Climate guideThirty-year normals for Botou
Botou climate by month
Cold semi-arid · BSkBest Apr · Sep–Oct
Annual mean14°day and night
Seasonal swing29°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation543 mm63 wet days a year
38.07° N, 116.57° EElevation 21 mUTC+8 · China Standard Time
When to goBotou · weather score
Best timeApr · Sep–Oct
October: high / low21° / 9°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Botou has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk): little rain, large day–night swings and strong sunshine.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 32° and nights 23°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 3° and lows of -7°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 29°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 543 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (179 mm, 15 wet days) and January the driest (3 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 21% in December to 39% in June.
Compared with Beijing, the capital, Botou is 0.2° cooler on a July afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 32° · July
- Coldest nights
- -7° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- January
- Clearest skies
- December · 21% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 47 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 32 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° | 27° | 31° | 32° | 30° | 27° | 21° | 12° | 5° |
| Average low | -7° | -4° | 1° | 9° | 15° | 20° | 23° | 22° | 16° | 9° | 1° | -5° |
| Precipitation | 3 mm | 6 mm | 11 mm | 22 mm | 36 mm | 75 mm | 179 mm | 129 mm | 39 mm | 29 mm | 11 mm | 3 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 0.7 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 3.8 | 5.2 | 9.2 | 14.8 | 12.7 | 6.5 | 3.8 | 2.3 | 0.8 |
| Cloud cover | 24% | 28% | 32% | 31% | 36% | 39% | 39% | 34% | 32% | 27% | 23% | 21% |
| Daylight | 9h 48 | 10h 47 | 11h 54 | 13h 10 | 14h 13 | 14h 47 | 14h 34 | 13h 40 | 12h 29 | 11h 16 | 10h 09 | 9h 32 |
| Month score | 56 | 54 | 73 | 91 | 76 | 48 | 36 | 47 | 78 | 91 | 64 | 56 |
ivMonth by month
Botou in every month
January56
3° / -7°
3 mm · 0.7 wet day
February54
7° / -4°
6 mm · 1.6 wet days
March73
14° / 1°
11 mm · 1.3 wet day
April91
22° / 9°
22 mm · 3.8 wet days
May76
27° / 15°
36 mm · 5.2 wet days
June48
31° / 20°
75 mm · 9.2 wet days
July36
32° / 23°
179 mm · 14.8 wet days
August47
30° / 22°
129 mm · 12.7 wet days
September78
27° / 16°
39 mm · 6.5 wet days
October91
21° / 9°
29 mm · 3.8 wet days
November64
12° / 1°
11 mm · 2.3 wet days
December56
5° / -5°
3 mm · 0.8 wet day