Climate averages 1991–2020
Ürümqi weather
in December.
A freezing month with very little precipitation: the 11th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Ürümqi: daytime highs average -2.7°C and nights cool to about -12.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of precipitation on roughly 3 days, which makes December a month with very little precipitation (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 59 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Changji (33 km away). In December its highs average -4.2°C, 1.5°C cooler than Ürümqi, with 8.3 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Ürümqi ranks joint 768th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 332nd of 884 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Ürümqi is 10.3°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.2°C to -4.9°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 13 mm to 7.4 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
Ürümqi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -4.9°C-14.5°C | -14.5°C | 7.4 | 2.3 | 9.39 h |
| February | -1.2°C-10.6°C | -10.6°C | 12 | 3.0 | 10.410 h |
| March | 7.4°C-4.3°C | -4.3°C | 25 | 5.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.5°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 49 | 7.7 | 13.413 h |
| May | 21.9°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 54 | 7.9 | 14.715 h |
| June | 26.7°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 40 | 7.0 | 15.415 h |
| July | 28.6°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 43 | 6.5 | 15.115 h |
| August | 27.3°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 42 | 6.6 | 14.014 h |
| September | 22.1°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 35 | 5.7 | 12.613 h |
| October | 14.0°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 34 | 5.9 | 11.111 h |
| November | 4.8°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 24 | 5.3 | 9.710 h |
| December, selected | -2.7°C-12.6°C | -12.6°C | 13 | 3.2 | 9.09 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
- Changji in DecemberChina · 33 kmHigh -4.2°C · Low -12.5°C · 8.3 mm precipitation
- Wujiaqu in DecemberChina · 41 kmHigh -6.8°C · Low -14.9°C · 7.3 mm precipitation
- Shihezi in DecemberChina · 137 kmHigh -6.4°C · Low -13.4°C · 6.7 mm precipitation
- Turpan in DecemberChina · 159 kmHigh 1.3°C · Low -6.5°C · 0.8 mm precipitation
- Wusu in DecemberChina · 244 kmHigh -5.0°C · Low -9.5°C · 5.4 mm precipitation
- Korla in DecemberChina · 256 kmHigh 0.1°C · Low -7.3°C · 2.2 mm precipitation
- Karamay in DecemberChina · 292 kmHigh -6.4°C · Low -12.5°C · 2.6 mm precipitation
- Xinyuan in DecemberChina · 353 kmHigh 2.4°C · Low -13.5°C · 23 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 Ürümqi) is explained once on the Ürümqi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.