Beijing is typically chill in December.

Maximum temperatures go down compared to the previous month from +50°F to +37°F. The minimum temperature also goes down from +30°F to +21°F.

Pack a jumper and a jacket as there will be cooler temperatures.

December is one of the coolest months in Beijing, here is the comparison with other months:

December weather is still as good as in November. It’s getting colder in December. From +50°F in the day, the average maximum temperature lowers to +37°F. As December arrives, the amount of rainfall goes down. On average, the rainfall volume decreases from 10 mm to 0 mm. It feels drier, as humidity decreases from 57% to 53%. The average wind speed doesn’t change much during December, staying around 1 m/s. The good news is there are likely to be more sunny days in December, from 16 to 19.

January brings much the same weather, it remains good.

December is one of the snowiest months in Beijing.

Here’s how December is compared with other months in the amount of snow, total mm:

The climate in Beijing in December has not changed that much over the last 43 years.

The average temperature was the lowest in 1985 (+62°F) and the highest in 2019 (+71°F). The driest year was 1997 with only 345 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 1979 with 820 mm.

For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Beijing, based on historical hourly weather data from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 2023.

For past dates, we show actual recorded data at the location at that time. Forecasts are based on recorded weather during that day of the year, averaged over the total years for which we have records (unless stated otherwise). The daily temperature is the highest recorded temperature in the shadow during that day.