Heilongjiang, China
Harbin
Harbin is a major city in Heilongjiang, China. It has a population of about 10,009,854 (2020). The climate is classified as monsoon-influenced hot-summer continental (Köppen Dwa), with dry, cold winters and wet summers.
Now5°C
Best timeApr–May · Sep
Population10M
Local time21:32
45.75° N, 126.65° EElevation 140 mUTC+8 · China Standard Time
Postal code150000October: high / low12° / 1°
Rain this month23mm
Best timeApr–May · Sep
Best: Apr–May · Sep. Warmth, sunshine and dry days, month by month.
Harbin at a glance
Sunrise · sunset05:59 · 16:3810 h 39 min of daylightThe moon tonightWaxing gibbous85% · Moonrise 15:01Next holiday1 JanuaryNew Year's DayNext eclipse21 Feb 2027Penumbral lunar eclipse
Best time to visitApr–May · Sep
The months with the highest weather score
Warmest month27°C
Average high in July
Coolest month-25°C
Average low in January
Wettest monthJuly
152 mm of rain
Driest monthJanuary
4 mm of rain
Monuments nearby4+
within 3.2 km
How Harbin has grown
People living in the built-up area (471 km² today), every five years since 1975; 2030 is the projection.
+136%1.94M in 1975 → 4.59M in 2025Weather in Harbin
Now and the next ten days. The 14 and 30-day outlooks are one click away.
5°C
Today hour by hourClear · wind 18 km/h · humidity 55%
Today22 Oct9°2°
Fri23 Oct15°5°
Sat24 Oct13°5°
Sun25 Oct10°2°
Mon26 Oct8°3°
Tue27 Oct3°-2°1.9 mm
Wed28 Oct0°-4°
Thu29 Oct9°-4°
Fri30 Oct0°-3°2 mm
Sat31 Oct-2°-5°
When to go to Harbin
Each month's weather score (warmth, sun, dry days) with its temperatures and rain.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 54 | 54 | 48 | 62 | 72 | 59 | 53 | 61 | 80 | 55 | 49 | 52 |
| High | -13° | -7° | 3° | 13° | 21° | 26° | 27° | 26° | 20° | 12° | 0° | -10° |
| Low | -25° | -20° | -9° | 1° | 9° | 16° | 19° | 17° | 10° | 1° | -10° | -20° |
| Rain (mm) | 4 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 42 | 92 | 152 | 126 | 55 | 23 | 11 | 6 |
| Wet days | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
What's on in Harbin
Concerts, football matches, the public holidays ahead and the town's festivals through the year.
Harbin's festivals through the year
Monuments and museums in Harbin
1.8 km
Northeast China Revolutionary Matyrs' Memorial Hall3 km
Harbin Confucian Temple
3 km
Saint Sophia Cathedral in HarbinBuilt 19323.2 km
Ji Le TempleBuilt 1921
Museum3.3 km
Harbin Museum of Jewish History and Culture
Museum1.3 km
Heilongjiang Provincial MuseumMore museums: Westred Art Museum · The Museum of War Crime Evidence by Japanese Army Unit 731 · Unit 731 Museum · Russian Quarter Oil Painting Museum · Russian Oil Painting and Sculpture Collection · 北大荒博物馆 · 哈军工纪念馆 · Harbin Ancient Relics Museum · 哈尔滨市汇丰照像器材有限公司 · 哈尔滨市规划展览馆 · 哈尔滨极地馆 · Harbin Museum of Fine Art
Outdoors around Harbin
Hiking routes from the town, and what there is to do within 15 km: huts, viewpoints, climbing, camping, ski areas and dive sites.
Harbin ZooZoos
3.3 km帐篷区Camp sites
4.9 km水阁云天Viewpoints
6.4 kmHarbin Ice and Snow WorldTheme parks
7.8 kmSiberian Tiger ParkZoos
8.3 kmHeilongjiang Xudong Golf ClubGolf courses
8.3 kmNature around Harbin
Wildlife in October
The birds and mammals of China seen most this month, compared with the rest of their year.
The sky over Harbin
Earthquakes around Harbin
The last 30 days within 300 km, and the record since 1950.
