Jincheng climate

Name: Jincheng
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Jincheng is warmest in July, with average highs of 28 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -6.3 °C. July is the wettest month (151 mm) and December the driest (7.2 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Jincheng averages 597 mm of rain, 102 days above 25 °C and 116 days below freezing.

China · population 476,945 · 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 -6.3 °C
Driest month December 7 mm
Wettest month July 151 mm
Least cloud December 37 % cloud
Hottest on record June 37 °C
Coldest on record January -20 °C

What to expectJincheng through the year

Jincheng has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 4.0 °C in January to 28 °C in July, a swing of 26 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 102 days a year reach 25 °C, 24 of them reach 30 °C, 116 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in June.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 151 mm against 7 mm in December — 21 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	4.0 °C	9 mm	43 %
February	7.2 °C	12 mm	49 %
March	12.9 °C	20 mm	54 %
April	19.3 °C	38 mm	54 %
May	24.2 °C	48 mm	58 %
June	28.0 °C	63 mm	59 %
July	28.4 °C	151 mm	63 %
August	26.9 °C	114 mm	59 %
September	23.0 °C	74 mm	58 %
October	17.9 °C	39 mm	51 %
November	11.2 °C	24 mm	43 %
December	5.3 °C	7 mm	37 %

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	4.0 °C	-6.3 °C	-1.6 °C	14.9 °C	-19.7 °C	0	0	31
February	7.2 °C	-3.7 °C	1.4 °C	20.3 °C	-16.4 °C	0	0	26
March	12.9 °C	1.0 °C	6.9 °C	29.2 °C	-8.3 °C	0	0	13
April	19.3 °C	7.3 °C	13.4 °C	34.2 °C	-3.7 °C	3	0	1
May	24.2 °C	12.8 °C	18.6 °C	35.3 °C	1.2 °C	14	2	0
June	28.0 °C	17.5 °C	22.8 °C	37.0 °C	9.4 °C	25	9	0
July	28.4 °C	20.1 °C	24.1 °C	36.1 °C	13.5 °C	28	9	0
August	26.9 °C	18.9 °C	22.7 °C	34.3 °C	10.3 °C	23	4	0
September	23.0 °C	14.1 °C	18.4 °C	32.6 °C	4.1 °C	8	1	0
October	17.9 °C	7.7 °C	12.7 °C	27.6 °C	-2.8 °C	1	0	1
November	11.2 °C	0.5 °C	5.7 °C	23.0 °C	-17.0 °C	0	0	15
December	5.3 °C	-4.6 °C	-0.1 °C	16.3 °C	-17.4 °C	0	0	30

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	9 mm	2	10 h/day	43 %	52 %	14 km/h
February	12 mm	3	11 h/day	49 %	56 %	15 km/h
March	20 mm	4	12 h/day	54 %	54 %	17 km/h
April	38 mm	6	13 h/day	54 %	55 %	17 km/h
May	48 mm	6	14 h/day	58 %	57 %	16 km/h
June	63 mm	7	15 h/day	59 %	62 %	14 km/h
July	151 mm	15	14 h/day	63 %	78 %	13 km/h
August	114 mm	13	14 h/day	59 %	80 %	12 km/h
September	74 mm	8	12 h/day	58 %	73 %	13 km/h
October	39 mm	5	11 h/day	51 %	66 %	13 km/h
November	24 mm	4	10 h/day	43 %	63 %	14 km/h
December	7 mm	2	9.8 h/day	37 %	54 %	15 km/h

How Jincheng 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
Jincheng	28 °C	-6.3 °C	597 mm	102
Jiaozuo · China	31 °C	-4.8 °C	626 mm	143
Jiyuan · China	32 °C	-4.7 °C	646 mm	146
Changzhi · China	28 °C	-8.8 °C	553 mm	88
Xinxiang · China	32 °C	-4.4 °C	564 mm	149
Luoyang · China	32 °C	-4.3 °C	686 mm	148
Changzhi · China	31 °C	-4.7 °C	611 mm	128

Where Jincheng ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in May	3rd of 50	95/100
Places with the best weather in the world in May	37th of 50	95/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Jincheng’s climate

When is the best time to visit Jincheng?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, August, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and December the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Jincheng get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 28 °C. About 24 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 -6.3 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 116 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Jincheng?

July, averaging 151 mm over 15 days with rain. The driest month is December with 7 mm. The year as a whole averages 597 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 Jincheng 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: 35.502°, 112.833° (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.