 13.514 h |
| May | 22.2°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 33 | 5.8 | 15.015 h |
| June | 27.5°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 28 | 5.5 | 15.816 h |
| July | 29.3°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 28 | 5.8 | 15.515 h |
| August | 28.3°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 20 | 4.2 | 14.214 h |
| September | 22.3°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 19 | 3.7 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.9°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 24 | 5.1 | 10.911 h |
| November | 4.2°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 41 | 7.2 | 9.49 h |
| December, selected | -2.9°C-11.2°C | -11.2°C | 29 | 6.4 | 8.69 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
- Karamay in DecemberChina · 197 kmHigh -6.4°C · Low -12.5°C · 2.6 mm precipitation
- Bole in DecemberChina · 217 kmHigh -4.7°C · Low -11.1°C · 6.5 mm precipitation
- Sarqant in DecemberKazakhstan · 277 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -10.1°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Wusu in DecemberChina · 290 kmHigh -5.0°C · Low -9.5°C · 5.4 mm precipitation
- Ghulja in DecemberChina · 340 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -7.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Huocheng in DecemberChina · 341 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -8.4°C · 13 mm rain
- Qarasu in DecemberChina · 345 kmHigh 1.0°C · Low -10.2°C · 22 mm precipitation
- Ust-Kamenogorsk in DecemberKazakhstan · 360 kmHigh -6.9°C · Low -15.6°C · 46 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 Tacheng) is explained once on the Tacheng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.