Baoji climate

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Baoji is warmest in July, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -2.9 °C. September is the wettest month (140 mm) and December the driest (11 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Baoji averages 733 mm of rain, 118 days above 25 °C and 80 days below freezing.

China · population 1,437,802 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month July 31 °C
Coldest month January -2.9 °C
Driest month December 11 mm
Wettest month September 140 mm
Least cloud December 45 % cloud
Hottest on record July 40 °C
Coldest on record December -16 °C

What to expectBaoji through the year

Baoji has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 6.1 °C in January to 31 °C in July, a swing of 25 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 118 days a year reach 25 °C, 56 of them reach 30 °C, 80 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 140 mm against 11 mm in December — 13 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	6.1 °C	11 mm	51 %
February	9.6 °C	19 mm	60 %
March	15.2 °C	35 mm	63 %
April	21.4 °C	42 mm	61 %
May	25.4 °C	66 mm	67 %
June	29.2 °C	77 mm	64 %
July	30.7 °C	109 mm	58 %
August	29.2 °C	110 mm	57 %
September	23.7 °C	140 mm	65 %
October	18.5 °C	79 mm	64 %
November	12.7 °C	34 mm	51 %
December	7.3 °C	11 mm	45 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	6.1 °C	-2.9 °C	1.3 °C	19.3 °C	-14.6 °C	0	0	27
February	9.6 °C	-0.7 °C	4.4 °C	21.7 °C	-12.2 °C	0	0	17
March	15.2 °C	3.3 °C	9.3 °C	28.7 °C	-4.7 °C	1	0	5
April	21.4 °C	8.8 °C	15.1 °C	34.7 °C	-3.2 °C	8	1	0
May	25.4 °C	13.4 °C	19.5 °C	36.0 °C	3.6 °C	18	6	0
June	29.2 °C	17.7 °C	23.6 °C	37.9 °C	8.1 °C	25	14	0
July	30.7 °C	20.9 °C	25.9 °C	40.4 °C	13.1 °C	28	19	0
August	29.2 °C	20.2 °C	24.6 °C	39.5 °C	11.4 °C	26	14	0
September	23.7 °C	15.4 °C	19.5 °C	37.7 °C	4.5 °C	11	3	0
October	18.5 °C	9.3 °C	13.9 °C	30.6 °C	-1.3 °C	2	0	0
November	12.7 °C	2.7 °C	7.7 °C	23.6 °C	-6.7 °C	0	0	8
December	7.3 °C	-1.9 °C	2.4 °C	16.8 °C	-16.0 °C	0	0	24

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	11 mm	3	10 h/day	51 %	61 %	9.3 km/h
February	19 mm	4	11 h/day	60 %	63 %	10 km/h
March	35 mm	7	12 h/day	63 %	64 %	11 km/h
April	42 mm	7	13 h/day	61 %	63 %	11 km/h
May	66 mm	8	14 h/day	67 %	64 %	11 km/h
June	77 mm	8	14 h/day	64 %	67 %	9.6 km/h
July	109 mm	10	14 h/day	58 %	70 %	9.6 km/h
August	110 mm	10	13 h/day	57 %	73 %	9.8 km/h
September	140 mm	13	12 h/day	65 %	77 %	9.1 km/h
October	79 mm	11	11 h/day	64 %	74 %	8.9 km/h
November	34 mm	6	10 h/day	51 %	70 %	8.8 km/h
December	11 mm	3	9.9 h/day	45 %	63 %	8.8 km/h

How Baoji compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Baoji	31 °C	-2.9 °C	733 mm	118
Xianyang · China	31 °C	-4.0 °C	845 mm	125
Tianshui · China	28 °C	-5.6 °C	757 mm	86
Pingliang · China	27 °C	-8.5 °C	715 mm	68
Hanzhong · China	28 °C	-1.1 °C	1,237 mm	100
Qingyang · China	27 °C	-9.0 °C	642 mm	76
Xi’an · China	32 °C	-4.1 °C	797 mm	128

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Baoji.

QuestionsCommon questions about Baoji’s climate

When is the best time to visit Baoji?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, June, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and December the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Baoji get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 56 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -2.9 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 80 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Baoji?

September, averaging 140 mm over 13 days with rain. The driest month is December with 11 mm. The year as a whole averages 733 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Baoji rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 34.368°, 107.237° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.