Bei’an climate
Bei’an is warmest in July, with average highs of 26 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -28 °C. July is the wettest month (146 mm) and January the driest (3.8 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Bei’an averages 622 mm of rain, 47 days above 25 °C and 186 days below freezing.
China · population 436,444 · 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 26 °C
- Coldest month January -28 °C
- Driest month January 4 mm
- Wettest month July 146 mm
- Least cloud December 42 % cloud
- Hottest on record June 36 °C
- Coldest on record January -42 °C
What to expectBei’an through the year
Bei’an has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -15 °C in January to 26 °C in July, a swing of 43 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 47 days a year reach 25 °C, 5 of them reach 30 °C, 186 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in June.
Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 146 mm against 4 mm in January — 38 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | -15.1 °C | 4 mm | 42 % |
| February | -9.2 °C | 5 mm | 43 % |
| March | 0.0 °C | 13 mm | 49 % |
| April | 10.7 °C | 30 mm | 56 % |
| May | 18.5 °C | 54 mm | 61 % |
| June | 24.0 °C | 103 mm | 62 % |
| July | 25.8 °C | 146 mm | 65 % |
| August | 23.7 °C | 133 mm | 61 % |
| September | 17.9 °C | 78 mm | 50 % |
| October | 8.3 °C | 35 mm | 45 % |
| November | -4.1 °C | 13 mm | 43 % |
| December | -14.0 °C | 8 mm | 42 % |
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 | -15.1 °C | -27.8 °C | -21.2 °C | -2.4 °C | -42.2 °C | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| February | -9.2 °C | -23.5 °C | -15.9 °C | 7.3 °C | -39.8 °C | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| March | 0.0 °C | -12.3 °C | -6.0 °C | 15.7 °C | -31.9 °C | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| April | 10.7 °C | -0.4 °C | 5.0 °C | 26.2 °C | -14.2 °C | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| May | 18.5 °C | 7.3 °C | 12.9 °C | 31.8 °C | -2.2 °C | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 24.0 °C | 14.2 °C | 19.1 °C | 36.0 °C | 4.4 °C | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| July | 25.8 °C | 17.5 °C | 21.5 °C | 34.0 °C | 11.1 °C | 20 | 2 | 0 |
| August | 23.7 °C | 15.5 °C | 19.5 °C | 31.8 °C | 4.8 °C | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| September | 17.9 °C | 8.8 °C | 13.2 °C | 28.9 °C | -2.6 °C | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| October | 8.3 °C | -0.2 °C | 3.7 °C | 24.3 °C | -11.5 °C | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| November | -4.1 °C | -12.4 °C | -8.2 °C | 11.6 °C | -33.2 °C | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| December | -14.0 °C | -24.1 °C | -18.9 °C | 5.1 °C | -39.5 °C | 0 | 0 | 31 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4 mm | 1 | 8.8 h/day | 42 % | 72 % | 13 km/h |
| February | 5 mm | 2 | 10 h/day | 43 % | 68 % | 14 km/h |
| March | 13 mm | 3 | 12 h/day | 49 % | 55 % | 18 km/h |
| April | 30 mm | 5 | 14 h/day | 56 % | 47 % | 20 km/h |
| May | 54 mm | 9 | 15 h/day | 61 % | 55 % | 19 km/h |
| June | 103 mm | 12 | 16 h/day | 62 % | 67 % | 16 km/h |
| July | 146 mm | 15 | 16 h/day | 65 % | 77 % | 14 km/h |
| August | 133 mm | 14 | 14 h/day | 61 % | 78 % | 14 km/h |
| September | 78 mm | 9 | 13 h/day | 50 % | 68 % | 17 km/h |
| October | 35 mm | 7 | 11 h/day | 45 % | 63 % | 17 km/h |
| November | 13 mm | 3 | 9.2 h/day | 43 % | 60 % | 15 km/h |
| December | 8 mm | 2 | 8.4 h/day | 42 % | 69 % | 13 km/h |
How Bei’an 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bei’an | 26 °C | -28 °C | 622 mm | 47 |
| Yichun · China | 25 °C | -27 °C | 644 mm | 42 |
| Suihua · China | 27 °C | -26 °C | 638 mm | 59 |
| Daqing · China | 28 °C | -24 °C | 488 mm | 71 |
| Blagoveshchensk · Russia | 26 °C | -27 °C | 539 mm | 49 |
| Hulan Ergi · China | 28 °C | -24 °C | 456 mm | 75 |
| Zhaodong · China | 27 °C | -23 °C | 560 mm | 72 |
Where Bei’an ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| The coolest places in Asia in December | 3rd of 50 | -14 °C |
| The coolest places in Asia in January | 3rd of 50 | -15 °C |
| The coolest places in Asia in November | 3rd of 50 | -4.1 °C |
| The coolest places in Asia year-round | 5th of 50 | 7.2 °C |
| The coolest places in Asia in February | 6th of 50 | -9.2 °C |
| The coolest places in Asia in October | 7th of 50 | 8.3 °C |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Bei’an.
QuestionsCommon questions about Bei’an’s climate
When is the best time to visit Bei’an?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, July, 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 Bei’an get?
In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 26 °C. About 5 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average -28 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 186 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Bei’an?
July, averaging 146 mm over 15 days with rain. The driest month is January with 4 mm. The year as a whole averages 622 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 Bei’an 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
- 48.267°, 126.600° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
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.