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Travel Writer - Ruth Lor Malloy

China's Climate

China has a climate dominated by monsoon winds. It features clear temperature differences in winter and summer. In winter, northerly winds coming from high latitude areas are cold and dry, and in summer, southerly winds from sea areas at lower longitudes are warm and moist. In addition, climates differ from region to region because of the country's extensive territory and complex topography. In the southeastern part south of the Nanling Mountains, rains are plenty and the temperature is high all year round. In the Yangtze and Huaihe river valleys in the central part, there are four distinctive seasons. In northeast China, summer is short but there is much sunshine, while winter is long and cold. Precipitation is limited in northwest China where it is cold in winter and hot in summer. In southwest China of  low latitudes, the land is elevated high, and it features vertical seasonal zones with temperatures differing from a valley to a mountain peak.

Yearly  and Current Weather information  

Detailed information about the Average, Maximum and Minimum Temperatures and the rainfall in major Chinese Cities
Units:  C for centigrade, F for Fahrenheit, mm for millimeter, in for inch

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Month

City

 content Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Beijing

 average (c)
(F)
max
min		 -4.6
23
1.4
-9.9		 -2.2
28
3.9
-7.4		 4.5
41
10.7
-1.0		 13.1
54
19.6
6.6		 19.8
68
26.4
12.7		 24.0
77
30.2
17.9		 25.8
79
30.8
21.5		 24.4
77
29.4
20.2		 19.4
68
25.7
13.8		 12.4
55
18.9
6.9		 4.1
39
9.9
-0.6		 -2.7
28
2.9
-7.3
Rain (mm)
(in)		 76
3		 76
3		 76
3		 102
4		 152
6		 203
8		 305
12		 254
10		 178
7		 152
6		 102
4		 76
3
Changchun average (c) -17.1 -12.0 -1.2 6.5 15.2 21.5 21.6 20.2 14.8 5.6 -4.2 -10.6
Changsha average (c) 5.6 6.4 10.8 16.9 23.4 25.6 28.4 29.3 27.8 24.2 19.1 15.8
Chengdu average (c)
(F)
max
min 		7
45
9.6
2.4		 10
50
11.5
4.4		 15
58
16.7
8.6		 20
67
22.0
13.1		 23
73
25.7
17.3		 26
78
28.0
20.3		 29
84
30.0
22.3		 30
86
29.9
21.7 		25
77
25.4
18.5		 19
66
20.5
14.3		 14
57
15.6
9.3		 11
51
11.1
4.5
Rain (mm)
(in)		 15
0.6		 20
0.8		 38
10.5		 99
3.9		 142
5.6		 180
7.1		 142
5.6		 122
4.8		 150
5.9		 112
4.4		 48
1.9		 20
0.8
Chongqing average(c)
(F)
max
min 		7
45
10.4
5.4		 10
50
12.8
7.1		 15
58
18.2
11.1		 20
67
23.5
15.3		 23
73
26.5
18.8		 26
78
29.7
21.8		 29
84
33.6
24.7		 30
86
33.9
24.5		 25
77
28.2
20.8		 19
66
22.1
16.3		 14
57
16.9
11.9		 11
51
12.1
7.6
Rain (mm)
(in)		 15
0.6		 20
0.8		 38
1.5		 99
3.9		 142
5.6		 180
7.1		 142
5.6		 122
4.8		 150
5.9		 112
4.4		 48
1.9		 20
0.8

Dali

 average (c)
(F)		 10
49		 11
52		 14
57		 18
65		 18
67		 20
69		 20
69		 20
68		 18
60		 16
60		 13
56		 10
51
Rain (mm)
(in)		 8
0.3		 18
0.7		 28
1.1		 40
1.6		 126
5.0		 132
5.6		 197
7.7		 199
7.8		 97
3.8		 51
2.0		 57
2.2		 14
0.6

