Climate guideThirty-year normals for Datong
Datong climate by month
Cold semi-arid · BSkBest Apr–May · Sep
Annual mean7°day and night
Seasonal swing33°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation380 mm69 wet days a year
40.09° N, 113.29° EElevation 1,054 mUTC+8 · China Standard Time
When to goDatong · weather score
Best timeApr–May · Sep
October: high / low15° / 2°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Datong 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 28° and nights 17°. January is the coolest month, with highs of -3° and lows of -17°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 33°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 380 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (101 mm, 14 wet days) and January the driest (2 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 16% in November to 36% in June.
Compared with Beijing, the capital, Datong is 3.4° cooler on a July afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 28° · July
- Coldest nights
- -17° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- January
- Clearest skies
- November · 16% cloud
- Longest day
- 15 h 00 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 21 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° | 1° | 8° | 16° | 23° | 27° | 28° | 26° | 22° | 15° | 6° | -1° |
| Average low | -17° | -12° | -5° | 1° | 8° | 14° | 17° | 15° | 9° | 2° | -6° | -14° |
| Precipitation | 2 mm | 3 mm | 11 mm | 21 mm | 30 mm | 51 mm | 101 mm | 80 mm | 55 mm | 18 mm | 6 mm | 2 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 0.6 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 4.2 | 6.6 | 11.6 | 14.2 | 11.9 | 9.3 | 4.7 | 2 | 0.6 |
| Cloud cover | 18% | 24% | 28% | 30% | 33% | 36% | 33% | 32% | 28% | 23% | 16% | 16% |
| Daylight | 9h 37 | 10h 41 | 11h 53 | 13h 14 | 14h 23 | 15h 00 | 14h 46 | 13h 48 | 12h 30 | 11h 12 | 10h 00 | 9h 21 |
| Month score | 57 | 55 | 53 | 80 | 83 | 62 | 51 | 66 | 78 | 71 | 53 | 57 |
ivMonth by month
Datong in every month
January57
-3° / -17°
2 mm · 0.6 wet day
February55
1° / -12°
3 mm · 1.4 wet day
March53
8° / -5°
11 mm · 2.1 wet days
April80
16° / 1°
21 mm · 4.2 wet days
May83
23° / 8°
30 mm · 6.6 wet days
June62
27° / 14°
51 mm · 11.6 wet days
July51
28° / 17°
101 mm · 14.2 wet days
August66
26° / 15°
80 mm · 11.9 wet days
September78
22° / 9°
55 mm · 9.3 wet days
October71
15° / 2°
18 mm · 4.7 wet days
November53
6° / -6°
6 mm · 2 wet days
December57
-1° / -14°
2 mm · 0.6 wet day