Harbin climate

Name: Harbin
Address: CN

Harbin is warmest in July, with average highs of 27 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -24 °C. July is the wettest month (155 mm) and January the driest (4.4 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Harbin averages 638 mm of rain, 70 days above 25 °C and 171 days below freezing.

China · population 5,242,897 · 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 27 °C
Coldest month January -24 °C
Driest month January 4 mm
Wettest month July 155 mm
Least cloud December 40 % cloud
Hottest on record June 37 °C
Coldest on record January -43 °C

What to expectHarbin through the year

Harbin has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -13 °C in January to 27 °C in July, a swing of 41 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 70 days a year reach 25 °C, 12 of them reach 30 °C, 171 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in June.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 155 mm against 4 mm in January — 35 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-13.0 °C	4 mm	42 %
February	-6.9 °C	6 mm	44 %
March	3.0 °C	15 mm	47 %
April	13.3 °C	30 mm	53 %
May	20.5 °C	64 mm	58 %
June	25.7 °C	99 mm	59 %
July	27.3 °C	155 mm	63 %
August	25.6 °C	133 mm	59 %
September	20.5 °C	69 mm	47 %
October	11.7 °C	37 mm	41 %
November	-0.2 °C	17 mm	43 %
December	-10.6 °C	8 mm	40 %

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	-13.0 °C	-24.4 °C	-18.5 °C	2.2 °C	-43.0 °C	0	0	31
February	-6.9 °C	-19.2 °C	-12.8 °C	10.0 °C	-40.6 °C	0	0	28
March	3.0 °C	-8.3 °C	-2.8 °C	21.3 °C	-25.8 °C	0	0	29
April	13.3 °C	1.3 °C	7.2 °C	30.7 °C	-15.3 °C	1	0	13
May	20.5 °C	9.0 °C	14.7 °C	32.8 °C	-2.4 °C	6	1	0
June	25.7 °C	15.6 °C	20.6 °C	36.6 °C	6.1 °C	17	5	0
July	27.3 °C	19.0 °C	23.0 °C	35.0 °C	9.9 °C	24	5	0
August	25.6 °C	17.4 °C	21.3 °C	33.7 °C	7.6 °C	19	1	0
September	20.5 °C	10.9 °C	15.5 °C	29.3 °C	0.0 °C	4	0	0
October	11.7 °C	2.2 °C	6.6 °C	26.7 °C	-11.2 °C	0	0	10
November	-0.2 °C	-8.6 °C	-4.6 °C	17.8 °C	-28.8 °C	0	0	28
December	-10.6 °C	-20.5 °C	-15.4 °C	7.6 °C	-38.0 °C	0	0	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	4 mm	1	9.1 h/day	42 %	70 %	16 km/h
February	6 mm	2	10 h/day	44 %	65 %	19 km/h
March	15 mm	3	12 h/day	47 %	49 %	22 km/h
April	30 mm	6	14 h/day	53 %	47 %	24 km/h
May	64 mm	9	15 h/day	58 %	54 %	23 km/h
June	99 mm	12	16 h/day	59 %	65 %	19 km/h
July	155 mm	15	15 h/day	63 %	76 %	17 km/h
August	133 mm	13	14 h/day	59 %	78 %	17 km/h
September	69 mm	9	13 h/day	47 %	68 %	19 km/h
October	37 mm	7	11 h/day	41 %	61 %	21 km/h
November	17 mm	4	9.5 h/day	43 %	61 %	20 km/h
December	8 mm	2	8.7 h/day	40 %	67 %	17 km/h

How Harbin 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
Harbin	27 °C	-24 °C	638 mm	70
Zhaodong · China	27 °C	-23 °C	560 mm	72
Suihua · China	27 °C	-26 °C	638 mm	59
Daqing · China	28 °C	-24 °C	488 mm	71
Jilin · China	27 °C	-22 °C	832 mm	67
Changchun · China	27 °C	-21 °C	663 mm	76

Where Harbin ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Asia in January	11thof 50	-13 °C
The coolest places in Asia in December	14thof 50	-11 °C
The coolest places in Asia in February	20thof 50	-6.9 °C
The coolest places in Asia year-round	24thof 50	9.7 °C
The coolest places in Asia in November	25thof 50	-0.2 °C
The coolest places in the world in December	29thof 50	-11 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Harbin’s climate

When is the best time to visit Harbin?

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 Harbin get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 27 °C. About 12 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 -24 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 171 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Harbin?

July, averaging 155 mm over 15 days with rain. The driest month is January with 4 mm. The year as a whole averages 638 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 Harbin 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
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.