Handan climate

Name: Handan
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Handan is warmest in June, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -5.6 °C. July is the wettest month (153 mm) and January the driest (4.1 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Handan averages 522 mm of rain, 153 days above 25 °C and 104 days below freezing.

China · population 1,358,318 · 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 June 33 °C
Coldest month January -5.6 °C
Driest month January 4 mm
Wettest month July 153 mm
Least cloud December 34 % cloud
Hottest on record June 44 °C
Coldest on record December -13 °C

What to expectHandan through the year

Handan has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 5.2 °C in January to 33 °C in June, a swing of 28 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 153 days a year reach 25 °C, 83 of them reach 30 °C, 104 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C, in June.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 153 mm against 4 mm in January — 37 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	5.2 °C	4 mm	39 %
February	9.3 °C	7 mm	44 %
March	15.9 °C	12 mm	47 %
April	22.8 °C	27 mm	49 %
May	28.4 °C	38 mm	52 %
June	32.5 °C	57 mm	55 %
July	32.1 °C	153 mm	59 %
August	30.0 °C	127 mm	54 %
September	26.6 °C	48 mm	52 %
October	21.6 °C	26 mm	44 %
November	13.6 °C	18 mm	38 %
December	6.8 °C	5 mm	34 %

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	5.2 °C	-5.6 °C	-0.8 °C	17.4 °C	-13.2 °C	0	0	31
February	9.3 °C	-2.9 °C	3.0 °C	26.4 °C	-11.8 °C	0	0	24
March	15.9 °C	2.8 °C	9.4 °C	33.9 °C	-8.1 °C	2	0	8
April	22.8 °C	9.8 °C	16.3 °C	38.9 °C	-3.8 °C	10	3	0
May	28.4 °C	15.9 °C	22.1 °C	41.8 °C	4.2 °C	24	12	0
June	32.5 °C	21.1 °C	26.8 °C	44.4 °C	11.9 °C	29	23	0
July	32.1 °C	23.4 °C	27.6 °C	42.5 °C	16.7 °C	30	23	0
August	30.0 °C	21.7 °C	25.7 °C	37.3 °C	12.0 °C	29	17	0
September	26.6 °C	16.8 °C	21.5 °C	38.8 °C	7.0 °C	22	6	0
October	21.6 °C	9.9 °C	15.6 °C	34.4 °C	-0.7 °C	7	0	0
November	13.6 °C	1.6 °C	7.3 °C	26.5 °C	-13.0 °C	0	0	11
December	6.8 °C	-4.2 °C	0.7 °C	19.7 °C	-13.5 °C	0	0	30

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	4 mm	1	9.9 h/day	39 %	54 %	13 km/h
February	7 mm	2	11 h/day	44 %	53 %	15 km/h
March	12 mm	2	12 h/day	47 %	47 %	19 km/h
April	27 mm	4	13 h/day	49 %	49 %	20 km/h
May	38 mm	5	14 h/day	52 %	51 %	18 km/h
June	57 mm	7	15 h/day	55 %	55 %	16 km/h
July	153 mm	12	14 h/day	59 %	73 %	14 km/h
August	127 mm	12	14 h/day	54 %	77 %	13 km/h
September	48 mm	6	12 h/day	52 %	68 %	14 km/h
October	26 mm	4	11 h/day	44 %	60 %	15 km/h
November	18 mm	3	10 h/day	38 %	61 %	14 km/h
December	5 mm	1	9.7 h/day	34 %	57 %	13 km/h

How Handan 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
Handan	33 °C	-5.6 °C	522 mm	153
Xingtai · China	32 °C	-6.1 °C	516 mm	148
Anyang · China	33 °C	-5.3 °C	567 mm	153
Puyang · China	32 °C	-4.9 °C	618 mm	151
Changzhi · China	28 °C	-8.8 °C	553 mm	88
Liaocheng · China	32 °C	-5.3 °C	625 mm	147
Shijiazhuang · China	32 °C	-6.7 °C	519 mm	146

Where Handan ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in October	35th of 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in the world in October	43rd of 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in Asia in April	49th of 50	94/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Handan’s climate

When is the best time to visit Handan?

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

How hot does Handan get?

In June, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 83 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -5.6 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 104 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Handan?

July, averaging 153 mm over 12 days with rain. The driest month is January with 4 mm. The year as a whole averages 522 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 Handan 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: 36.610°, 114.488° (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.