Climate averages 1991–2020
Xiuyan weather
in December.
A freezing month with very little precipitation: the 11th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Xiuyan: daytime highs average -0.6°C and nights cool to about -9.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of precipitation on roughly 3 days, which makes December a month with very little precipitation (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 22 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Fengcheng (Liaoning), China (70 km away). In December its highs average -0.9°C, about as warm as Xiuyan, with 17 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xiuyan ranks joint 733rd of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 332nd of 884 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Xiuyan is 8.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.0°C to -2.6°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 13 mm to 7.1 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
Xiuyan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.6°C-13.1°C | -13.1°C | 7.1 | 2.0 | 9.710 h |
| February | 1.7°C-9.2°C | -9.2°C | 13 | 2.5 | 10.611 h |
| March | 8.1°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 22 | 4.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.2°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 47 | 6.3 | 13.213 h |
| May | 21.1°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 75 | 7.9 | 14.414 h |
| June | 25.3°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 107 | 10.8 | 15.015 h |
| July | 27.6°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 179 | 14.5 | 14.715 h |
| August | 27.6°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 213 | 13.8 | 13.814 h |
| September | 23.5°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 68 | 7.6 | 12.513 h |
| October | 16.1°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 42 | 6.1 | 11.211 h |
| November | 6.8°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 35 | 5.2 | 10.010 h |
| December, selected | -0.6°C-9.5°C | -9.5°C | 13 | 2.8 | 9.49 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
- Fengcheng (Liaoning), China in DecemberChina · 70 kmHigh -0.9°C · Low -9.8°C · 17 mm precipitation
- Zhuanghe in DecemberChina · 70 kmHigh 1.3°C · Low -6.0°C · 11 mm precipitation
- Dashiqiao in DecemberChina · 76 kmHigh -0.7°C · Low -8.6°C · 11 mm precipitation
- Haicheng in DecemberChina · 76 kmHigh -1.1°C · Low -9.5°C · 12 mm precipitation
- Jiupu in DecemberChina · 90 kmHigh -1.4°C · Low -10.0°C · 13 mm precipitation
- Gongchangling in DecemberChina · 93 kmHigh -2.9°C · Low -12.1°C · 17 mm precipitation
- Anshan in DecemberChina · 95 kmHigh -1.6°C · Low -10.3°C · 13 mm precipitation
- Dandong in DecemberChina · 97 kmHigh 0.1°C · Low -8.4°C · 19 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 Xiuyan) is explained once on the Xiuyan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.