Qitaihe climate

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Qitaihe is warmest in July, with average highs of 26 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -23 °C. July is the wettest month (142 mm) and February the driest (6.8 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Qitaihe averages 684 mm of rain, 51 days above 25 °C and 178 days below freezing.

China · population 345,033 · 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 26 °C
Coldest month January -23 °C
Driest month February 7 mm
Wettest month July 142 mm
Least cloud January 43 % cloud
Hottest on record July 36 °C
Coldest on record January -39 °C

What to expectQitaihe through the year

Qitaihe has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -13 °C in January to 26 °C in July, a swing of 40 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 51 days a year reach 25 °C, 6 of them reach 30 °C, 178 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 142 mm against 7 mm in February — 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	-13.0 °C	7 mm	43 %
February	-7.7 °C	7 mm	46 %
March	1.4 °C	22 mm	52 %
April	11.7 °C	44 mm	58 %
May	18.6 °C	83 mm	64 %
June	23.7 °C	100 mm	66 %
July	26.0 °C	142 mm	68 %
August	24.5 °C	132 mm	65 %
September	19.4 °C	69 mm	49 %
October	10.6 °C	47 mm	44 %
November	-1.0 °C	21 mm	45 %
December	-11.0 °C	10 mm	46 %

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	-13.0 °C	-22.9 °C	-18.0 °C	0.7 °C	-38.9 °C	0	0	31
February	-7.7 °C	-18.9 °C	-13.2 °C	8.4 °C	-34.0 °C	0	0	28
March	1.4 °C	-9.1 °C	-4.0 °C	17.8 °C	-28.5 °C	0	0	30
April	11.7 °C	0.2 °C	5.8 °C	28.7 °C	-12.7 °C	0	0	16
May	18.6 °C	7.3 °C	13.0 °C	31.1 °C	-5.3 °C	3	0	1
June	23.7 °C	13.6 °C	18.6 °C	35.2 °C	5.5 °C	12	2	0
July	26.0 °C	17.3 °C	21.6 °C	35.5 °C	10.1 °C	20	3	0
August	24.5 °C	16.3 °C	20.2 °C	32.4 °C	7.3 °C	14	1	0
September	19.4 °C	9.8 °C	14.4 °C	29.0 °C	-0.7 °C	2	0	0
October	10.6 °C	1.2 °C	5.5 °C	26.3 °C	-11.2 °C	0	0	12
November	-1.0 °C	-9.2 °C	-5.3 °C	16.8 °C	-26.9 °C	0	0	29
December	-11.0 °C	-19.7 °C	-15.4 °C	6.7 °C	-33.7 °C	0	0	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	7 mm	1	9.1 h/day	43 %	70 %	17 km/h
February	7 mm	2	10 h/day	46 %	68 %	18 km/h
March	22 mm	6	12 h/day	52 %	55 %	19 km/h
April	44 mm	8	14 h/day	58 %	55 %	19 km/h
May	83 mm	13	15 h/day	64 %	65 %	18 km/h
June	100 mm	14	16 h/day	66 %	73 %	14 km/h
July	142 mm	15	15 h/day	68 %	80 %	13 km/h
August	132 mm	15	14 h/day	65 %	81 %	13 km/h
September	69 mm	10	13 h/day	49 %	73 %	15 km/h
October	47 mm	7	11 h/day	44 %	66 %	18 km/h
November	21 mm	5	9.5 h/day	45 %	61 %	18 km/h
December	10 mm	2	8.7 h/day	46 %	68 %	17 km/h

How Qitaihe 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
Qitaihe	26 °C	-23 °C	684 mm	51
Jixi · China	26 °C	-22 °C	635 mm	55
Shuangyashan · China	26 °C	-23 °C	614 mm	55
Jiamusi · China	27 °C	-25 °C	583 mm	59
Mudanjiang · China	27 °C	-21 °C	633 mm	61
Hegang · China	26 °C	-26 °C	662 mm	46
Ussuriysk · Russia	25 °C	-20 °C	676 mm	40

Where Qitaihe ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Asia in December	10th of 50	-11 °C
The coolest places in Asia in January	10th of 50	-13 °C
The coolest places in Asia year-round	15th of 50	8.6 °C
The coolest places in Asia in February	16th of 50	-7.7 °C
The coolest places in Asia in October	17th of 50	11 °C
The coolest places in Asia in November	19th of 50	-1.0 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Qitaihe’s climate

When is the best time to visit Qitaihe?

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 February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Qitaihe get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 26 °C. About 6 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -23 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 178 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Qitaihe?

July, averaging 142 mm over 15 days with rain. The driest month is February with 7 mm. The year as a whole averages 684 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 Qitaihe 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: 45.768°, 130.995° (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.