Bengbu climate

Name: Bengbu
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Bengbu is warmest in July, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -2.3 °C. July is the wettest month (222 mm) and December the driest (24 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Bengbu averages 997 mm of rain, 142 days above 25 °C and 57 days below freezing.

China · population 972,784 · 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 -2.3 °C
Driest month December 24 mm
Wettest month July 222 mm
Least cloud December 48 % cloud
Hottest on record July 39 °C
Coldest on record January -17 °C

What to expectBengbu through the year

Bengbu has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 7.0 °C in January to 31 °C in July, a swing of 26 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 142 days a year reach 25 °C, 65 of them reach 30 °C, 57 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 222 mm against 24 mm in December — 9.1 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	7.0 °C	33 mm	53 %
February	9.9 °C	36 mm	59 %
March	14.9 °C	56 mm	63 %
April	21.2 °C	57 mm	62 %
May	26.3 °C	90 mm	65 %
June	29.7 °C	143 mm	66 %
July	31.5 °C	222 mm	68 %
August	30.4 °C	166 mm	62 %
September	26.7 °C	82 mm	56 %
October	22.0 °C	48 mm	52 %
November	15.5 °C	41 mm	49 %
December	9.1 °C	24 mm	48 %

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	7.0 °C	-2.3 °C	2.3 °C	22.2 °C	-17.3 °C	0	0	23
February	9.9 °C	0.3 °C	5.1 °C	25.4 °C	-13.1 °C	0	0	13
March	14.9 °C	5.1 °C	9.9 °C	28.5 °C	-5.4 °C	1	0	3
April	21.2 °C	11.3 °C	16.1 °C	36.4 °C	0.2 °C	6	1	0
May	26.3 °C	16.8 °C	21.4 °C	36.1 °C	6.7 °C	20	6	0
June	29.7 °C	21.2 °C	25.3 °C	38.4 °C	14.2 °C	27	15	0
July	31.5 °C	24.7 °C	27.8 °C	38.8 °C	16.3 °C	30	21	0
August	30.4 °C	23.8 °C	26.9 °C	38.1 °C	16.1 °C	29	18	0
September	26.7 °C	19.0 °C	22.6 °C	36.5 °C	9.8 °C	22	4	0
October	22.0 °C	12.9 °C	17.2 °C	32.2 °C	2.8 °C	6	0	0
November	15.5 °C	6.1 °C	10.6 °C	27.2 °C	-8.0 °C	1	0	2
December	9.1 °C	-0.2 °C	4.3 °C	21.4 °C	-14.9 °C	0	0	16

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	33 mm	5	10 h/day	53 %	69 %	14 km/h
February	36 mm	6	11 h/day	59 %	69 %	15 km/h
March	56 mm	7	12 h/day	63 %	68 %	17 km/h
April	57 mm	7	13 h/day	62 %	68 %	17 km/h
May	90 mm	8	14 h/day	65 %	68 %	16 km/h
June	143 mm	9	14 h/day	66 %	72 %	15 km/h
July	222 mm	15	14 h/day	68 %	80 %	14 km/h
August	166 mm	14	13 h/day	62 %	82 %	14 km/h
September	82 mm	9	12 h/day	56 %	76 %	14 km/h
October	48 mm	6	11 h/day	52 %	70 %	14 km/h
November	41 mm	6	10 h/day	49 %	70 %	14 km/h
December	24 mm	4	10.0 h/day	48 %	69 %	14 km/h

How Bengbu 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
Bengbu	31 °C	-2.3 °C	997 mm	142
Huainan · China	31 °C	-1.9 °C	982 mm	142
Suzhou · China	31 °C	-3.1 °C	933 mm	145
Chuzhou · China	31 °C	-1.7 °C	1,177 mm	139
Hefei · China	32 °C	-1.1 °C	1,113 mm	146
Xuzhou · China	31 °C	-3.7 °C	890 mm	142
Suqian · China	31 °C	-3.4 °C	951 mm	138

Where Bengbu ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in October	48th of 50	96/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Bengbu’s climate

When is the best time to visit Bengbu?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, September, October 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 Bengbu get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 65 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 -2.3 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 57 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Bengbu?

July, averaging 222 mm over 15 days with rain. The driest month is December with 24 mm. The year as a whole averages 997 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 Bengbu 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: 32.941°, 117.361° (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.