Month

City

 content Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Dalian

 average
max
min 		-4.9
-1.2
-8.2		 -3.4
0.3
-6.5		 2.1
6.0
-1.0		 9.1
13.5
5.7		 18.5
19.9
11.9		 19.4
23.3
16.4		 23.0
26.0
20.7		 20.9
27.0
21.4		 20.6
23.7
16.8		 13.6
17.5
10.2		 5.8
9.6
2.4		 -1.3
2.3
-4.7

Duhuang

 average
max
min 		-9.3
-1.7
-15.6		 -4.1
4.3
-11.3		 4.5
13.3
-3.4		 12.4
21.1
3.9		 18.3
26.7
9.3		 22.7
21.0
13.5		 24.7
32.8
16.1		 23.5
32.0
14.8		 17.0
26.5
8.2		 8.7
18.8
0.4		 0.2
8.1
-6.0		 -7.0
0.2
-12.9
Fuzhou average
max
min		 10.5
15.0
7.0		 10.7
15.1
7.8		 13.1
18.2
10.3		 18.2
23.0
14.9		 22.1
26.5
19.1		 25.5
29.9
22.6		 28.8
34.0
25.2		 28.2
33.1
24.8		 26.0
30.5
23.0		 21.7
26.2
18.7		 17.5
21.8
14.6		 13.1
17.6
10.0
Guangzhou
(Canton)
 average
max
min		 13.3
18.3
9.7		 14.4
18.6
11.2		 17.9
21.7
15.0		 21.9
25.6
19.0		 25.6
29.65
22.8		 27.2
31.1
24.4		 28.4
32.6
25.2		 28.1
32.4
25.0		 26.9
31.1
23.8		 23.7
28.5
20.1		 19.4
24.5
15.5		 15.2
20.5
11.3
Rain (mm)
(in)		 152
6		 203
8		 254
10		 279
11		 381
15		 507
20		 455
18		 406
16		 330
13		 203
8		 152
6		 126
5

Guilin

 average
max
min		 7.9
12.0
5.0		 9.1
12.9
6.5		 13.2
16.9
10.5		 18.4
22.4
15.5		 23.0
27.1
20.1		 26.2
30.4
23.3		 28.3
32.9
25.0		 27.7
32.9
24.3		 25.6
30.9
22.0		 20.7
25.8
17.1		 15.1
20.1
11.8		 10.2
14.7
7.0
Rain (mm)
(in)		 33
1.3		 56
2.2		 97
3.8		 160
6.3		 206
8.1		 193
7.6		 160
6.3		 178
7.0		 84
3.3		 43
1.7		 38
1.5		 38
1.5

Month

City

 content Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Guiyang

 average
max
min		 -4.9
9.1
2.2		 6.5
11.1
3.6		 11.5
16.9
7.9		 16.3
21.8
12.5		 19.5
24.2
16.1		 21.9
26.4
18.6		 24.0
28.7
20.7		 23.4
28.5
19.8		 20.6
25.6
17.1		 16.1
20.5
13.0		 11.4
15.8
8.5		 7.1
11.4
4.0

Hangzhou

 average
max
min		 3.8
8.0
0.7		 5.1
9.3
1.9		 9.3
13.7
5.9		 15.4
20.2
11.6		 20.2
24.7
16.6		 24.3
28.6
21.0		 28.6
33.3
25.0		 28.0
32.7
24.6		 23.3
27.6
20.3		 17.7
22.5
14.0		 12.1
16.9
8.4		 6.3
10.8
2.9
Rain (mm)
(in)		 254
10		 254
10		 330
13		 330
13		 305
12		 356
14		 279
11		 279
11		 305
12		 254
10		 203
8		 178
7

Haikou

 average
max
min		 17.2
20.9
14.6		 18.2
22.3
15.6		 21.6
26.2
18.8		 24.9
29.8
21.9		 27.4
32.4
24.2		 28.1
32.8
25.1		 28.4
33.2
25.1		 27.7
32.0
24.8		 26.8
30.6
24.2		 24.8
28.3
22.1		 21.8
25.41
19.2		 18.7
22.2
16.1

