Climate guideThirty-year normals for Linfen
Linfen climate by month
Cold semi-arid · BSkBest Mar–Apr · Oct
Annual mean14°day and night
Seasonal swing27°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation516 mm77 wet days a year
36.09° N, 111.52° EElevation 451 mUTC+8 · China Standard Time
When to goLinfen · weather score
Best timeMar–Apr · Oct
October: high / low20° / 9°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Linfen 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 22°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 5° and lows of -5°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 27°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 516 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (124 mm, 14 wet days) and December the driest (5 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 23% in December to 40% in June.
Compared with Beijing, the capital, Linfen is 0° warmer on a July afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 32° · July
- Coldest nights
- -5° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- December
- Clearest skies
- December · 23% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 36 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 43 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 | 5° | 9° | 15° | 22° | 27° | 31° | 32° | 30° | 25° | 20° | 13° | 6° |
| Average low | -5° | -2° | 2° | 9° | 15° | 19° | 22° | 21° | 16° | 9° | 1° | -4° |
| Precipitation | 4 mm | 7 mm | 18 mm | 27 mm | 45 mm | 61 mm | 124 mm | 100 mm | 73 mm | 38 mm | 14 mm | 5 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 1.6 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 5.4 | 6.5 | 9.9 | 14.2 | 13.8 | 10.6 | 5.9 | 3.4 | 1.2 |
| Cloud cover | 27% | 32% | 37% | 37% | 39% | 40% | 36% | 33% | 37% | 34% | 25% | 23% |
| Daylight | 9h 58 | 10h 52 | 11h 55 | 13h 05 | 14h 04 | 14h 36 | 14h 23 | 13h 34 | 12h 27 | 11h 19 | 10h 17 | 9h 43 |
| Month score | 54 | 52 | 73 | 84 | 73 | 48 | 36 | 45 | 71 | 84 | 63 | 55 |
ivMonth by month
Linfen in every month
January54
5° / -5°
4 mm · 1.6 wet days
February52
9° / -2°
7 mm · 2.3 wet days
March73
15° / 2°
18 mm · 2.5 wet days
April84
22° / 9°
27 mm · 5.4 wet days
May73
27° / 15°
45 mm · 6.5 wet days
June48
31° / 19°
61 mm · 9.9 wet days
July36
32° / 22°
124 mm · 14.2 wet days
August45
30° / 21°
100 mm · 13.8 wet days
September71
25° / 16°
73 mm · 10.6 wet days
October84
20° / 9°
38 mm · 5.9 wet days
November63
13° / 1°
14 mm · 3.4 wet days
December55
6° / -4°
5 mm · 1.2 wet day