Hohhot climate

Name: Hohhot
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Hohhot is warmest in July, with average highs of 28 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -18 °C. July is the wettest month (95 mm) and January the driest (3.6 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Hohhot averages 404 mm of rain, 80 days above 25 °C and 175 days below freezing.

China · population 2,350,000 · 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 -18 °C
Driest month January 4 mm
Wettest month July 95 mm
Least cloud December 27 % cloud
Hottest on record July 39 °C
Coldest on record January -37 °C

What to expectHohhot through the year

Hohhot has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -5.4 °C in January to 28 °C in July, a swing of 34 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 80 days a year reach 25 °C, 18 of them reach 30 °C, 175 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 95 mm against 4 mm in January — 26 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-5.4 °C	4 mm	31 %
February	-0.1 °C	6 mm	36 %
March	7.4 °C	16 mm	40 %
April	15.5 °C	23 mm	44 %
May	22.0 °C	34 mm	48 %
June	26.7 °C	45 mm	52 %
July	28.1 °C	95 mm	52 %
August	26.0 °C	73 mm	47 %
September	20.7 °C	62 mm	44 %
October	13.2 °C	30 mm	33 %
November	3.5 °C	12 mm	30 %
December	-4.0 °C	4 mm	27 %

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	-5.4 °C	-18.1 °C	-11.6 °C	8.5 °C	-36.9 °C	0	0	31
February	-0.1 °C	-13.7 °C	-6.7 °C	13.8 °C	-34.8 °C	0	0	28
March	7.4 °C	-5.5 °C	0.8 °C	23.9 °C	-24.9 °C	0	0	28
April	15.5 °C	0.8 °C	8.1 °C	30.4 °C	-13.8 °C	1	0	13
May	22.0 °C	7.4 °C	14.9 °C	34.5 °C	-5.1 °C	9	1	2
June	26.7 °C	13.4 °C	20.3 °C	38.3 °C	3.9 °C	22	6	0
July	28.1 °C	16.3 °C	22.4 °C	38.6 °C	7.8 °C	26	9	0
August	26.0 °C	14.5 °C	20.4 °C	33.6 °C	4.2 °C	20	3	0
September	20.7 °C	9.0 °C	14.9 °C	30.9 °C	-2.4 °C	4	0	0
October	13.2 °C	1.2 °C	7.1 °C	24.1 °C	-10.8 °C	0	0	13
November	3.5 °C	-6.7 °C	-1.8 °C	15.7 °C	-23.7 °C	0	0	28
December	-4.0 °C	-14.9 °C	-9.5 °C	8.9 °C	-33.3 °C	0	0	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	4 mm	1	9.6 h/day	31 %	51 %	13 km/h
February	6 mm	2	11 h/day	36 %	45 %	15 km/h
March	16 mm	3	12 h/day	40 %	39 %	19 km/h
April	23 mm	4	13 h/day	44 %	38 %	20 km/h
May	34 mm	5	14 h/day	48 %	40 %	20 km/h
June	45 mm	7	15 h/day	52 %	47 %	17 km/h
July	95 mm	10	15 h/day	52 %	59 %	14 km/h
August	73 mm	8	14 h/day	47 %	63 %	13 km/h
September	62 mm	8	12 h/day	44 %	59 %	15 km/h
October	30 mm	4	11 h/day	33 %	56 %	16 km/h
November	12 mm	2	9.9 h/day	30 %	53 %	15 km/h
December	4 mm	1	9.3 h/day	27 %	51 %	13 km/h

How Hohhot 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
Hohhot	28 °C	-18 °C	404 mm	80
Ulanqab · China	26 °C	-19 °C	408 mm	56
Baotou · China	30 °C	-17 °C	351 mm	99
Datong · China	28 °C	-16 °C	442 mm	86
Shuozhou · China	27 °C	-15 °C	539 mm	77
Ordos · China	28 °C	-15 °C	406 mm	78
Zhangjiakou · China	29 °C	-16 °C	420 mm	100

Where Hohhot ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in August	16th of 50	89/100
The coolest places in Asia in November	43rd of 50	3.5 °C
The coolest places in Asia in October	47th of 50	13 °C
The coolest places in Asia in December	48th of 50	-4.0 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Hohhot’s climate

When is the best time to visit Hohhot?

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 Hohhot get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 28 °C. About 18 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -18 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 175 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Hohhot?

July, averaging 95 mm over 10 days with rain. The driest month is January with 4 mm. The year as a whole averages 404 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 Hohhot 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: 40.811°, 111.652° (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.