Hulunbuir climate
Hulunbuir is warmest in July, with average highs of 26 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -30 °C. July is the wettest month (90 mm) and January the driest (2.6 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Hulunbuir averages 383 mm of rain, 45 days above 25 °C and 205 days below freezing.
China · population 349,400 · 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 -30 °C
- Driest month January 3 mm
- Wettest month July 90 mm
- Least cloud October 44 % cloud
- Hottest on record August 39 °C
- Coldest on record January -45 °C
What to expectHulunbuir through the year
Hulunbuir has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -18 °C in January to 26 °C in July, a swing of 45 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 45 days a year reach 25 °C, 10 of them reach 30 °C, 205 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in August.
Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 90 mm against 3 mm in January — 34 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | -18.1 °C | 3 mm | 54 % |
| February | -11.4 °C | 3 mm | 51 % |
| March | -1.7 °C | 8 mm | 47 % |
| April | 9.4 °C | 19 mm | 54 % |
| May | 17.9 °C | 34 mm | 56 % |
| June | 23.9 °C | 59 mm | 57 % |
| July | 25.7 °C | 90 mm | 59 % |
| August | 23.4 °C | 86 mm | 55 % |
| September | 16.8 °C | 46 mm | 49 % |
| October | 6.7 °C | 23 mm | 44 % |
| November | -5.7 °C | 6 mm | 45 % |
| December | -15.9 °C | 5 mm | 50 % |
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 | -18.1 °C | -30.1 °C | -23.9 °C | -2.4 °C | -44.6 °C | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| February | -11.4 °C | -26.2 °C | -18.2 °C | 4.9 °C | -44.0 °C | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| March | -1.7 °C | -15.2 °C | -8.2 °C | 16.4 °C | -36.4 °C | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| April | 9.4 °C | -2.6 °C | 3.2 °C | 27.9 °C | -19.2 °C | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| May | 17.9 °C | 5.0 °C | 11.7 °C | 33.4 °C | -4.9 °C | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| June | 23.9 °C | 12.2 °C | 18.3 °C | 39.0 °C | 1.2 °C | 12 | 3 | 0 |
| July | 25.7 °C | 15.5 °C | 20.7 °C | 38.3 °C | 7.3 °C | 17 | 4 | 0 |
| August | 23.4 °C | 13.2 °C | 18.3 °C | 39.3 °C | 3.6 °C | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| September | 16.8 °C | 6.0 °C | 11.2 °C | 31.3 °C | -8.5 °C | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| October | 6.7 °C | -3.3 °C | 1.3 °C | 27.3 °C | -20.1 °C | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| November | -5.7 °C | -15.3 °C | -10.5 °C | 11.4 °C | -40.0 °C | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| December | -15.9 °C | -26.2 °C | -20.9 °C | 4.6 °C | -42.6 °C | 0 | 0 | 31 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3 mm | 1 | 8.7 h/day | 54 % | 75 % | 15 km/h |
| February | 3 mm | 1 | 10 h/day | 51 % | 73 % | 17 km/h |
| March | 8 mm | 2 | 12 h/day | 47 % | 57 % | 20 km/h |
| April | 19 mm | 4 | 14 h/day | 54 % | 42 % | 24 km/h |
| May | 34 mm | 7 | 15 h/day | 56 % | 46 % | 24 km/h |
| June | 59 mm | 9 | 16 h/day | 57 % | 57 % | 19 km/h |
| July | 90 mm | 12 | 16 h/day | 59 % | 67 % | 18 km/h |
| August | 86 mm | 11 | 14 h/day | 55 % | 68 % | 18 km/h |
| September | 46 mm | 7 | 13 h/day | 49 % | 63 % | 20 km/h |
| October | 23 mm | 5 | 11 h/day | 44 % | 60 % | 20 km/h |
| November | 6 mm | 2 | 9.1 h/day | 45 % | 64 % | 18 km/h |
| December | 5 mm | 1 | 8.2 h/day | 50 % | 73 % | 15 km/h |
How Hulunbuir 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hulunbuir | 26 °C | -30 °C | 383 mm | 45 |
| Hulan Ergi · China | 28 °C | -24 °C | 456 mm | 75 |
| Ulanhot · China | 28 °C | -19 °C | 439 mm | 74 |
| Baicheng · China | 29 °C | -19 °C | 404 mm | 89 |
| Daqing · China | 28 °C | -24 °C | 488 mm | 71 |
| Daxing’anling · China | 25 °C | -28 °C | 549 mm | 34 |
Where Hulunbuir ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| The coolest places in Asia in February | 1st of 50 | -11 °C |
| The coolest places in Asia in January | 1st of 50 | -18 °C |
| The coolest places in Asia in December | 2nd of 50 | -16 °C |
| The coolest places in Asia in November | 2nd of 50 | -5.7 °C |
| The coolest places in Asia year-round | 2nd of 50 | 5.9 °C |
| The coolest places in Asia in October | 3rd of 50 | 6.7 °C |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Hulunbuir.
QuestionsCommon questions about Hulunbuir’s climate
When is the best time to visit Hulunbuir?
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 Hulunbuir get?
In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 26 °C. About 10 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 -30 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 205 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Hulunbuir?
July, averaging 90 mm over 12 days with rain. The driest month is January with 3 mm. The year as a whole averages 383 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 Hulunbuir 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
- 49.211°, 119.756° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
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.