Climate averages 1991–2020
Ulanqab weather
in December.
A freezing month with very little precipitation: the 11th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Ulanqab: daytime highs average -4.9°C and nights cool to about -15.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.6 mm of precipitation on fewer than one day, which makes December a month with very little precipitation (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 17 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Beichengqu (62 km away). In December its highs average -3.5°C, 1.4°C warmer than Ulanqab, with 3.1 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Ulanqab ranks 790th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 32nd of 884 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Ulanqab is 12.5°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.2°C to -6.1°C, and monthly precipitation stays at 2.6 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
Ulanqab climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -6.1°C-18.2°C | -18.2°C | 2.6 | 0.8 | 9.610 h |
| February | -1.6°C-14.4°C | -14.4°C | 4.1 | 1.4 | 10.611 h |
| March | 5.5°C-7.3°C | -7.3°C | 12 | 3.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.3°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 24 | 4.7 | 13.313 h |
| May | 19.9°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 42 | 7.1 | 14.414 h |
| June | 24.6°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 60 | 10.4 | 15.115 h |
| July | 26.2°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 98 | 12.8 | 14.815 h |
| August | 24.4°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 71 | 10.6 | 13.814 h |
| September | 19.3°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 54 | 8.7 | 12.513 h |
| October | 11.7°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 27 | 5.1 | 11.111 h |
| November | 2.2°C-8.1°C | -8.1°C | 10 | 2.8 | 9.910 h |
| December, selected | -4.9°C-15.5°C | -15.5°C | 2.6 | 0.9 | 9.39 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
- Beichengqu in DecemberChina · 62 kmHigh -3.5°C · Low -13.9°C · 3.1 mm precipitation
- Datong in DecemberChina · 101 kmHigh -1.4°C · Low -12.3°C · 2.7 mm precipitation
- Hohhot in DecemberChina · 126 kmHigh -3.9°C · Low -14.1°C · 4.3 mm precipitation
- Zhangjiakou in DecemberChina · 148 kmHigh -1.9°C · Low -12.2°C · 3.2 mm precipitation
- Xuanhua in DecemberChina · 168 kmHigh -0.4°C · Low -10.4°C · 3.0 mm precipitation
- Shuozhou in DecemberChina · 196 kmHigh -1.2°C · Low -11.8°C · 3.3 mm precipitation
- Salaqi in DecemberChina · 226 kmHigh -2.5°C · Low -12.2°C · 4.2 mm precipitation
- Shiguai in DecemberChina · 242 kmHigh -3.9°C · Low -13.5°C · 3.8 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 Ulanqab) is explained once on the Ulanqab year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.