Linfen climate

Name: Linfen
Address: CN

Linfen is warmest in July, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -5.9 °C. July is the wettest month (147 mm) and December the driest (6.0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Linfen averages 633 mm of rain, 131 days above 25 °C and 105 days below freezing.

China · population 959,198 · 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 31 °C
Coldest month January -5.9 °C
Driest month December 6 mm
Wettest month July 147 mm
Least cloud December 34 % cloud
Hottest on record June 41 °C
Coldest on record December -18 °C

What to expectLinfen through the year

Linfen has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 5.0 °C in January to 31 °C in July, a swing of 27 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 131 days a year reach 25 °C, 66 of them reach 30 °C, 105 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in June.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 147 mm against 6 mm in December — 24 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	5.0 °C	7 mm	41 %
February	8.7 °C	12 mm	47 %
March	14.9 °C	21 mm	51 %
April	21.6 °C	41 mm	52 %
May	26.8 °C	44 mm	56 %
June	30.9 °C	67 mm	57 %
July	31.4 °C	147 mm	56 %
August	29.6 °C	122 mm	54 %
September	24.7 °C	88 mm	56 %
October	19.1 °C	51 mm	49 %
November	12.1 °C	26 mm	39 %
December	6.0 °C	6 mm	34 %

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	5.0 °C	-5.9 °C	-1.0 °C	15.1 °C	-17.0 °C	0	0	31
February	8.7 °C	-2.7 °C	2.6 °C	19.3 °C	-14.3 °C	0	0	23
March	14.9 °C	2.3 °C	8.4 °C	30.8 °C	-6.6 °C	1	0	8
April	21.6 °C	8.6 °C	14.9 °C	35.8 °C	-3.5 °C	7	1	0
May	26.8 °C	14.1 °C	20.4 °C	37.4 °C	3.6 °C	21	8	0
June	30.9 °C	19.0 °C	24.9 °C	40.7 °C	11.3 °C	28	19	0
July	31.4 °C	21.6 °C	26.3 °C	40.7 °C	16.0 °C	30	21	0
August	29.6 °C	20.2 °C	24.7 °C	37.5 °C	11.8 °C	28	15	0
September	24.7 °C	15.3 °C	19.8 °C	36.2 °C	6.4 °C	15	2	0
October	19.1 °C	8.6 °C	13.6 °C	29.4 °C	-2.8 °C	2	0	0
November	12.1 °C	1.3 °C	6.3 °C	23.3 °C	-15.9 °C	0	0	12
December	6.0 °C	-4.3 °C	0.2 °C	16.4 °C	-17.8 °C	0	0	30

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	7 mm	2	10.0 h/day	41 %	47 %	11 km/h
February	12 mm	3	11 h/day	47 %	51 %	12 km/h
March	21 mm	4	12 h/day	51 %	49 %	15 km/h
April	41 mm	6	13 h/day	52 %	49 %	15 km/h
May	44 mm	6	14 h/day	56 %	49 %	15 km/h
June	67 mm	8	15 h/day	57 %	54 %	13 km/h
July	147 mm	13	14 h/day	56 %	68 %	11 km/h
August	122 mm	12	14 h/day	54 %	70 %	10 km/h
September	88 mm	9	12 h/day	56 %	69 %	10 km/h
October	51 mm	7	11 h/day	49 %	64 %	11 km/h
November	26 mm	4	10 h/day	39 %	60 %	11 km/h
December	6 mm	2	9.7 h/day	34 %	49 %	11 km/h

How Linfen 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
Linfen	31 °C	-5.9 °C	633 mm	131
Changzhi · China	31 °C	-4.7 °C	611 mm	128
Yuncheng · China	32 °C	-4.0 °C	499 mm	142
Jincheng · China	28 °C	-6.3 °C	597 mm	102
Changzhi · China	28 °C	-8.8 °C	553 mm	88
Jiyuan · China	32 °C	-4.7 °C	646 mm	146
Sanmenxia · China	31 °C	-4.3 °C	642 mm	133

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Linfen’s climate

When is the best time to visit Linfen?

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 Linfen get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 66 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -5.9 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 105 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Linfen?

July, averaging 147 mm over 13 days with rain. The driest month is December with 6 mm. The year as a whole averages 633 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 Linfen 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
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.