Average temperature in December is -4.9 °C
Average daytime temperature is 2.3 °C
Average night temperature is -9.9 °C
Absolute maximum temperature: 11.8 °C
Absolute minimum temperature: -16.5 °C
Number of sunny days: 27
Number of rainy days: 2
Number of snow days: 2
Precipitation sum: 4 mm
* Weather data for Zhangye China is based on climate observations for 2023 year
| December (°C) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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| Maximum temperature | 6 | 4.2 | 8 | 11.4 | 2.1 | 11.8 | 11.3 | 7.2 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 8.5 | 11.8 | -2.7 | -8.6 | -9.1 | -3.1 | -5.8 | -4.7 | -5.3 | -5.5 | -3.7 | -2.6 | -1.4 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 7.4 | 4.7 | 0.1 | 4.6 | 9.6 | 1.7 |
| Apparent max temperature | 1.4 | -0.4 | 3.5 | 7 | -2.6 | 6.3 | 6.8 | 2.9 | -1.7 | -1.9 | 2.6 | 7.2 | -7.8 | -15.2 | -13.9 | -7.9 | -11 | -10.4 | -10.4 | -11.3 | -9.2 | -6.3 | -5.2 | -1.4 | -1.3 | 3.5 | 0.1 | -4 | 0.3 | 5.8 | -2.2 |
| Mean temperature | -3.7 | -2.5 | -0.4 | 0.6 | -2.7 | 1.5 | 0.3 | -0.9 | -2.4 | -2.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | -6.6 | -12.3 | -12.9 | -10.8 | -11.5 | -10.2 | -11.3 | -11 | -10.1 | -5.9 | -5.7 | -6.9 | -3.6 | -2.7 | -4.2 | -5.3 | -2.8 | -2.4 | -4.7 |
| Apparent mean temperature | -14.3 | -11.7 | -9.2 | -9.9 | -10 | -9.8 | -10.3 | -10.5 | -10.5 | -10.2 | -10 | -10.7 | -15.7 | -21.3 | -20.1 | -21.4 | -20.9 | -19.6 | -20.6 | -20 | -18.9 | -17.1 | -14.9 | -16.4 | -13.4 | -13.1 | -13.7 | -17.4 | -14.2 | -14.6 | -15.7 |
| Minimum temperature | -9.7 | -7.5 | -4.2 | -4.8 | -5.3 | -4.8 | -5.7 | -6.7 | -6.8 | -5.3 | -5.1 | -5.9 | -10.1 | -15.9 | -15.4 | -16.5 | -16.3 | -14.7 | -15.3 | -15.1 | -13.9 | -13.1 | -9.5 | -11.6 | -8.2 | -7.7 | -9.6 | -12.3 | -9.2 | -10.2 | -11.6 |
| Apparent min temperature | -8.1 | -7.2 | -5.3 | -4.4 | -7.2 | -3.7 | -4.7 | -5.3 | -6.6 | -7.1 | -4.8 | -4.7 | -12.2 | -17.9 | -17.8 | -15.6 | -16.6 | -15.3 | -16.3 | -16.3 | -15.1 | -9.9 | -10.1 | -11.8 | -8.2 | -7.2 | -8.5 | -9.9 | -7.4 | -7.2 | -9 |
| December | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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| Daylight duration (h) | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 |
| Sunshine duration (h) | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 7.1 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 7.8 | 6.5 | 7.2 | 8.3 | 7 | 1.2 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 4 | 7.6 | 8.3 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 6.9 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.5 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Precipitation hours | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wind speed (m/s) | 10.2 | 12.9 | 16.3 | 19.3 | 11.6 | 13 | 13.4 | 11.3 | 13.2 | 17.2 | 18.6 | 24.7 | 18.8 | 21.3 | 8.6 | 11.6 | 14.2 | 14.3 | 11.9 | 14.3 | 16.1 | 7.4 | 12.6 | 19.1 | 13.8 | 14 | 10.9 | 14.2 | 16.1 | 13.5 | 8.4 |
In December 2023, the highest daytime temperature in Zhangye was 11.8°C.
While the minimum temperature at night dropped to -16.5°C.
The average nighttime and daytime temperatures during December in Zhangye are -9.9°C and 2.3°C respectively.
The precipitation sum in December is about 4 mm.