Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhuanghe weather
in December.
A cold month with very little precipitation: the 11th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Zhuanghe: daytime highs average 1.3°C and nights cool to about -6.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of precipitation on roughly 3 days, which makes December a month with very little precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 25 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xiuyan (70 km away). In December its highs average -0.6°C, 1.9°C cooler than Zhuanghe, with 13 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhuanghe ranks joint 703rd of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 260th of 884 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Zhuanghe is 6.3°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.2°C to -0.9°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 11 mm to 5.9 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
Zhuanghe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.9°C-8.9°C | -8.9°C | 5.9 | 1.9 | 9.710 h |
| February | 2.0°C-6.1°C | -6.1°C | 12 | 2.4 | 10.711 h |
| March | 7.1°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 18 | 3.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.3°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 41 | 5.7 | 13.213 h |
| May | 19.1°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 70 | 7.3 | 14.314 h |
| June | 23.3°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 90 | 8.8 | 14.915 h |
| July | 26.5°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 158 | 11.0 | 14.715 h |
| August | 27.2°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 165 | 10.8 | 13.714 h |
| September | 23.5°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 59 | 5.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 16.8°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 32 | 5.4 | 11.211 h |
| November | 8.4°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 29 | 4.5 | 10.010 h |
| December, selected | 1.3°C-6.0°C | -6.0°C | 11 | 2.7 | 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
- Xiuyan in DecemberChina · 70 kmHigh -0.6°C · Low -9.5°C · 13 mm precipitation
- Wafangdian in DecemberChina · 85 kmHigh 0.7°C · Low -6.6°C · 9.3 mm precipitation
- Pulandian in DecemberChina · 94 kmHigh 1.7°C · Low -5.5°C · 9.3 mm precipitation
- Dashiqiao in DecemberChina · 112 kmHigh -0.7°C · Low -8.6°C · 11 mm precipitation
- Fengcheng (Liaoning), China in DecemberChina · 124 kmHigh -0.9°C · Low -9.8°C · 17 mm precipitation
- Yingkou in DecemberChina · 125 kmHigh -0.5°C · Low -7.4°C · 9.8 mm precipitation
- Jinzhou, China in DecemberChina · 128 kmHigh 2.7°C · Low -2.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Dandong in DecemberChina · 129 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 Zhuanghe) is explained once on the Zhuanghe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.