Harbin

 average
max
min		 -19.4
-13.2
-24.8		 -15.4
-8.6
-21.5		 -4.8
1.5
-10.9		 6.0
12.7
-0.3		 14.3
21.1
7.4		 20.0
25.9
14.1		 22.8
28.0
18.1		 21.1
20.4
16.2		 14.4
20.7
8.9		 5.6
11.8
0.3		 -5.7
-0.1
-10.5		 -15.6
-9.9
-20.5

Month

City

 content Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Huangshan

 average -3.0 -2.0 3.1 8.0 12.0 15.1 18.2 17.0 14.4 9.0 4.2 -1.1

Hefei

 average
max
min		 2.1
6.5
-1.2		 4.2
8.7
0.6		 9.2
13.7
5.5		 15.5
20.2
11.5		 20.6
25.2
16.6		 25.0
26.3
21.3		 28.3
32.4
24.9		 28.1
32.5
24.4		 22.9
27.3
11.9		 17.0
22.2
12.9		 10.6
15.6
6.6		 4.6
0.3
1.0
Hohhot average
max
min		 -13.1
-5.8
-18.9		 -9.0
-1.5
-15.4		 -0.3
6.7
-6.3		 7.9
15.4
0.5		 15.3
22.6
7.1		 20.1
26.9
12.2		 21.9
28.1
15.5		 20.1
26.1
14.1		 13.8
20.9
7.1		 6.5
14.1
0.4		 2.7
4.1
7.8		 -11.0
-4.2
-16.4

Hong Kong

average (c) 15.9 14.7 17.6 22.6 25.9 28.0 28.5 29.0 27.8 25.0 20.6 17.7
Jinan average
max
min		 1.4
3.4
-5.4		 1.1
6.1
-3.1		 7.6
13.1
2.8		 15.2
21.1
10.0		 21.8
27.7
16.4		 26.3
32.1
21.0		 27.4
32.1
23.2		 26.2
30.7
22.3		 21.7
26.9
17.1		 15.8
21.2
11.1		 7.9
12.8
3.8		 1.1
5.7
-2.8

Kashgar

 average (c)
(F)		 -4
25		 -1
31		 8
46		 15
60		 21
70		 25
77		 27
80		 26
78		 21
70		 14
57		 5
42		 -3
28
Rain (mm)
(in)		 15
0.6		 3
0.1		 13
0.5		 5
0.1		 8
0.3		 5
0.2		 10
0.4		 8
0.3		 3
0.1		 3
0.1		 5
0.2		 8
0.3

Kunming

average
max
min		 7.7
15.3
1.4		 9.6
17.2
2.9		 13.0
20.8
5.7		 16.5
24.0
9.2		 19.1
24.9
13.8		 19.5
23.8
16.1		 19.8
24.0
16.8		 19.1
23.9
15.9		 17.5
22.6
14.1		 14.9
20.1
11.3		 11.3
17.5
6.6		 8.2
15.2
7.9
Rain (mm)
(in)		 8
0.3		 18
0.7		 28
1.1		 41
1.6		 127
5.0		 132
5.6		 196
7.7		 198
7.8		 97
3.8		 51
2.0		 56
2.2		 15
0.6

Month

City

 content Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Lanzhou

 average
max
min		 -6.9
1.0
-12.6		 -2.3
5.4
-8.0		 5.2
12.7
-0.8		 11.8
19.3
5.3		 16.6
23.8
10.2		 20.3
27.5
13.6		 22.2
29.2
16.3		 21.0
27.6
15.3		 15.8
22.1
10.7		 9.4
16.5
4.1		 1.7
8.8
-3.1		 -5.5
2.1
-10.4

Luoyang

 average (c)
(F)		 0
32		 2
35		 8
46		 15
58		 21
70		 26
81		 28
82		 25
79		 21
69		 15
59		 8
46		 2
35
Rain (mm)
(in)		 13
0.4		 18
0.7		 18
0.7		 23
0.9		 51
2		 102
4		 178
7		 76
3		 25
1		 18
0.7		 15
0.6		 13
0.4

