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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Harbin
Harbin climate by month
Monsoon-influenced hot-summer continental · DwaBest Apr–May · Sep
Annual mean4°day and night
Seasonal swing42°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation548 mm88 wet days a year
45.75° N, 126.65° EElevation 140 mUTC+8 · China Standard Time
When to goHarbin · weather score
Best timeApr–May · Sep
October: high / low12° / 1°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Harbin has a monsoon-influenced hot-summer continental climate (Köppen Dwa): dry, cold winters and wet summers.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 27° and nights 19°. January is the coolest month, with highs of -13° and lows of -25°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 42°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 548 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (152 mm, 17 wet days) and January the driest (4 mm, 2 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 27% in January to 43% in July.
Compared with Beijing, the capital, Harbin is 4.8° cooler on a July afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 27° · July
- Coldest nights
- -25° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- January
- Clearest skies
- January · 27% cloud
- Longest day
- 15 h 41 min
- Shortest day
- 8 h 42 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 | -13° | -7° | 3° | 13° | 21° | 26° | 27° | 26° | 20° | 12° | 0° | -10° |
| Average low | -25° | -20° | -9° | 1° | 9° | 16° | 19° | 17° | 10° | 1° | -10° | -20° |
| Precipitation | 4 mm | 4 mm | 12 mm | 21 mm | 42 mm | 92 mm | 152 mm | 126 mm | 55 mm | 23 mm | 11 mm | 6 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 1.7 | 1.8 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 10.1 | 14.9 | 17.4 | 14.3 | 8.3 | 4.8 | 4 | 2.5 |
| Cloud cover | 27% | 29% | 33% | 37% | 39% | 40% | 43% | 38% | 30% | 27% | 28% | 27% |
| Daylight | 9h 03 | 10h 22 | 11h 50 | 13h 30 | 14h 54 | 15h 41 | 15h 23 | 14h 11 | 12h 36 | 11h 01 | 9h 31 | 8h 42 |
| Month score | 54 | 54 | 48 | 62 | 72 | 59 | 53 | 61 | 80 | 55 | 49 | 52 |
ivMonth by month
Harbin in every month
January54
-13° / -25°
4 mm · 1.7 wet days
February54
-7° / -20°
4 mm · 1.8 wet days
March48
3° / -9°
12 mm · 3.9 wet days
April62
13° / 1°
21 mm · 4.8 wet days
May72
21° / 9°
42 mm · 10.1 wet days
June59
26° / 16°
92 mm · 14.9 wet days
July53
27° / 19°
152 mm · 17.4 wet days
August61
26° / 17°
126 mm · 14.3 wet days
September80
20° / 10°
55 mm · 8.3 wet days
October55
12° / 1°
23 mm · 4.8 wet days
November49
0° / -10°
11 mm · 4 wet days
December52
-10° / -20°
6 mm · 2.5 wet days