Climate averages 1991–2020
Tangshan 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 Tangshan: daytime highs average 2.9°C and nights cool to about -5.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.2 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes December a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 26 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhaogezhuang (24 km away). In December its highs average 2.4°C, 0.6°C cooler than Tangshan, with 4.4 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Tangshan ranks joint 671st of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 98th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Tangshan is 4.6°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 1.5°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 4.2 mm to 2.5 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
Tangshan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.5°C-7.6°C | -7.6°C | 2.5 | 0.9 | 9.710 h |
| February | 5.3°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 5.3 | 1.3 | 10.711 h |
| March | 12.2°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 11 | 2.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.1°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 30 | 4.6 | 13.213 h |
| May | 26.4°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 49 | 5.9 | 14.314 h |
| June | 29.9°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 100 | 9.5 | 14.915 h |
| July | 30.9°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 191 | 13.5 | 14.715 h |
| August | 29.5°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 143 | 12.1 | 13.714 h |
| September | 26.0°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 58 | 6.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.0°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 37 | 4.9 | 11.211 h |
| November | 9.9°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 14 | 2.7 | 10.010 h |
| December, selected | 2.9°C-5.7°C | -5.7°C | 4.2 | 1.3 | 9.49 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
- Zhaogezhuang in DecemberChina · 24 kmHigh 2.4°C · Low -6.2°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Linxi in DecemberChina · 24 kmHigh 2.5°C · Low -6.1°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Tangjiazhuang in DecemberChina · 25 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -6.3°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Hangu in DecemberChina · 55 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -4.2°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Tanggu in DecemberChina · 83 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -3.7°C · 6.0 mm rain
- Xianshuigu in DecemberChina · 101 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -4.3°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Sanhe in DecemberChina · 102 kmHigh 2.7°C · Low -6.3°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Tianjin in DecemberChina · 103 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -5.0°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 Tangshan) is explained once on the Tangshan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.