Baotou climate

Name: Baotou
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Baotou is warmest in July, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -17 °C. July is the wettest month (82 mm) and January the driest (2.4 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Baotou averages 351 mm of rain, 99 days above 25 °C and 171 days below freezing.

China · population 2,150,000 · 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 30 °C
Coldest month January -17 °C
Driest month January 2 mm
Wettest month July 82 mm
Least cloud December 25 % cloud
Hottest on record June 39 °C
Coldest on record January -36 °C

What to expectBaotou through the year

Baotou has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -4.0 °C in January to 30 °C in July, a swing of 34 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 99 days a year reach 25 °C, 34 of them reach 30 °C, 171 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in June.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 82 mm against 2 mm in January — 35 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-4.0 °C	2 mm	28 %
February	1.2 °C	5 mm	34 %
March	8.5 °C	13 mm	38 %
April	16.7 °C	17 mm	42 %
May	23.3 °C	28 mm	46 %
June	28.3 °C	37 mm	50 %
July	29.7 °C	82 mm	49 %
August	27.4 °C	81 mm	45 %
September	22.0 °C	54 mm	41 %
October	14.3 °C	19 mm	30 %
November	4.7 °C	9 mm	27 %
December	-2.8 °C	3 mm	25 %

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	-4.0 °C	-16.7 °C	-10.3 °C	9.0 °C	-35.7 °C	0	0	31
February	1.2 °C	-12.0 °C	-5.2 °C	17.4 °C	-33.7 °C	0	0	28
March	8.5 °C	-5.0 °C	1.6 °C	24.8 °C	-18.2 °C	0	0	29
April	16.7 °C	1.3 °C	9.1 °C	32.0 °C	-8.1 °C	2	0	11
May	23.3 °C	8.4 °C	16.2 °C	35.1 °C	-4.4 °C	12	2	1
June	28.3 °C	14.7 °C	21.8 °C	39.1 °C	4.3 °C	25	10	0
July	29.7 °C	17.6 °C	23.8 °C	39.1 °C	8.8 °C	29	14	0
August	27.4 °C	15.7 °C	21.6 °C	35.2 °C	4.3 °C	24	7	0
September	22.0 °C	9.8 °C	15.9 °C	33.7 °C	-2.1 °C	7	1	0
October	14.3 °C	1.5 °C	7.9 °C	27.8 °C	-9.1 °C	0	0	11
November	4.7 °C	-6.1 °C	-1.0 °C	18.7 °C	-20.3 °C	0	0	28
December	-2.8 °C	-13.8 °C	-8.3 °C	8.3 °C	-34.4 °C	0	0	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	2 mm	1	9.6 h/day	28 %	48 %	14 km/h
February	5 mm	1	11 h/day	34 %	41 %	17 km/h
March	13 mm	3	12 h/day	38 %	37 %	19 km/h
April	17 mm	3	13 h/day	42 %	35 %	21 km/h
May	28 mm	4	14 h/day	46 %	35 %	21 km/h
June	37 mm	6	15 h/day	50 %	41 %	19 km/h
July	82 mm	8	15 h/day	49 %	53 %	16 km/h
August	81 mm	9	14 h/day	45 %	58 %	15 km/h
September	54 mm	7	12 h/day	41 %	56 %	16 km/h
October	19 mm	3	11 h/day	30 %	53 %	16 km/h
November	9 mm	2	9.9 h/day	27 %	51 %	16 km/h
December	3 mm	1	9.3 h/day	25 %	48 %	15 km/h

How Baotou 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
Baotou	30 °C	-17 °C	351 mm	99
Ordos · China	28 °C	-15 °C	406 mm	78
Hohhot · China	28 °C	-18 °C	404 mm	80
Bayan Nur · China	32 °C	-15 °C	194 mm	116
Shuozhou · China	27 °C	-15 °C	539 mm	77
Wuhai · China	31 °C	-13 °C	174 mm	113
Ulanqab · China	26 °C	-19 °C	408 mm	56

Where Baotou ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in August	41st of 50	85/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Baotou’s climate

When is the best time to visit Baotou?

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

How hot does Baotou get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 34 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -17 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 171 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Baotou?

July, averaging 82 mm over 8 days with rain. The driest month is January with 2 mm. The year as a whole averages 351 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 Baotou 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: 40.652°, 109.844° (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.