Badaling Weather in December
Badaling in December
The short of it: Badaling in December averages a high of -0 °C (32 °F) and a low of -11 °C (12 °F), with 2.0 mm (0.08 in) of rain and about 9 h 18 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 0° · low -11° · rain 2.0 mm · daylight 9 h 18 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: September & May
Thirty years of records give Badaling an average December high of 0°, a low of -11° and some 2.0 mm of rain. Highs fall 7° against November, to near 0°; nights run about -11°. Rain is scarce, about 2.0 mm, the 10th wettest month. The first lasting snow usually comes now.
The sun is up for about 9 h 18 min in mid-December, 34 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack the buffalo coat, mittens and fur-lined boots. The Almanac rates December 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are September and May.
Against its neighbours, Badaling runs cooler than most and drier than most in December. Changping, 27 km to the SE, is 4° warmer by day.
December in Badaling, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 7° colder, 4.0 mm less rain
- Versus January
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 9 h 18 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h