Benxi climate

Name: Benxi
Address: CN

Benxi is warmest in July, with average highs of 28 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -17 °C. August is the wettest month (206 mm) and January the driest (9.0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Benxi averages 873 mm of rain, 81 days above 25 °C and 153 days below freezing.

China · population 987,717 · 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 28 °C
Coldest month January -17 °C
Driest month January 9 mm
Wettest month August 206 mm
Least cloud January 32 % cloud
Hottest on record August 37 °C
Coldest on record January -36 °C

What to expectBenxi through the year

Benxi has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -5.8 °C in January to 28 °C in July, a swing of 35 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 81 days a year reach 25 °C, 14 of them reach 30 °C, 153 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 206 mm against 9 mm in January — 23 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-5.8 °C	9 mm	32 %
February	-0.8 °C	15 mm	35 %
March	6.7 °C	28 mm	42 %
April	14.9 °C	56 mm	49 %
May	21.3 °C	79 mm	53 %
June	25.7 °C	125 mm	63 %
July	27.8 °C	178 mm	68 %
August	27.0 °C	206 mm	62 %
September	22.5 °C	67 mm	47 %
October	14.6 °C	53 mm	39 %
November	4.5 °C	39 mm	39 %
December	-3.5 °C	18 mm	35 %

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	-5.8 °C	-16.8 °C	-11.2 °C	6.3 °C	-35.6 °C	0	0	31
February	-0.8 °C	-12.3 °C	-6.5 °C	13.7 °C	-28.0 °C	0	0	28
March	6.7 °C	-4.1 °C	1.0 °C	20.8 °C	-19.4 °C	0	0	26
April	14.9 °C	3.0 °C	8.7 °C	27.2 °C	-10.6 °C	0	0	8
May	21.3 °C	10.0 °C	15.5 °C	32.5 °C	-0.4 °C	6	0	0
June	25.7 °C	15.9 °C	20.5 °C	36.3 °C	7.5 °C	18	3	0
July	27.8 °C	19.8 °C	23.5 °C	34.8 °C	12.4 °C	26	6	0
August	27.0 °C	19.0 °C	22.7 °C	37.4 °C	7.2 °C	24	4	0
September	22.5 °C	12.6 °C	17.3 °C	31.0 °C	1.2 °C	7	0	0
October	14.6 °C	4.5 °C	9.2 °C	26.9 °C	-6.6 °C	0	0	6
November	4.5 °C	-4.2 °C	0.0 °C	18.6 °C	-20.9 °C	0	0	24
December	-3.5 °C	-13.4 °C	-8.3 °C	9.3 °C	-32.4 °C	0	0	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	9 mm	2	9.5 h/day	32 %	61 %	14 km/h
February	15 mm	3	11 h/day	35 %	55 %	15 km/h
March	28 mm	5	12 h/day	42 %	51 %	18 km/h
April	56 mm	8	13 h/day	49 %	58 %	19 km/h
May	79 mm	10	15 h/day	53 %	64 %	17 km/h
June	125 mm	14	15 h/day	63 %	74 %	15 km/h
July	178 mm	15	15 h/day	68 %	81 %	14 km/h
August	206 mm	14	14 h/day	62 %	82 %	13 km/h
September	67 mm	8	13 h/day	47 %	73 %	14 km/h
October	53 mm	7	11 h/day	39 %	68 %	15 km/h
November	39 mm	6	9.9 h/day	39 %	64 %	16 km/h
December	18 mm	4	9.2 h/day	35 %	61 %	14 km/h

How Benxi 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
Benxi	28 °C	-17 °C	873 mm	81
Shenyang · China	29 °C	-17 °C	795 mm	101
Anshan · China	29 °C	-14 °C	721 mm	102
Fushun · China	29 °C	-17 °C	872 mm	94
Haicheng · China	29 °C	-14 °C	676 mm	103
Tieling · China	29 °C	-17 °C	782 mm	94
Dandong · China	28 °C	-12 °C	978 mm	77

Where Benxi ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Asia in January	49th of 50	-5.8 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Benxi’s climate

When is the best time to visit Benxi?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, August, September 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 Benxi get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 28 °C. About 14 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -17 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 153 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Benxi?

August, averaging 206 mm over 14 days with rain. The driest month is January with 9 mm. The year as a whole averages 873 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 Benxi 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: 41.289°, 123.765° (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.