Climate averages 1991–2020
Xinyuan weather
in December.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Xinyuan: daytime highs average 2.4°C and nights cool to about -13.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (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 Wusu (160 km away). In December its highs average -5.0°C, 7.4°C cooler than Xinyuan, with 5.4 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xinyuan ranks joint 681st of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 475th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Xinyuan is 5.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 1.1°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 23 mm to 19 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
Xinyuan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.1°C-16.3°C | -16.3°C | 19 | 5.0 | 9.49 h |
| February | 4.1°C-13.2°C | -13.2°C | 21 | 5.6 | 10.510 h |
| March | 9.6°C-6.4°C | -6.4°C | 37 | 8.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.1°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 70 | 11.3 | 13.413 h |
| May | 20.3°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 80 | 12.1 | 14.715 h |
| June | 23.5°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 71 | 11.0 | 15.415 h |
| July | 25.5°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 65 | 9.1 | 15.115 h |
| August | 25.2°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 51 | 8.3 | 14.014 h |
| September | 21.5°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 43 | 7.7 | 12.513 h |
| October | 15.0°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 42 | 7.7 | 11.111 h |
| November | 7.8°C-6.2°C | -6.2°C | 38 | 7.3 | 9.710 h |
| December, selected | 2.4°C-13.5°C | -13.5°C | 23 | 5.9 | 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
- Wusu in DecemberChina · 160 kmHigh -5.0°C · Low -9.5°C · 5.4 mm precipitation
- Ghulja in DecemberChina · 164 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -7.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Bole in DecemberChina · 188 kmHigh -4.7°C · Low -11.1°C · 6.5 mm precipitation
- Xincheng in DecemberChina · 192 kmHigh 0.3°C · Low -8.9°C · 1.8 mm precipitation
- Huocheng in DecemberChina · 203 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -8.4°C · 13 mm rain
- Qarasu in DecemberChina · 243 kmHigh 1.0°C · Low -10.2°C · 22 mm precipitation
- Shihezi in DecemberChina · 244 kmHigh -6.4°C · Low -13.4°C · 6.7 mm precipitation
- Karamay in DecemberChina · 273 kmHigh -6.4°C · Low -12.5°C · 2.6 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 Xinyuan) is explained once on the Xinyuan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.