Tangshan climate

Name: Tangshan
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Tangshan is warmest in July, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -8.3 °C. July is the wettest month (193 mm) and January the driest (2.6 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Tangshan averages 647 mm of rain, 130 days above 25 °C and 126 days below freezing.

China · population 3,372,102 · 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 -8.3 °C
Driest month January 3 mm
Wettest month July 193 mm
Least cloud December 27 % cloud
Hottest on record July 40 °C
Coldest on record January -22 °C

What to expectTangshan through the year

Tangshan has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 1.3 °C in January to 31 °C in July, a swing of 30 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 130 days a year reach 25 °C, 54 of them reach 30 °C, 126 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 193 mm against 3 mm in January — 75 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	1.3 °C	3 mm	29 %
February	5.2 °C	5 mm	34 %
March	12.0 °C	11 mm	39 %
April	20.0 °C	31 mm	43 %
May	26.2 °C	48 mm	47 %
June	29.7 °C	101 mm	58 %
July	30.7 °C	193 mm	60 %
August	29.3 °C	146 mm	56 %
September	25.8 °C	54 mm	45 %
October	18.8 °C	36 mm	36 %
November	9.7 °C	14 mm	32 %
December	2.7 °C	4 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	1.3 °C	-8.3 °C	-3.9 °C	10.8 °C	-22.2 °C	0	0	31
February	5.2 °C	-5.4 °C	-0.6 °C	17.1 °C	-18.4 °C	0	0	28
March	12.0 °C	-0.3 °C	5.5 °C	26.2 °C	-12.0 °C	0	0	17
April	20.0 °C	7.3 °C	13.3 °C	33.0 °C	-3.4 °C	4	0	1
May	26.2 °C	13.8 °C	19.7 °C	37.2 °C	3.8 °C	20	6	0
June	29.7 °C	18.9 °C	24.0 °C	38.9 °C	9.0 °C	27	15	0
July	30.7 °C	22.2 °C	26.2 °C	39.8 °C	15.9 °C	30	19	0
August	29.3 °C	21.1 °C	24.9 °C	35.5 °C	12.5 °C	29	13	0
September	25.8 °C	15.9 °C	20.6 °C	34.2 °C	6.8 °C	18	3	0
October	18.8 °C	8.2 °C	13.3 °C	30.5 °C	-4.5 °C	1	0	1
November	9.7 °C	-0.5 °C	4.3 °C	22.2 °C	-16.7 °C	0	0	18
December	2.7 °C	-6.2 °C	-2.2 °C	11.9 °C	-16.0 °C	0	0	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	3 mm	1	9.7 h/day	29 %	47 %	15 km/h
February	5 mm	1	11 h/day	34 %	49 %	16 km/h
March	11 mm	3	12 h/day	39 %	47 %	18 km/h
April	31 mm	4	13 h/day	43 %	46 %	20 km/h
May	48 mm	6	14 h/day	47 %	50 %	20 km/h
June	101 mm	9	15 h/day	58 %	62 %	17 km/h
July	193 mm	13	15 h/day	60 %	75 %	14 km/h
August	146 mm	12	14 h/day	56 %	77 %	13 km/h
September	54 mm	6	12 h/day	45 %	67 %	14 km/h
October	36 mm	4	11 h/day	36 %	59 %	16 km/h
November	14 mm	2	10 h/day	32 %	57 %	16 km/h
December	4 mm	2	9.4 h/day	27 %	50 %	15 km/h

How Tangshan 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
Tangshan	31 °C	-8.3 °C	647 mm	130
Tanggu · China	30 °C	-6.4 °C	566 mm	119
Sanhe · China	31 °C	-8.6 °C	596 mm	136
Tianjin · China	31 °C	-7.6 °C	591 mm	138
Qinhuangdao · China	28 °C	-9.0 °C	648 mm	97
Langfang · China	32 °C	-7.2 °C	618 mm	144
Tongzhou · China	32 °C	-8.2 °C	580 mm	142

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Tangshan’s climate

When is the best time to visit Tangshan?

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 Tangshan get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 54 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 -8.3 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 126 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Tangshan?

July, averaging 193 mm over 13 days with rain. The driest month is January with 3 mm. The year as a whole averages 647 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 Tangshan 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.