Chifeng climate

Name: Chifeng
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Chifeng is warmest in July, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -16 °C. July is the wettest month (107 mm) and January the driest (1.2 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Chifeng averages 394 mm of rain, 99 days above 25 °C and 171 days below freezing.

China · population 346,654 · 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 -16 °C
Driest month January 1 mm
Wettest month July 107 mm
Least cloud January 24 % cloud
Hottest on record July 42 °C
Coldest on record December -32 °C

What to expectChifeng through the year

Chifeng has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -3.8 °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, 37 of them reach 30 °C, 171 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 107 mm against 1 mm in January — 92 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-3.8 °C	1 mm	24 %
February	0.6 °C	3 mm	31 %
March	7.5 °C	10 mm	38 %
April	16.0 °C	21 mm	45 %
May	23.3 °C	41 mm	49 %
June	27.6 °C	72 mm	57 %
July	29.5 °C	107 mm	56 %
August	27.9 °C	68 mm	49 %
September	23.1 °C	36 mm	41 %
October	14.8 °C	24 mm	31 %
November	4.4 °C	9 mm	28 %
December	-2.4 °C	2 mm	26 %

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	-3.8 °C	-15.7 °C	-10.0 °C	9.6 °C	-30.2 °C	0	0	31
February	0.6 °C	-11.5 °C	-5.8 °C	17.3 °C	-25.8 °C	0	0	28
March	7.5 °C	-5.1 °C	0.8 °C	26.3 °C	-19.5 °C	0	0	28
April	16.0 °C	1.7 °C	8.8 °C	32.9 °C	-12.2 °C	2	0	12
May	23.3 °C	9.4 °C	16.5 °C	37.8 °C	-2.2 °C	12	3	0
June	27.6 °C	15.1 °C	21.4 °C	40.2 °C	5.5 °C	22	9	0
July	29.5 °C	18.4 °C	23.9 °C	42.1 °C	9.3 °C	27	14	0
August	27.9 °C	16.5 °C	22.2 °C	37.9 °C	5.6 °C	24	9	0
September	23.1 °C	10.5 °C	16.7 °C	34.9 °C	-2.3 °C	11	1	0
October	14.8 °C	2.0 °C	8.1 °C	30.3 °C	-7.5 °C	0	0	11
November	4.4 °C	-6.5 °C	-1.7 °C	21.2 °C	-29.7 °C	0	0	29
December	-2.4 °C	-13.2 °C	-8.2 °C	10.6 °C	-32.0 °C	0	0	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	1 mm	1	9.4 h/day	24 %	43 %	16 km/h
February	3 mm	1	11 h/day	31 %	38 %	18 km/h
March	10 mm	2	12 h/day	38 %	35 %	21 km/h
April	21 mm	4	13 h/day	45 %	36 %	22 km/h
May	41 mm	6	15 h/day	49 %	39 %	22 km/h
June	72 mm	10	15 h/day	57 %	53 %	18 km/h
July	107 mm	11	15 h/day	56 %	63 %	16 km/h
August	68 mm	8	14 h/day	49 %	63 %	15 km/h
September	36 mm	6	13 h/day	41 %	54 %	17 km/h
October	24 mm	4	11 h/day	31 %	50 %	18 km/h
November	9 mm	2	9.8 h/day	28 %	47 %	17 km/h
December	2 mm	1	9.1 h/day	26 %	44 %	16 km/h

How Chifeng 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
Chifeng	30 °C	-16 °C	394 mm	99
Chaoyang · China	30 °C	-13 °C	524 mm	116
Beipiao · China	29 °C	-14 °C	498 mm	105
Chengde · China	29 °C	-12 °C	575 mm	105
Nanpiao · China	30 °C	-12 °C	564 mm	112
Jinzhou · China	29 °C	-11 °C	585 mm	99
Fuxin · China	29 °C	-14 °C	569 mm	101

Where Chifeng ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Asia in January	26th of 50	1.2 mm
Places with the best weather in Asia in September	27th of 50	95/100
The driest places in Asia in December	30th of 50	1.7 mm
The coolest places in Asia in November	48th of 50	4.4 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Chifeng’s climate

When is the best time to visit Chifeng?

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 Chifeng get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 37 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -16 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 171 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Chifeng?

July, averaging 107 mm over 11 days with rain. The driest month is January with 1 mm. The year as a whole averages 394 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 Chifeng 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: 42.268°, 118.964° (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.