Hegang climate

Name: Hegang
Address: CN

Hegang is warmest in July, with average highs of 26 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -26 °C. July is the wettest month (145 mm) and January the driest (5.0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Hegang averages 662 mm of rain, 46 days above 25 °C and 189 days below freezing.

China · population 743,307 · 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 26 °C
Coldest month January -26 °C
Driest month January 5 mm
Wettest month July 145 mm
Least cloud January 38 % cloud
Hottest on record June 35 °C
Coldest on record January -43 °C

What to expectHegang through the year

Hegang has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -14 °C in January to 26 °C in July, a swing of 41 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 46 days a year reach 25 °C, 5 of them reach 30 °C, 189 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in June.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 145 mm against 5 mm in January — 29 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-13.5 °C	5 mm	38 %
February	-7.7 °C	6 mm	41 %
March	1.0 °C	18 mm	51 %
April	11.4 °C	39 mm	58 %
May	18.6 °C	74 mm	62 %
June	23.2 °C	104 mm	67 %
July	25.5 °C	145 mm	67 %
August	23.8 °C	135 mm	64 %
September	18.8 °C	70 mm	50 %
October	9.6 °C	40 mm	44 %
November	-2.4 °C	16 mm	43 %
December	-12.6 °C	10 mm	41 %

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	-13.5 °C	-25.8 °C	-20.2 °C	-1.5 °C	-43.0 °C	0	0	31
February	-7.7 °C	-21.1 °C	-14.9 °C	7.0 °C	-37.4 °C	0	0	28
March	1.0 °C	-10.9 °C	-5.3 °C	17.6 °C	-29.8 °C	0	0	30
April	11.4 °C	-1.1 °C	5.0 °C	27.8 °C	-16.5 °C	0	0	19
May	18.6 °C	6.3 °C	12.5 °C	31.8 °C	-3.1 °C	3	0	2
June	23.2 °C	13.1 °C	18.2 °C	34.5 °C	3.9 °C	11	2	0
July	25.5 °C	16.7 °C	21.1 °C	34.5 °C	9.9 °C	19	2	0
August	23.8 °C	15.2 °C	19.4 °C	31.4 °C	6.2 °C	12	0	0
September	18.8 °C	8.4 °C	13.4 °C	28.9 °C	-2.9 °C	1	0	0
October	9.6 °C	-0.4 °C	4.1 °C	25.5 °C	-18.0 °C	0	0	17
November	-2.4 °C	-11.4 °C	-7.3 °C	14.1 °C	-31.3 °C	0	0	29
December	-12.6 °C	-22.6 °C	-17.9 °C	5.9 °C	-37.6 °C	0	0	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	5 mm	1	8.9 h/day	38 %	69 %	13 km/h
February	6 mm	2	10 h/day	41 %	65 %	15 km/h
March	18 mm	4	12 h/day	51 %	53 %	17 km/h
April	39 mm	7	14 h/day	58 %	53 %	18 km/h
May	74 mm	11	15 h/day	62 %	63 %	17 km/h
June	104 mm	13	16 h/day	67 %	74 %	14 km/h
July	145 mm	14	16 h/day	67 %	80 %	13 km/h
August	135 mm	13	14 h/day	64 %	81 %	13 km/h
September	70 mm	10	13 h/day	50 %	73 %	15 km/h
October	40 mm	7	11 h/day	44 %	65 %	16 km/h
November	16 mm	4	9.3 h/day	43 %	58 %	15 km/h
December	10 mm	3	8.5 h/day	41 %	66 %	13 km/h

How Hegang 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
Hegang	26 °C	-26 °C	662 mm	46
Jiamusi · China	27 °C	-25 °C	583 mm	59
Shuangyashan · China	26 °C	-23 °C	614 mm	55
Yichun · China	25 °C	-27 °C	644 mm	42
Qitaihe · China	26 °C	-23 °C	684 mm	51
Jixi · China	26 °C	-22 °C	635 mm	55
Suihua · China	27 °C	-26 °C	638 mm	59

Where Hegang ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Asia in December	5th of 50	-13 °C
The coolest places in Asia in January	6th of 50	-14 °C
The coolest places in Asia in November	8th of 50	-2.4 °C
The coolest places in Asia year-round	9th of 50	8.0 °C
The coolest places in Asia in October	14th of 50	9.6 °C
The coolest places in Asia in February	15th of 50	-7.7 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Hegang’s climate

When is the best time to visit Hegang?

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 Hegang get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 26 °C. About 5 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -26 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 189 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Hegang?

July, averaging 145 mm over 14 days with rain. The driest month is January with 5 mm. The year as a whole averages 662 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 Hegang 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: 47.347°, 130.290° (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.