Climate averages 1991–2020
Tanggu weather
in December.
A cold, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Tanggu: daytime highs average 3.4°C and nights cool to about -3.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.0 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes December a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 29 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xianshuigu (23 km away). In December its highs average 3.6°C, about as warm as Tanggu, with 4.2 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Tanggu ranks joint 658th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 149th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Tanggu is 4.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 1.6°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 6.0 mm to 4.3 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
Tanggu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.6°C-5.9°C | -5.9°C | 4.3 | 1.1 | 9.810 h |
| February | 5.0°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 7.6 | 1.7 | 10.711 h |
| March | 11.4°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 11 | 2.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.0°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 31 | 4.5 | 13.213 h |
| May | 24.9°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 42 | 5.5 | 14.314 h |
| June | 28.5°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 77 | 7.7 | 14.915 h |
| July | 30.0°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 152 | 10.8 | 14.615 h |
| August | 28.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 140 | 10.0 | 13.714 h |
| September | 25.6°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 54 | 6.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.1°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 36 | 4.9 | 11.211 h |
| November | 10.4°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 17 | 2.9 | 10.110 h |
| December, selected | 3.4°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 6.0 | 1.6 | 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
- Xianshuigu in DecemberChina · 23 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -4.3°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Hangu in DecemberChina · 28 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -4.2°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Tianjin in DecemberChina · 43 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -5.0°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Yangliuqing in DecemberChina · 57 kmHigh 3.7°C · Low -4.7°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Tangshan in DecemberChina · 83 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -5.7°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Langfang in DecemberChina · 98 kmHigh 3.3°C · Low -5.3°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Linxi in DecemberChina · 103 kmHigh 2.5°C · Low -6.1°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Cangzhou in DecemberChina · 105 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low -4.6°C · 3.8 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 Tanggu) is explained once on the Tanggu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.