Climate averages 1991–2020

Yanta weather
in December.

A cold, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.

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

Average high 7.0°C Daytime mean, December
Average low -2.9°C Night-time mean, December
Rainfall 7.0 mm 2 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 10 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Yanta · average highYear overview

December is a cold month in Yanta: daytime highs average 7.0°C and nights cool to about -2.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 7.0 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes December a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 45 min on an average December day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Yanggu (17 km away). In December its highs average 7.0°C, about as warm as Yanta, with 7.9 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Yanta ranks joint 521st of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 166th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Yanta is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.

From December to January, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 5.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 7.0 mm to 5.4 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. -10-505101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2000

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

Every month, side by side

Yanta climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Yanta, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 5.4°C-4.6°C-4.6°C5.41.110.010 h
February 9.2°C-1.9°C-1.9°C102.210.811 h
March 15.5°C3.4°C3.4°C142.811.912 h
April 22.1°C9.9°C9.9°C314.613.113 h
May 27.6°C15.8°C15.8°C485.714.114 h
June 32.2°C21.2°C21.2°C667.414.615 h
July 31.9°C23.5°C23.5°C18212.914.414 h
August 30.1°C22.2°C22.2°C15111.813.514 h
September 26.8°C17.3°C17.3°C576.612.412 h
October 21.6°C11.0°C11.0°C284.011.311 h
November 13.7°C3.2°C3.2°C203.510.310 h
December, selected 7.0°C-2.9°C-2.9°C7.01.79.710 h

Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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 Yanta

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 Yanta) is explained once on the Yanta year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.