Climate guideThirty-year normals for Baoding
Baoding climate by month
Cold semi-arid · BSkBest Apr · Sep–Oct
Annual mean13°day and night
Seasonal swing30°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation514 mm68 wet days a year
38.87° N, 115.46° EElevation 15 mUTC+8 · China Standard Time
When to goBaoding · weather score
Best timeApr · Sep–Oct
October: high / low20° / 8°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Baoding has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk): little rain, large day–night swings and strong sunshine.
The warmest month is June, when afternoons average 32° and nights 20°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 3° and lows of -7°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 30°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 514 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (157 mm, 16 wet days) and January the driest (3 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 19% in December to 39% in June.
Compared with Beijing, the capital, Baoding is 0.1° warmer on a June afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 32° · June
- Coldest nights
- -7° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- January
- Clearest skies
- December · 19% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 52 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 28 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 3° | 7° | 14° | 22° | 28° | 32° | 32° | 30° | 27° | 20° | 11° | 4° |
| Average low | -7° | -5° | 0° | 8° | 15° | 20° | 23° | 21° | 16° | 8° | 0° | -6° |
| Precipitation | 3 mm | 5 mm | 11 mm | 21 mm | 34 mm | 73 mm | 157 mm | 123 mm | 53 mm | 20 mm | 11 mm | 3 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 4.2 | 5.8 | 10.8 | 15.6 | 13.4 | 7.8 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 0.6 |
| Cloud cover | 21% | 26% | 30% | 31% | 35% | 39% | 39% | 35% | 31% | 26% | 21% | 19% |
| Daylight | 9h 44 | 10h 44 | 11h 54 | 13h 11 | 14h 17 | 14h 52 | 14h 39 | 13h 43 | 12h 29 | 11h 14 | 10h 05 | 9h 28 |
| Month score | 57 | 55 | 72 | 90 | 72 | 41 | 34 | 45 | 75 | 91 | 58 | 57 |
ivMonth by month
Baoding in every month
January57
3° / -7°
3 mm · 0.6 wet day
February55
7° / -5°
5 mm · 1.2 wet day
March72
14° / 0°
11 mm · 1.9 wet days
April90
22° / 8°
21 mm · 4.2 wet days
May72
28° / 15°
34 mm · 5.8 wet days
June41
32° / 20°
73 mm · 10.8 wet days
July34
32° / 23°
157 mm · 15.6 wet days
August45
30° / 21°
123 mm · 13.4 wet days
September75
27° / 16°
53 mm · 7.8 wet days
October91
20° / 8°
20 mm · 3.8 wet days
November58
11° / 0°
11 mm · 2.5 wet days
December57
4° / -6°
3 mm · 0.6 wet day