Shanhaiguan climate

Shanhaiguan Weather in December

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Shanhaiguan, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 4°C on December 1 to 0°C on December 31, and lows from -1°C to -6°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 3 mm over about 0 wet days.

December day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Shanhaiguan, in °C, with the record for each date.-20-1001020151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

December at a glance

Average high
2°C
Average low
-4°C
Precipitation
3 mm
Reanalysis high
12°CDec 1, 2008
Reanalysis low
-14°CDec 30, 2020
Daylight
9 h 33 min to 9 h 22 min
Cloud cover
54%
Humidity
63%
Dew point
-7°C
Wind
19.4 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Dec 14°C-1°C12°C 2008-9°C 19987%
Dec 24°C-1°C10°C 2018-8°C 19987%
Dec 34°C-2°C10°C 2004-6°C 19937%
Dec 44°C-2°C10°C 2002-7°C 20086%
Dec 53°C-2°C8°C 1991-9°C 20196%
Dec 63°C-2°C9°C 2004-8°C 20086%
Dec 73°C-2°C8°C 2004-9°C 20186%
Dec 83°C-3°C8°C 2004-10°C 20186%
Dec 92°C-3°C9°C 2004-9°C 20126%
Dec 102°C-3°C8°C 2004-8°C 19976%
Dec 112°C-3°C9°C 2004-9°C 19915%
Dec 122°C-3°C6°C 1999-9°C 20174%
Dec 132°C-3°C8°C 2004-9°C 20104%
Dec 142°C-4°C5°C 2007-9°C 20104%
Dec 152°C-4°C7°C 2008-11°C 20104%
Dec 162°C-4°C8°C 1998-9°C 19944%
Dec 172°C-4°C6°C 1998-10°C 20094%
Dec 181°C-4°C9°C 1998-12°C 20093%
Dec 191°C-4°C6°C 1998-12°C 19993%
Dec 201°C-4°C6°C 2010-9°C 19993%
Dec 211°C-5°C7°C 1998-11°C 19993%
Dec 221°C-5°C6°C 2017-12°C 20083%
Dec 231°C-5°C5°C 1998-13°C 20123%
Dec 241°C-5°C7°C 1996-13°C 20103%
Dec 251°C-5°C6°C 1998-12°C 20124%
Dec 261°C-5°C6°C 1996-11°C 20093%
Dec 270°C-5°C6°C 1999-12°C 20183%
Dec 280°C-5°C6°C 1996-12°C 20184%
Dec 290°C-6°C6°C 2014-13°C 20204%
Dec 300°C-6°C5°C 2000-14°C 20204%
Dec 310°C-6°C6°C 2013-12°C 20204%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Shanhaiguan, in percent.024681102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+8).

December 1
sunrise 7:03 AM, sunset 4:36 PM
December 31
sunrise 7:23 AM, sunset 4:45 PM

Every day of December: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.