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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Beijing
Beijing climate by month
Monsoon-influenced hot-summer continental · DwaBest Apr · Sep–Oct
Annual mean13°day and night
Seasonal swing31°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation565 mm68 wet days a year
39.91° N, 116.40° EElevation 49 mUTC+8 · China Standard Time
When to goBeijing · weather score
Best timeApr · Sep–Oct
October: high / low20° / 7°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Beijing has a monsoon-influenced hot-summer continental climate (Köppen Dwa): dry, cold winters and wet summers.
The warmest month is June, when afternoons average 32° and nights 20°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 2° and lows of -9°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 31°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 565 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (172 mm, 15 wet days) and January the driest (3 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 18% in December to 40% in June.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 32° · June
- Coldest nights
- -9° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- January
- Clearest skies
- December · 18% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 59 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 22 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 | 2° | 6° | 13° | 22° | 28° | 32° | 32° | 30° | 26° | 20° | 10° | 3° |
| Average low | -9° | -6° | -1° | 7° | 14° | 20° | 22° | 21° | 15° | 7° | -2° | -6° |
| Precipitation | 3 mm | 5 mm | 10 mm | 26 mm | 38 mm | 78 mm | 172 mm | 146 mm | 50 mm | 24 mm | 10 mm | 3 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 4 | 6.2 | 11.5 | 15.1 | 12.7 | 8.1 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 0.8 |
| Cloud cover | 19% | 24% | 29% | 30% | 35% | 40% | 39% | 35% | 30% | 25% | 20% | 18% |
| Daylight | 9h 38 | 10h 41 | 11h 53 | 13h 14 | 14h 22 | 14h 59 | 14h 45 | 13h 47 | 12h 30 | 11h 13 | 10h 01 | 9h 22 |
| Month score | 56 | 55 | 68 | 91 | 70 | 39 | 35 | 47 | 75 | 91 | 55 | 56 |
ivMonth by month
Beijing in every month
January56
2° / -9°
3 mm · 0.7 wet day
February55
6° / -6°
5 mm · 1.2 wet day
March68
13° / -1°
10 mm · 1.9 wet days
April91
22° / 7°
26 mm · 4 wet days
May70
28° / 14°
38 mm · 6.2 wet days
June39
32° / 20°
78 mm · 11.5 wet days
July35
32° / 22°
172 mm · 15.1 wet days
August47
30° / 21°
146 mm · 12.7 wet days
September75
26° / 15°
50 mm · 8.1 wet days
October91
20° / 7°
24 mm · 3.7 wet days
November55
10° / -2°
10 mm · 1.9 wet days
December56
3° / -6°
3 mm · 0.8 wet day