Jilin climate

Name: Jilin
Address: CN

Jilin is warmest in July, with average highs of 27 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -22 °C. July is the wettest month (197 mm) and January the driest (8.8 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Jilin averages 832 mm of rain, 67 days above 25 °C and 166 days below freezing.

China · population 1,895,865 · 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 -22 °C
Driest month January 9 mm
Wettest month July 197 mm
Least cloud October 42 % cloud
Hottest on record June 35 °C
Coldest on record January -36 °C

What to expectJilin through the year

Jilin has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -10 °C in January to 27 °C in July, a swing of 39 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 67 days a year reach 25 °C, 9 of them reach 30 °C, 166 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in June.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 197 mm against 9 mm in January — 22 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-10.3 °C	9 mm	44 %
February	-5.0 °C	12 mm	44 %
March	3.5 °C	26 mm	49 %
April	13.2 °C	44 mm	54 %
May	20.0 °C	81 mm	58 %
June	25.0 °C	120 mm	62 %
July	27.0 °C	197 mm	66 %
August	25.7 °C	174 mm	62 %
September	20.7 °C	74 mm	47 %
October	12.2 °C	49 mm	42 %
November	1.4 °C	32 mm	45 %
December	-7.8 °C	14 mm	45 %

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	-10.3 °C	-21.9 °C	-16.0 °C	4.1 °C	-35.8 °C	0	0	31
February	-5.0 °C	-17.1 °C	-10.9 °C	11.2 °C	-32.6 °C	0	0	28
March	3.5 °C	-7.6 °C	-2.2 °C	21.0 °C	-26.2 °C	0	0	28
April	13.2 °C	1.4 °C	7.1 °C	28.0 °C	-10.4 °C	1	0	13
May	20.0 °C	8.6 °C	14.2 °C	32.5 °C	-2.1 °C	5	0	0
June	25.0 °C	14.8 °C	19.7 °C	34.8 °C	5.6 °C	16	2	0
July	27.0 °C	18.9 °C	22.7 °C	34.0 °C	11.6 °C	24	4	0
August	25.7 °C	17.9 °C	21.5 °C	34.3 °C	7.6 °C	19	2	0
September	20.7 °C	11.3 °C	15.7 °C	29.5 °C	0.2 °C	4	0	0
October	12.2 °C	3.0 °C	7.3 °C	26.6 °C	-10.1 °C	0	0	8
November	1.4 °C	-6.8 °C	-2.8 °C	18.1 °C	-24.6 °C	0	0	26
December	-7.8 °C	-18.1 °C	-12.8 °C	8.8 °C	-32.8 °C	0	0	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	9 mm	3	9.3 h/day	44 %	70 %	13 km/h
February	12 mm	3	10 h/day	44 %	65 %	15 km/h
March	26 mm	5	12 h/day	49 %	55 %	18 km/h
April	44 mm	8	13 h/day	54 %	55 %	19 km/h
May	81 mm	12	15 h/day	58 %	63 %	18 km/h
June	120 mm	14	15 h/day	62 %	73 %	14 km/h
July	197 mm	15	15 h/day	66 %	81 %	13 km/h
August	174 mm	15	14 h/day	62 %	82 %	13 km/h
September	74 mm	9	13 h/day	47 %	74 %	14 km/h
October	49 mm	8	11 h/day	42 %	68 %	17 km/h
November	32 mm	6	9.7 h/day	45 %	66 %	16 km/h
December	14 mm	4	8.9 h/day	45 %	70 %	14 km/h

How Jilin 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
Jilin	27 °C	-22 °C	832 mm	67
Changchun · China	27 °C	-21 °C	663 mm	76
Longshan · China	27 °C	-20 °C	748 mm	73
Siping · China	28 °C	-19 °C	727 mm	81
Harbin · China	27 °C	-24 °C	638 mm	70
Baishan · China	26 °C	-21 °C	1,059 mm	55

Where Jilin ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Asia in January	25th of 50	-10 °C
The coolest places in Asia in December	28th of 50	-7.8 °C
The coolest places in Asia in February	29th of 50	-5.0 °C
The coolest places in Asia in November	32nd of 50	1.4 °C
The coolest places in Asia in October	34th of 50	12 °C
The coolest places in Asia year-round	34th of 50	10 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Jilin’s climate

When is the best time to visit Jilin?

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 Jilin get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 27 °C. About 9 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 -22 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 166 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Jilin?

July, averaging 197 mm over 15 days with rain. The driest month is January with 9 mm. The year as a whole averages 832 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 Jilin 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: 43.847°, 126.561° (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.