Last 30 days0magnitude 2.5+ within 300 kmSince 19501magnitude 5+ within 150 kmSignificant earthquakes on record8within 300 km
Strongest nearby since 1950
5.7Shulan 27 km ↑1960 · 124 km
Universities and research institutes
Harbin Institute of TechnologyUniversity or college · founded 1920
Harbin Medical UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1926
Heilongjiang UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1941
Heilongjiang Police CollegeUniversity or college · founded 1946
Heilongjiang University of Science and TechnologyUniversity or college · founded 1947
CPC Heilongjiang Provincial Committee Party SchoolUniversity or college · founded 1948
Heilongjiang Agricultural Engineering Vocational and Technical UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1948
Heilongjiang Nursing CollegeUniversity or college · founded 1948
Heilongjiang PolytechnicUniversity or college · founded 1948
Northeast Agricultural UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1948
Harbin University of Science and TechnologyUniversity or college · founded 1950
Harbin Normal UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1951
Harbin Preschool Teachers CollegeUniversity or college · founded 1952
Harbin University of CommerceUniversity or college · founded 1952
Heilongjiang Institute of TechnologyUniversity or college · founded 1952
Northeast Forestry UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1952
Harbin Engineering UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1953
Heilongjiang Political and Law Management Cadre CollegeUniversity or college · founded 1956
Harbin Railway Technical CollegeUniversity or college · founded 1959
Heilongjiang Agricultural Reclamation Vocational CollegeUniversity or college · founded 1959
Heilongjiang Provincial Institute of EducationUniversity or college · founded 1959
Heilongjiang University of Chinese MedicineUniversity or college · founded 1959
Heilongjiang Vocational College of ArtUniversity or college · founded 1959
Harbin Open UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1960
Heilongjiang Academy of Land Reclamation SciencesUniversity or college · founded 1979
Heilongjiang Electric Power Workers UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1984
Harbin Northern Vocational Institute of AviationUniversity or college · founded 1985
East University Of HeilongjiangUniversity or college · founded 1992
Harbin Huade UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1992
Harbin Applied Vocational and Technical CollegeUniversity or college · founded 1993
Harbin City Vocational CollegeUniversity or college · founded 1993
Harbin Far East Institute of TechnologyUniversity or college · founded 1994
Harbin Cambridge UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1996
Harbin UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1999
Heilongjiang University of Finance and EconomicsUniversity or college · founded 1999
Harbin Guangsha CollegeUniversity or college · founded 2000
Harbin Vocational & Technical UniversityUniversity or college · founded 2002
Heilongjiang College of Business and TechnologyUniversity or college · founded 2002
Harbin Institute of PetroleumUniversity or college · founded 2003
Heilongjiang International UniversityUniversity or college · founded 2003
Heilongjiang Vocational College for NationalitiesUniversity or college · founded 2005
Harbin Sport UniversityUniversity or college · founded 2015
Heilongjiang Vocational College of Winter SportsUniversity or college · founded 2015
Harbin Conservatory of MusicUniversity or college · founded 2016
Air Force Harbin Flying CollegeUniversity or college
Harbin Aviation Workers UniversityUniversity or college
Harbin Electric Power Vocational Technology CollegeUniversity or college
Harbin Finance UniversityUniversity or college
Harbin Institute of Information TechnologyUniversity or college
Harbin Vocational College of Science and TechnologyUniversity or college
Heilongjiang Agricultural Reclamation Management Cadre CollegeUniversity or college
Heilongjiang Commercial Workers UniversityUniversity or college
Heilongjiang Judicial Police Vocational CollegeUniversity or college
Heilongjiang Open UniversityUniversity or college
Heilongjiang Provincial Academy of Social Sciences Workers UniversityUniversity or college
Heilongjiang Tourism Vocational and Technical CollegeUniversity or college
Kunlun Tourism College, Heilongjiang Institute of TechnologyUniversity or college
Media Professional College of HarbinUniversity or college
Harbin Veterinary Research InstituteResearch institute · founded 1948
Heilongjiang Vocational Institute of Ecological EngineeringResearch institute · founded 1953
Harbin Welding InstituteResearch institute · founded 1956
Heilongjiang Academy of ForestryResearch institute · founded 1956
Harbin Foresty Machinery InstituteResearch institute · founded 1958
Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Machinery EngineeringResearch institute · founded 1958
Heilongjiang Coldland Building Science Research InstituteResearch institute · founded 1958
Heilongjiang Provincial Institute of Hydraulic ResearchResearch institute · founded 1958
Institute of Sugar BeetResearch institute · founded 1959
Harbin FRP Research InstituteResearch institute · founded 1960
Heilongjiang Institute of Wood ScienceResearch institute · founded 1960
Center for Agricultural ResearchResearch institute · founded 1978
Heilongjiang Academy of Medical SciencesResearch institute · founded 1979
Harbin Liushun Electric Automation Design InstituteResearch institute · founded 1992
Heilongjiang Provincial Environmental Science Research InstituteResearch institute · founded 2012
Harbin Electric Power Generation Equipment National Engineering Research CenterResearch institute
Harbin Institute of Large Electric MachineryResearch institute
Heilongjiang Provincial Metrology and Testing InstituteResearch institute
State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and JoiningResearch institute
State Key Laboratory of Robotics and SystemsResearch institute
State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resources and Water EnvironmentResearch institute
State Key Laboratory of Veterinary BiotechnologyResearch institute
Towns and villages around Harbin
Each with its own page: weather, climate and the best time to visit.