Lhasa

average
max
min		 -2.3
6.8
-10.2		 1.1
9.2
-6.9		 4.5
12.0
-3.2		 8.3
15.7
0.9		 12.3
19.7
5.1		 15.4
22.5
9.2		 15.1
21.7
9.9		 14.3
20.7
9.4		 12.7
19.6
7.6		 8.2
16.4
1.4		 2.3
11.6
-5.0		 -1.7
7.7
-9.1
Nanchang average
max
min 		5.0
8.8
2.0		 6.4
10.0
3.6		 10.9
14.8
7.9		 17.1
21.1
14.0		 21.8
25.5
18.9		 25.7
29.4
22.8		 29.6
34.0
26.0		 29.2
33.0
25.7		 24.8
29.2
21.6		 19.1
23.5
15.7		 13.1
17.5
9.8		 7.5
11.6
4.3

City

Month

 content Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Nanjing

 average
max
min		 2.0
6.8
-1.6		 3.8
8.6
0.1		 8.4
13.4
4.4		 14.8
20.0
10.0		 19.9
25.0
15.6		 24.5
29.2
20.5		 28.0
32.2
24.1		 27.8
32.4
24.3		 22.7
27.3
19.1		 16.9
22.3
12.5		 10.5
15.9
6.30		 4.4
9.7
0.4
Rain (mm)
(in)		 152
6		 152
6		 203
8		 279
11		 304
12		 381
15		 254
10		 203
8		 178
7		 178
7		 152
6		 127
5
Nanning average
max
min		 12.8
17.3
9.6		 14.1
18.3
11.2		 17.6
21.5
14.8		 22.0
26.3
19.0		 26.0
30.7
22.7		 27.4
31.9
24.4		 28.3
33.0
25.1		 27.8
32.5
24.7		 26.6
31.6
23.3		 23.3
28.6
19.5		 18.6
24.1
14.8		 14.7
19.9
11.0
Qingdao average
max
min		 -1.2
2.4
-4.1		 0.1
3.7
-2.8		 4.5
8.5
1.6		 10.2
14.2
7.2		 15.7
19.9
12.6		 20.0
23.7
17.5		 23.9
26.9
21.8		 25.1
28.5
22.7		 21.4
25.3
18.3		 15.9
19.3
12.7		 8.8
12.3
5.7		 2.0
5.3
-0.9

Shanghai

 

 average (c)
(F)
max
min		 3.5
38.3
7.6
0.3		 4.9
40.8
8.7
1.4		 8.3
47
12.6
4.9		 13.7
56.7
18.5
10.4		 18.8
66
23.2
15.3		 23.3
75
27.8
20.1		 27.8
80.4
31.8
24.7		 27.7
81.7
31.6
24.7		 23.6
74.5
27.4
20.5		 18.0
64
22.4
14.3		 12.3
55
16.8
8.6		 6.25
43.7
10.7
2.7
Rain (mm)
(in)		 44
1.7		 63
2.5		 81
3.2		 111
4.4		 129
5.1		 157
6.2		 142
5.6		 116
4.6		 146
5.7		 47
1.8		 54
2.1		 39
1.5

Month

City

 content Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Shenyang average
max
min		 -12.0
-5.6
-17.3		 -8.4
-2.1
-13.8		 0.1
5.8
-5.0		 9.3
15.7
3.2		 16.9
23.3
10.6		 21.5
27.0
16.3		 24.6
29.2
20.5		 23.5
28.3
19.2		 17.2
23.6
11.8		 9.4
15.9
4.0		 0.0
5.6
-4.6		 -8.5
-2.6
-13.3

Shenzhen

 average (c)
(F)		 13
55		 14
57		 18
64		 22
71		 26
78		 27
81		 28
83		 28
83		 27
81		 24
75		 20
68		 15
59
Rain (mm)
(in)		 152
6		 203
8		 254
10		 279
11		 381
15		 508
20		 457
18		 406
16		 330
13		 203
8		 152
6		 127
5
Shijiazhuang average (c) -1.9 -0.6 7.7 15.4 21.3 26.4 26.5 24.7 20.7 11.9 4.4 -0.5

