Shijiazhuang climate

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Shijiazhuang is warmest in June, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -6.7 °C. July is the wettest month (153 mm) and January the driest (3.3 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Shijiazhuang averages 519 mm of rain, 146 days above 25 °C and 116 days below freezing.

China · population 3,938,513 · 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 June 32 °C
Coldest month January -6.7 °C
Driest month January 3 mm
Wettest month July 153 mm
Least cloud December 29 % cloud
Hottest on record June 44 °C
Coldest on record January -17 °C

What to expectShijiazhuang through the year

Shijiazhuang has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 4.0 °C in January to 32 °C in June, a swing of 29 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 146 days a year reach 25 °C, 79 of them reach 30 °C, 116 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C, in June.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 153 mm against 3 mm in January — 47 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	3 mm	34 %
February	8.0 °C	5 mm	38 %
March	15.0 °C	10 mm	42 %
April	22.4 °C	26 mm	44 %
May	28.1 °C	34 mm	49 %
June	32.3 °C	61 mm	54 %
July	32.0 °C	153 mm	58 %
August	29.9 °C	125 mm	54 %
September	26.3 °C	54 mm	49 %
October	20.5 °C	27 mm	40 %
November	12.0 °C	16 mm	34 %
December	5.3 °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	4.0 °C	-6.7 °C	-2.0 °C	16.4 °C	-16.7 °C	0	0	31
February	8.0 °C	-4.1 °C	1.6 °C	23.7 °C	-10.4 °C	0	0	27
March	15.0 °C	1.2 °C	8.2 °C	33.3 °C	-13.0 °C	1	0	12
April	22.4 °C	8.6 °C	15.6 °C	36.6 °C	-3.5 °C	9	2	0
May	28.1 °C	15.0 °C	21.7 °C	42.7 °C	3.5 °C	24	11	0
June	32.3 °C	20.2 °C	26.3 °C	43.6 °C	11.3 °C	28	22	0
July	32.0 °C	22.8 °C	27.3 °C	41.5 °C	16.4 °C	30	22	0
August	29.9 °C	21.0 °C	25.3 °C	37.7 °C	11.9 °C	29	16	0
September	26.3 °C	15.8 °C	20.9 °C	37.6 °C	6.2 °C	20	4	0
October	20.5 °C	8.7 °C	14.5 °C	32.5 °C	-2.7 °C	4	0	0
November	12.0 °C	0.2 °C	5.8 °C	25.8 °C	-11.5 °C	0	0	15
December	5.3 °C	-5.2 °C	-0.6 °C	15.0 °C	-16.7 °C	0	0	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	3 mm	1	9.8 h/day	34 %	50 %	11 km/h
February	5 mm	1	11 h/day	38 %	50 %	12 km/h
March	10 mm	2	12 h/day	42 %	46 %	15 km/h
April	26 mm	4	13 h/day	44 %	45 %	17 km/h
May	34 mm	5	14 h/day	49 %	48 %	16 km/h
June	61 mm	7	15 h/day	54 %	54 %	14 km/h
July	153 mm	12	15 h/day	58 %	71 %	12 km/h
August	125 mm	11	14 h/day	54 %	76 %	11 km/h
September	54 mm	6	12 h/day	49 %	68 %	12 km/h
October	27 mm	4	11 h/day	40 %	60 %	12 km/h
November	16 mm	3	10 h/day	34 %	59 %	12 km/h
December	3 mm	1	9.5 h/day	29 %	54 %	11 km/h

How Shijiazhuang 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
Shijiazhuang	32 °C	-6.7 °C	519 mm	146
Yangquan · China	29 °C	-8.8 °C	538 mm	104
Xingtai · China	32 °C	-6.1 °C	516 mm	148
Baoding · China	32 °C	-7.2 °C	544 mm	146
Jinzhong · China	29 °C	-9.1 °C	438 mm	108
Xinzhou · China	28 °C	-12 °C	474 mm	97
Handan · China	33 °C	-5.6 °C	522 mm	153

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Shijiazhuang’s climate

When is the best time to visit Shijiazhuang?

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

How hot does Shijiazhuang get?

In June, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 79 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -6.7 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 116 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Shijiazhuang?

July, averaging 153 mm over 12 days with rain. The driest month is January with 3 mm. The year as a whole averages 519 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 Shijiazhuang 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: 38.041°, 114.479° (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.