Climate averages 1991–2020
Yatou weather
in December.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Yatou: daytime highs average 5.2°C and nights cool to about -0.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 40 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tianfu (36 km away). In December its highs average 4.7°C, about as warm as Yatou, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Yatou ranks joint 623rd 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; Yatou is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.5°C to 2.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 23 mm to 14 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
Yatou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.7°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 14 | 3.2 | 9.910 h |
| February | 4.7°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 18 | 3.0 | 10.811 h |
| March | 9.5°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 23 | 3.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.7°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 46 | 5.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 21.5°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 65 | 6.3 | 14.114 h |
| June | 25.9°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 74 | 6.0 | 14.715 h |
| July | 28.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 157 | 10.5 | 14.414 h |
| August | 28.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 143 | 10.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 24.8°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 69 | 5.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.2°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 38 | 4.9 | 11.311 h |
| November | 12.0°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 38 | 5.8 | 10.210 h |
| December, selected | 5.2°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 23 | 5.1 | 9.710 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
- Tianfu in DecemberChina · 36 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -1.0°C · 16 mm rain
- Weihai in DecemberChina · 49 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low 1.1°C · 35 mm rain
- Yantai in DecemberChina · 95 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -0.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Dongcun in DecemberChina · 121 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -0.8°C · 16 mm rain
- Zhuangyuan in DecemberChina · 144 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -2.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Laiyang in DecemberChina · 154 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -2.7°C · 12 mm rain
- Dengzhou, China in DecemberChina · 165 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low 0.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Laixi in DecemberChina · 173 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low -2.9°C · 12 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 Yatou) is explained once on the Yatou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.