Xining climate

Xining Weather in December

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Xining, 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 1°C on December 31, and lows from -10°C to -14°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 Xining, in °C, with the record for each date.-30-20-1001020151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

December at a glance

Average high
2°C
Average low
-13°C
Precipitation
3 mm
Reanalysis high
10°CDec 1, 1993
Reanalysis low
-22°CDec 30, 2012
Daylight
9 h 51 min to 9 h 42 min
Cloud cover
39%
Humidity
50%
Dew point
-16°C
Wind
9.7 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-10°C10°C 1993-16°C 19972%
Dec 24°C-11°C7°C 2013-15°C 20052%
Dec 33°C-11°C8°C 2002-18°C 20001%
Dec 43°C-11°C8°C 2010-15°C 20081%
Dec 53°C-11°C7°C 2006-16°C 20082%
Dec 63°C-11°C8°C 1993-18°C 19962%
Dec 73°C-11°C9°C 1993-16°C 20182%
Dec 83°C-12°C9°C 2016-17°C 19971%
Dec 92°C-12°C6°C 2016-17°C 19961%
Dec 102°C-12°C8°C 1993-18°C 19961%
Dec 112°C-12°C7°C 2016-16°C 20061%
Dec 122°C-12°C7°C 2004-21°C 20141%
Dec 132°C-12°C8°C 2004-17°C 20141%
Dec 142°C-12°C8°C 1991-18°C 20061%
Dec 152°C-12°C9°C 1991-20°C 20101%
Dec 162°C-13°C7°C 1991-21°C 20101%
Dec 172°C-13°C8°C 1991-17°C 19951%
Dec 182°C-13°C8°C 1991-17°C 20141%
Dec 192°C-13°C7°C 2008-17°C 20190%
Dec 201°C-13°C6°C 1991-18°C 19940%
Dec 211°C-13°C8°C 1991-19°C 20050%
Dec 221°C-13°C5°C 1994-17°C 20120%
Dec 231°C-13°C6°C 2001-19°C 20120%
Dec 241°C-13°C5°C 2006-17°C 20020%
Dec 251°C-13°C7°C 1992-19°C 20020%
Dec 261°C-13°C5°C 1996-19°C 20190%
Dec 271°C-13°C6°C 2017-21°C 19910%
Dec 281°C-14°C6°C 1993-21°C 19910%
Dec 291°C-14°C5°C 1993-20°C 20121%
Dec 301°C-14°C4°C 1996-22°C 20121%
Dec 311°C-14°C5°C 1996-21°C 20121%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Xining, in percent.00.511.522.51102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

December 1
sunrise 8:06 AM, sunset 5:57 PM
December 31
sunrise 8:25 AM, sunset 6:07 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 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.