Taiyangdao5.8 kmSankeshu6.8 kmSongpu7.5 kmBeizuocun8.7 kmXincuntun8.8 kmGuangxin Xincheng Shequ8.8 kmJilecun9.2 kmDongmingcun9.3 kmXizuocun9.3 kmXinxiangfang9.5 kmDongzuocun9.8 kmYonghongcun10 kmLiuhaozhao10 kmFangshencun10 kmHuangjia Weizi10 kmZhenxingcun11 kmGuangmingcun11 kmXidaba11 kmLimingcun11 kmXinfacun11 kmSongpucun11 kmHongxingcun11 kmChangshengcun11 kmSongjiangcun11 kmYangjiadian11 kmHongguangcun11 kmXingfucun11 kmTuanjiecun11 kmKaoshancun11 kmSunjiacun11 kmYongshengcun12 kmKaohe Shequ12 kmXingfucun12 kmTuanjiecun12 kmMinzhucun12 kmDongmingcun12 kmZhishuicun12 kmMinfucun12 kmGuangmingcun12 kmHongxincun13 kmHongqicun13 kmXinxingcun13 kmXinglongcun13 kmMolijiecun13 kmXiaosanxing13 kmShenglicun13 kmDongshengcun13 kmXinlicun13 kmLimantun13 kmXingguangcun14 kmXinkaikou14 kmXinhuacun14 kmXinmincun14 kmDongfengcun14 kmJinxingcun14 kmXinxingcun14 kmQingfengcun14 kmXinzhencun14 kmYanjiangcun14 kmTaiyangshengcun14 kmWanggang14 kmWanjiacun14 kmXinfacun14 kmLiushulincun14 kmXinguocun15 kmFumincun15 kmHutougou15 kmDongshengcun15 kmJianguocun15 kmYixingquan15 km
Harbin from above
Around Harbin17 places to see, do and reach nearby
Hulan RiverNature21 kmAshi RiverNature12 kmTaiyang IslandNature6.6 kmNortheast China Revolutionary Matyrs' Memorial HallMonument1.8 kmHarbin Confucian TempleMonument3.0 kmSaint Sophia Cathedral in HarbinMonument3.0 kmJi Le TempleMonument3.2 kmHarbin Museum of Jewish History and CultureMuseum3.3 kmHeilongjiang Provincial MuseumMuseum1.3 kmNortheast Anti-Japanese United Army MuseumMuseum1.9 km哈尔滨铁路文化宫Museum1.2 kmHarbin Institute of Technology MuseumMuseum0.9 kmStationStation2.2 kmStationStation2.4 kmStationStation3.3 kmHarbin · ferry portFerry port4.4 kmHarbin · ferry portFerry port5.4 km
Postal code
150000
Getting to Harbin
Harbin Taiping International AirportHRB
34 kmSongyuan Chaganhu AirportYSQ
188 kmChangchun Longjia International AirportCGQ
209 km哈尔滨Railway station
2.2 km王兆屯Railway station
2.4 km滨江Railway station
3.3 km顺航码头三联码头 · 船厂码头
4.4 km三联码头顺航码头
5.4 kmPlaces near Harbin
Places with a climate like Harbin
Matched month by month on temperature, rain and sunshine.
Frequently asked questions
When is the best time to visit Harbin?
Based on 30-year climate normals, April, May and September offer the best balance of comfortable temperatures, low rainfall and sunshine in Harbin.
What is the hottest month in Harbin?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 27°C and lows of 19°C.
What is the coldest month in Harbin?
January is the coldest month, with average highs of -13°C and lows of -25°C.
What is the rainiest month in Harbin?
July is the wettest month with about 152 mm of precipitation on 17 wet days.
What is the postal code of Harbin?
The postal code of Harbin is 150000.