Climate averages 1991–2020
Yantai weather
in December.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Yantai: daytime highs average 4.6°C and nights cool to about -0.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 38 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhuangyuan (57 km away). In December its highs average 4.2°C, about as warm as Yantai, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Yantai ranks joint 637th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 464th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Yantai is 2.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.5°C to 2.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 22 mm to 13 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Yantai climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.1°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 13 | 3.2 | 9.910 h |
| February | 4.3°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 17 | 2.7 | 10.811 h |
| March | 9.6°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 21 | 3.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.5°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 40 | 4.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 22.4°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 63 | 5.9 | 14.214 h |
| June | 26.7°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 73 | 6.2 | 14.715 h |
| July | 28.8°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 161 | 10.7 | 14.514 h |
| August | 28.2°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 133 | 10.4 | 13.614 h |
| September | 24.6°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 56 | 5.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 18.8°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 34 | 4.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 11.5°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 37 | 5.6 | 10.210 h |
| December, selected | 4.6°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 22 | 5.2 | 9.610 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
- Zhuangyuan in DecemberChina · 57 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -2.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Tianfu in DecemberChina · 59 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -1.0°C · 16 mm rain
- Weihai in DecemberChina · 59 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low 1.1°C · 35 mm rain
- Dengzhou, China in DecemberChina · 70 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low 0.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Dongcun in DecemberChina · 82 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -0.8°C · 16 mm rain
- Laiyang in DecemberChina · 85 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -2.7°C · 12 mm rain
- Zhaoyuan (Shandong), China in DecemberChina · 92 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -2.1°C · 12 mm rain
- Yatou in DecemberChina · 95 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -0.5°C · 23 mm rain
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 Yantai) is explained once on the Yantai year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.