Shizuishan climate

Name: Shizuishan
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Shizuishan is warmest in July, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -11 °C. July is the wettest month (54 mm) and December the driest (1.1 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Shizuishan averages 234 mm of rain, 113 days above 25 °C and 131 days below freezing.

China · population 739,400 · 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 -11 °C
Driest month December 1 mm
Wettest month July 54 mm
Least cloud November 27 % cloud
Hottest on record July 40 °C
Coldest on record January -22 °C

What to expectShizuishan through the year

Shizuishan has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -0.4 °C in January to 31 °C in July, a swing of 31 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 113 days a year reach 25 °C, 50 of them reach 30 °C, 131 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 54 mm against 1 mm in December — 50 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-0.4 °C	2 mm	32 %
February	4.4 °C	3 mm	37 %
March	11.6 °C	9 mm	43 %
April	19.4 °C	11 mm	45 %
May	24.9 °C	22 mm	48 %
June	29.3 °C	30 mm	52 %
July	30.6 °C	54 mm	48 %
August	28.6 °C	51 mm	44 %
September	23.3 °C	34 mm	45 %
October	16.7 °C	13 mm	34 %
November	8.2 °C	5 mm	27 %
December	0.7 °C	1 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	-0.4 °C	-11.0 °C	-5.7 °C	13.9 °C	-21.9 °C	0	0	31
February	4.4 °C	-6.9 °C	-1.1 °C	19.6 °C	-19.4 °C	0	0	27
March	11.6 °C	-0.7 °C	5.8 °C	27.5 °C	-13.3 °C	0	0	17
April	19.4 °C	6.4 °C	13.3 °C	34.3 °C	-5.9 °C	4	1	2
May	24.9 °C	12.5 °C	19.0 °C	34.7 °C	0.6 °C	16	4	0
June	29.3 °C	17.9 °C	23.9 °C	37.5 °C	7.8 °C	26	14	0
July	30.6 °C	20.3 °C	25.6 °C	39.9 °C	12.1 °C	29	19	0
August	28.6 °C	18.6 °C	23.6 °C	36.4 °C	10.0 °C	26	11	0
September	23.3 °C	13.3 °C	18.3 °C	35.6 °C	-0.1 °C	11	1	0
October	16.7 °C	5.9 °C	11.4 °C	28.5 °C	-6.0 °C	1	0	3
November	8.2 °C	-2.0 °C	2.9 °C	22.2 °C	-14.7 °C	0	0	20
December	0.7 °C	-9.1 °C	-4.3 °C	12.4 °C	-21.7 °C	0	0	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	2 mm	0	9.7 h/day	32 %	42 %	10.0 km/h
February	3 mm	1	11 h/day	37 %	37 %	12 km/h
March	9 mm	2	12 h/day	43 %	34 %	16 km/h
April	11 mm	2	13 h/day	45 %	31 %	17 km/h
May	22 mm	4	14 h/day	48 %	34 %	17 km/h
June	30 mm	5	15 h/day	52 %	39 %	15 km/h
July	54 mm	7	15 h/day	48 %	51 %	14 km/h
August	51 mm	7	14 h/day	44 %	55 %	13 km/h
September	34 mm	6	12 h/day	45 %	55 %	13 km/h
October	13 mm	3	11 h/day	34 %	47 %	13 km/h
November	5 mm	1	10 h/day	27 %	44 %	12 km/h
December	1 mm	0	9.5 h/day	27 %	43 %	10 km/h

How Shizuishan 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
Shizuishan	31 °C	-11 °C	234 mm	113
Yinchuan · China	30 °C	-12 °C	261 mm	105
Wuhai · China	31 °C	-13 °C	174 mm	113
Wuzhong · China	31 °C	-11 °C	249 mm	116
Bayan Nur · China	32 °C	-15 °C	194 mm	116
Ordos · China	28 °C	-15 °C	406 mm	78
Guyuan · China	25 °C	-12 °C	607 mm	39

Where Shizuishan ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in September	3rdof 50	98/100
Places with the best weather in the world in September	4thof 50	98/100
The driest places in Asia in December	18thof 50	1.1 mm
Places with the best weather in Asia in May	31stof 50	93/100
The driest places in Asia in January	40thof 50	1.6 mm

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Shizuishan’s climate

When is the best time to visit Shizuishan?

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 Shizuishan get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 50 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 -11 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 131 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Shizuishan?

July, averaging 54 mm over 7 days with rain. The driest month is December with 1 mm. The year as a whole averages 234 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 Shizuishan 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.