Climate averages 1991–2020

Wuzhong weather
in December.

A cold month with very little precipitation: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 1.9°C Daytime mean, December
Average low -8.0°C Night-time mean, December
Precipitation 1.1 mm fewer than one day with ≥1 mm
Daylight 10 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Wuzhong · average highYear overview

December is a cold month in Wuzhong: daytime highs average 1.9°C and nights cool to about -8.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 1.1 mm of precipitation on fewer than one day, which makes December a month with very little precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 35 min on an average December day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Yinchuan (54 km away). In December its highs average 1.9°C, about as warm as Wuzhong, with 1.2 mm of precipitation.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Wuzhong ranks joint 690th of 884 for the warmest December highs and 12th of 884 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Wuzhong is 5.6°C cooler than that mean.

From December to January, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 0.7°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 1.1 mm to 1.4 mm.

The annual picture

December in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -15-10-505101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm
Average monthly precipitation totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Wuzhong climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Wuzhong, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 0.7°C-10.0°C-10.0°C1.40.59.910 h
February 5.5°C-6.6°C-6.6°C3.00.910.811 h
March 12.7°C-1.2°C-1.2°C7.51.811.912 h
April 20.0°C5.1°C5.1°C122.613.213 h
May 25.3°C10.9°C10.9°C203.514.214 h
June 29.8°C16.3°C16.3°C304.214.815 h
July 31.3°C18.9°C18.9°C536.114.515 h
August 29.0°C17.5°C17.5°C547.313.614 h
September 23.8°C12.2°C12.2°C426.512.512 h
October 17.2°C5.0°C5.0°C173.411.211 h
November 9.3°C-2.3°C-2.3°C5.91.010.210 h
December, selected 1.9°C-8.0°C-8.0°C1.10.49.610 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

Distance from Wuzhong

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Wuzhong) is explained once on the Wuzhong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.