Climate averages 1991–2020
Xingcheng weather
in December.
A cold month with very little precipitation: 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 Xingcheng: daytime highs average 0.7°C and nights cool to about -6.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.4 mm of precipitation on roughly 2 days, which makes December a month with very little precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 20 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Huludao (18 km away). In December its highs average 0.5°C, about as warm as Xingcheng, with 4.7 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xingcheng ranks joint 715th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 132nd of 884 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Xingcheng is 6.8°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.2°C to -1.5°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 5.4 mm to 3.6 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
Xingcheng 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-8.8°C | -8.8°C | 3.6 | 1.0 | 9.610 h |
| February | 1.8°C-6.1°C | -6.1°C | 6.1 | 1.4 | 10.611 h |
| March | 7.4°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 13 | 2.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.7°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 29 | 4.8 | 13.313 h |
| May | 21.0°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 47 | 5.7 | 14.414 h |
| June | 25.2°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 74 | 7.4 | 15.015 h |
| July | 28.2°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 124 | 9.4 | 14.815 h |
| August | 28.0°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 142 | 8.8 | 13.814 h |
| September | 24.2°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 50 | 5.6 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.0°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 36 | 4.5 | 11.211 h |
| November | 7.5°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 19 | 3.2 | 10.010 h |
| December, selected | 0.7°C-6.1°C | -6.1°C | 5.4 | 1.5 | 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
- Huludao in DecemberChina · 18 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -6.5°C · 4.7 mm precipitation
- Lianshan in DecemberChina · 20 kmHigh 0.4°C · Low -6.3°C · 4.7 mm precipitation
- Nanpiao in DecemberChina · 54 kmHigh 0.1°C · Low -8.7°C · 4.1 mm precipitation
- Jinzhou in DecemberChina · 65 kmHigh -0.1°C · Low -7.7°C · 6.0 mm precipitation
- Shanhaiguan in DecemberChina · 107 kmHigh 1.7°C · Low -5.6°C · 4.7 mm precipitation
- Chaoyang in DecemberChina · 108 kmHigh -0.7°C · Low -9.8°C · 2.8 mm precipitation
- Qinhuangdao in DecemberChina · 122 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -5.6°C · 4.7 mm precipitation
- Panjin in DecemberChina · 127 kmHigh -0.8°C · Low -9.2°C · 8.6 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 Xingcheng) is explained once on the Xingcheng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.