Jinzhong climate

Name: Jinzhong
Address: CN

Jinzhong is warmest in July, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -9.1 °C. July is the wettest month (104 mm) and December the driest (3.3 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Jinzhong averages 438 mm of rain, 108 days above 25 °C and 134 days below freezing.

China · population 1,226,617 · 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 29 °C
Coldest month January -9.1 °C
Driest month December 3 mm
Wettest month July 104 mm
Least cloud December 29 % cloud
Hottest on record June 40 °C
Coldest on record January -20 °C

What to expectJinzhong through the year

Jinzhong has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 2.0 °C in January to 29 °C in July, a swing of 28 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 108 days a year reach 25 °C, 40 of them reach 30 °C, 134 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in June.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 104 mm against 3 mm in December — 32 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	2.0 °C	3 mm	34 %
February	5.9 °C	7 mm	40 %
March	12.0 °C	15 mm	45 %
April	19.1 °C	28 mm	47 %
May	24.9 °C	32 mm	51 %
June	28.8 °C	50 mm	55 %
July	29.4 °C	104 mm	57 %
August	27.6 °C	88 mm	54 %
September	23.1 °C	60 mm	52 %
October	17.1 °C	32 mm	42 %
November	9.3 °C	15 mm	33 %
December	2.9 °C	3 mm	29 %

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	2.0 °C	-9.1 °C	-3.9 °C	12.2 °C	-20.4 °C	0	0	31
February	5.9 °C	-5.4 °C	-0.3 °C	17.8 °C	-15.6 °C	0	0	27
March	12.0 °C	-0.9 °C	5.2 °C	27.4 °C	-15.3 °C	0	0	19
April	19.1 °C	5.4 °C	12.1 °C	34.5 °C	-5.0 °C	4	0	3
May	24.9 °C	11.5 °C	18.2 °C	36.9 °C	1.1 °C	16	3	0
June	28.8 °C	16.4 °C	22.5 °C	39.8 °C	8.2 °C	25	12	0
July	29.4 °C	19.1 °C	24.0 °C	39.6 °C	13.0 °C	28	15	0
August	27.6 °C	17.6 °C	22.4 °C	35.5 °C	9.8 °C	25	8	0
September	23.1 °C	12.7 °C	17.6 °C	33.8 °C	2.8 °C	10	1	0
October	17.1 °C	5.9 °C	11.2 °C	28.7 °C	-4.4 °C	0	0	2
November	9.3 °C	-1.5 °C	3.4 °C	20.7 °C	-16.2 °C	0	0	20
December	2.9 °C	-7.1 °C	-2.6 °C	13.3 °C	-18.6 °C	0	0	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	3 mm	1	9.9 h/day	34 %	43 %	13 km/h
February	7 mm	2	11 h/day	40 %	45 %	15 km/h
March	15 mm	3	12 h/day	45 %	46 %	17 km/h
April	28 mm	4	13 h/day	47 %	45 %	18 km/h
May	32 mm	6	14 h/day	51 %	45 %	18 km/h
June	50 mm	8	15 h/day	55 %	54 %	15 km/h
July	104 mm	12	15 h/day	57 %	67 %	13 km/h
August	88 mm	10	14 h/day	54 %	70 %	13 km/h
September	60 mm	7	12 h/day	52 %	66 %	13 km/h
October	32 mm	5	11 h/day	42 %	60 %	13 km/h
November	15 mm	3	10 h/day	33 %	56 %	14 km/h
December	3 mm	1	9.6 h/day	29 %	46 %	13 km/h

How Jinzhong 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
Jinzhong	29 °C	-9.1 °C	438 mm	108
Taiyuan · China	30 °C	-9.2 °C	477 mm	112
Yangquan · China	29 °C	-8.8 °C	538 mm	104
Xinzhou · China	28 °C	-12 °C	474 mm	97
Lüliang · China	30 °C	-9.5 °C	568 mm	105
Shijiazhuang · China	32 °C	-6.7 °C	519 mm	146
Xingtai · China	32 °C	-6.1 °C	516 mm	148

Where Jinzhong ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in May	33rd of 50	93/100
Places with the best weather in Asia in September	46th of 50	94/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Jinzhong’s climate

When is the best time to visit Jinzhong?

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 Jinzhong get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 40 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -9.1 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 134 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Jinzhong?

July, averaging 104 mm over 12 days with rain. The driest month is December with 3 mm. The year as a whole averages 438 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 Jinzhong 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: 37.684°, 112.755° (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.