Climate averages 1991–2020
Wangqing 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 Wangqing: daytime highs average -5.8°C and nights cool to about -15.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 10 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 9 h 02 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tumen (39 km away). In December its highs average -4.6°C, 1.2°C warmer than Wangqing, with 10 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Wangqing ranks 797th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 250th of 884 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Wangqing is 13.3°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.0°C to -7.7°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 10 mm to 7.5 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
Wangqing climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -7.7°C-18.4°C | -18.4°C | 7.5 | 1.4 | 9.49 h |
| February | -3.1°C-15.3°C | -15.3°C | 9.8 | 2.5 | 10.510 h |
| March | 4.3°C-7.1°C | -7.1°C | 22 | 5.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.4°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 41 | 7.3 | 13.413 h |
| May | 19.0°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 74 | 11.4 | 14.715 h |
| June | 23.1°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 68 | 11.3 | 15.315 h |
| July | 25.5°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 129 | 12.5 | 15.115 h |
| August | 25.2°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 122 | 11.6 | 14.014 h |
| September | 20.7°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 60 | 7.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 13.0°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 39 | 6.2 | 11.111 h |
| November | 2.6°C-5.7°C | -5.7°C | 24 | 4.5 | 9.810 h |
| December, selected | -5.8°C-15.1°C | -15.1°C | 10 | 2.6 | 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
- Tumen in DecemberChina · 39 kmHigh -4.6°C · Low -14.0°C · 10 mm precipitation
- Yanji in DecemberChina · 52 kmHigh -4.5°C · Low -14.3°C · 9.4 mm precipitation
- Longjing in DecemberChina · 66 kmHigh -4.7°C · Low -14.9°C · 9.4 mm precipitation
- Hunchun in DecemberChina · 69 kmHigh -4.1°C · Low -13.4°C · 13 mm precipitation
- Ŭndŏk in DecemberNorth Korea · 100 kmHigh -2.4°C · Low -11.2°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Helong in DecemberChina · 106 kmHigh -5.2°C · Low -16.2°C · 11 mm precipitation
- Dunhua in DecemberChina · 124 kmHigh -7.9°C · Low -17.6°C · 12 mm precipitation
- Mudanjiang in DecemberChina · 138 kmHigh -8.4°C · Low -17.8°C · 8.9 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 Wangqing) is explained once on the Wangqing year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.