Climate averages 1991–2020
Yima weather
in December.
A cold, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Yima: daytime highs average 6.6°C and nights cool to about -2.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 9.5 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes December a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 52 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Luoyang (51 km away). In December its highs average 8.8°C, 2.1°C warmer than Yima, with 10 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Yima ranks joint 536th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 228th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Yima is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 5.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 9.5 mm to 11 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
Yima climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.1°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 11 | 3.0 | 10.110 h |
| February | 8.7°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 16 | 3.5 | 10.911 h |
| March | 14.7°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 25 | 4.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.3°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 39 | 5.5 | 13.013 h |
| May | 26.2°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 56 | 6.4 | 14.014 h |
| June | 30.2°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 72 | 7.7 | 14.414 h |
| July | 30.3°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 147 | 14.2 | 14.214 h |
| August | 28.4°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 135 | 13.5 | 13.513 h |
| September | 24.3°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 104 | 9.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 19.3°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 51 | 6.4 | 11.311 h |
| November | 12.6°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 29 | 4.8 | 10.410 h |
| December, selected | 6.6°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 9.5 | 2.4 | 9.910 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
- Luoyang in DecemberChina · 51 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low -1.8°C · 10 mm rain
- Changzhi (Shanxi, 35.21°N 111.74°E), China in DecemberChina · 54 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low -2.7°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Sanmenxia in DecemberChina · 63 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low -2.3°C · 9.2 mm rain
- Jiyuan in DecemberChina · 75 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low -2.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Yuncheng in DecemberChina · 87 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -1.8°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Jincheng in DecemberChina · 121 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -4.0°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Yongji in DecemberChina · 133 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low -1.8°C · 8.6 mm rain
- Jiaozuo in DecemberChina · 135 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low -2.5°C · 8.2 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 Yima) is explained once on the Yima year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.