Suzhou

 average (c) 3.5 4.0 8.5 12.8 18.0 24.1 27.0 27.1 21.7 16.8 13.0 6.9
Rain (mm)
(in)		 76
3		 76
3		 76
3		 102
4		 152
6		 203
8		 305
12		 254
10		 178
7		 152
6		 102
4		 76
3

Taipei

 average (c) 14.9 14.0 17.1 22.1 25.1 27.5 29.0 29.2 26.7 24.1 21.1 17.9

Taiyuan

 average (c) -5.2 -4.3 4.3 11.5 18.8 22.3 23.7 29.0 16.4 8.7 1.0 -0.3
Tianjin average
max
min		 -4.0
1.3
-8.2		 -1.6
3.9
-5.7		 5.0
10.6
0.5		 13.2
19.3
8.0		 20.0
26.2
14.4		 24.1
29.7
19.4		 26.4
30.7
22.8		 25.5
29.8
22.0		 20.8
25.9
16.5		 13.6
19.2
9.3		 5.2
10.3
1.4		 -1.6
-3.3
-5.2

Urumqi

 average
max
min		 -10.7
-5.4
-15.2		 -7.7
-0.6
-13.5		 -0.4
7.3
-6.5		 8.4
16.2
1.6		 14.9
22.5
7.7		 19.2
26.2
12.2		 20.9
27.7
14.1		 19.9
27.5
12.6		 14.2
22.3
7.0		 6.3
14.2
-0.1		 -2.1
4.0
-7.2		 -8.3
-3.2
-12.6
Rain (mm)
(in)		 15
0.6		 8
0.3		 13
0.5		 38
1.5		 28
1.1		 38
1.5		 25
0.7		 15
1.0		 15
0.6		 43
1.7		 41
1.6		 10
0.4

Wuhan

 average (c)
(F)
max
min 		3.0
37
7.3
-0.9		 5.0
41
9.7
1.3		 10.0
50
14.6
6.2		 16.1
61
20.8
12.1		 21.3
70
25.3
17.5		 25.7
80
30.1
22.0		 28.2
84
33.0
25.4		 28.2
83
32.9
24.7		 23.3
75
28.2
19.5		 17.5
63
22.9
13.3		 11.1
52
16.4
7.1		 5.4
40
10.5
1.4
Rain (mm)
(in)		 152
6		 152
6		 203
8		 279
11		 305
12		 381
15		 254
10		 203
8		 178
7		 178
7		 152
6		 127
5
Xi'an average
max
min		 1.0
4.5
-5.0		 2.1
7.7
-2.1		 8.1
14.3
3.1		 14.1
20.6
8.5		 19.1
25.6
13.2		 25.2
32.1
18.6		 26.6
32.4
21.7		 25.5
31.2
20.8		 19.4
24.8
15.2		 13.7
19.4
9.3		 6.6
12.0
2.96		 0.7
6.0
-3.1
Rain (mm)
(in)		 76
3		 76
3		 76
3		 102
4		 152
6		 203
8		 305
12		 254
10		 178
7		 152
6		 102
4		 76
3

Month

City

 content Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Xining

 average (c) -7.0 -3.9 1.3 7.0 13.4 14.4 16.9 15.8 12.3 7.0 -3.0 -5.3

Yangshuo

 average (c)
(F)		 9
49		 10
49		 13
56		 19
66		 24
75		 24
75		 28
83		 28
82		 27
80		 22
72		 16
60		 11
52
Rain (mm)
(in)		 33
1.3		 56
2.2		 97
3.8		 160
6.3		 206
8.1		 193
7.6		 160
6.3		 178
7.0		 84
3.3		 43
1.7		 38
1.5		 38
1.5

Yinchuan

 average (c) -7.1 -5.2 1 8 10.1 19.1 21.2 23.3 20.9 15.7 8.3 -0.4 -6.1

Zhengzhou

 average (c) 0.8 1.1 8.3 15.9 21.9 26.7 27.4 25.6 20.6 13.6 6.9 1.9

 

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