Jinzhou climate

Name: Jinzhou
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Jinzhou is warmest in July, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -11 °C. August is the wettest month (146 mm) and January the driest (3.2 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Jinzhou averages 585 mm of rain, 99 days above 25 °C and 137 days below freezing.

China · population 604,269 · 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 -11 °C
Driest month January 3 mm
Wettest month August 146 mm
Least cloud January 26 % cloud
Hottest on record June 39 °C
Coldest on record January -28 °C
Warmest sea August 26 °C

What to expectJinzhou through the year

Jinzhou has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -2.2 °C in January to 29 °C in July, a swing of 32 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 99 days a year reach 25 °C, 21 of them reach 30 °C, 137 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in June.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 146 mm against 3 mm in January — 46 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Jinzhou is warmest in August at 26 °C and coldest in February at -0.2 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-2.2 °C	3 mm	26 %
February	1.9 °C	6 mm	31 %
March	8.3 °C	14 mm	37 %
April	16.0 °C	31 mm	45 %
May	22.5 °C	52 mm	49 %
June	26.5 °C	77 mm	57 %
July	28.8 °C	141 mm	59 %
August	28.2 °C	146 mm	53 %
September	24.1 °C	53 mm	40 %
October	16.6 °C	37 mm	32 %
November	6.7 °C	19 mm	30 %
December	-0.2 °C	6 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	-2.2 °C	-11.3 °C	-6.8 °C	8.5 °C	-28.3 °C	0	0	31
February	1.9 °C	-7.5 °C	-3.1 °C	13.2 °C	-25.4 °C	0	0	28
March	8.3 °C	-1.8 °C	2.8 °C	22.6 °C	-14.2 °C	0	0	22
April	16.0 °C	5.6 °C	10.5 °C	34.3 °C	-5.4 °C	0	0	2
May	22.5 °C	12.7 °C	17.4 °C	35.1 °C	4.2 °C	8	1	0
June	26.5 °C	18.1 °C	22.1 °C	39.4 °C	10.5 °C	20	4	0
July	28.8 °C	21.9 °C	25.1 °C	37.9 °C	15.1 °C	29	9	0
August	28.2 °C	20.9 °C	24.4 °C	36.1 °C	10.4 °C	28	7	0
September	24.1 °C	15.3 °C	19.5 °C	32.3 °C	4.8 °C	13	0	0
October	16.6 °C	7.2 °C	11.7 °C	27.1 °C	-5.0 °C	0	0	2
November	6.7 °C	-2.1 °C	2.2 °C	20.3 °C	-17.1 °C	0	0	22
December	-0.2 °C	-8.5 °C	-4.4 °C	11.0 °C	-18.3 °C	0	0	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	3 mm	1	9.5 h/day	26 %	46 %	21 km/h	0.5 °C
February	6 mm	1	11 h/day	31 %	45 %	23 km/h	-0.2 °C
March	14 mm	3	12 h/day	37 %	47 %	25 km/h	1.8 °C
April	31 mm	5	13 h/day	45 %	50 %	26 km/h	6.8 °C
May	52 mm	7	14 h/day	49 %	55 %	25 km/h	12.8 °C
June	77 mm	8	15 h/day	57 %	68 %	22 km/h	19.2 °C
July	141 mm	10	15 h/day	59 %	76 %	21 km/h	23.9 °C
August	146 mm	10	14 h/day	53 %	76 %	20 km/h	25.7 °C
September	53 mm	6	12 h/day	40 %	65 %	22 km/h	22.5 °C
October	37 mm	5	11 h/day	32 %	58 %	24 km/h	16.8 °C
November	19 mm	3	9.9 h/day	30 %	53 %	23 km/h	10.8 °C
December	6 mm	2	9.2 h/day	27 %	47 %	22 km/h	4.8 °C

How Jinzhou 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
Jinzhou	29 °C	-11 °C	585 mm	99
Nanpiao · China	30 °C	-12 °C	564 mm	112
Lianshan · China	28 °C	-9.8 °C	555 mm	83
Huludao · China	28 °C	-10 °C	555 mm	92
Beining · China	29 °C	-13 °C	620 mm	103
Chaoyang · China	30 °C	-13 °C	524 mm	116
Panjin · China	29 °C	-13 °C	674 mm	105

Where Jinzhou ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Asia in July	43rd of 50	83/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in August	46th of 50	85/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Jinzhou’s climate

When is the best time to visit Jinzhou?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, June, September 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 Jinzhou get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 21 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 -11 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 137 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Jinzhou?

August, averaging 146 mm over 10 days with rain. The driest month is January with 3 mm. The year as a whole averages 585 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 Jinzhou 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: 41.108°, 121.142° (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.