Beijing Weather in December
Beijing in December
The short of it: Beijing in December averages a high of 4 °C (39 °F) and a low of -6 °C (21 °F), with 4.0 mm (0.16 in) of rain and about 9 h 21 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 4° · low -6° · rain 4.0 mm · daylight 9 h 21 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: April & October
Thirty years of records give Beijing an average December high of 4°, a low of -6° and some 4.0 mm of rain. The year turns hard here: highs drop 6° from November to about 4°, with nights near -6°. Rain is scarce, about 4.0 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 9 h 21 min in mid-December, 34 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack a heavy coat, gloves and a scarf. The Almanac rates December 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and October.
Against its neighbours, Beijing runs about middling and wetter than most in December. Daxing, 20 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
December in Beijing, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 6° colder, 4.0 mm less rain
- Versus January
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- January
- Daylight, mid-month
- 9 h 21 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h