Tonghua climate

Name: Tonghua
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Tonghua is warmest in July, with average highs of 26 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -21 °C. July is the wettest month (207 mm) and January the driest (12 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Tonghua averages 945 mm of rain, 59 days above 25 °C and 164 days below freezing.

China · population 510,000 · 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 -21 °C
Driest month January 12 mm
Wettest month July 207 mm
Least cloud January 43 % cloud
Hottest on record August 35 °C
Coldest on record January -38 °C

What to expectTonghua through the year

Tonghua has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -7.7 °C in January to 26 °C in July, a swing of 36 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 59 days a year reach 25 °C, 4 of them reach 30 °C, 164 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 207 mm against 12 mm in January — 17 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-7.7 °C	12 mm	43 %
February	-3.3 °C	20 mm	45 %
March	4.4 °C	36 mm	49 %
April	13.2 °C	61 mm	54 %
May	19.5 °C	90 mm	58 %
June	24.1 °C	122 mm	66 %
July	26.4 °C	207 mm	72 %
August	25.8 °C	198 mm	66 %
September	21.1 °C	77 mm	51 %
October	13.0 °C	55 mm	45 %
November	2.9 °C	46 mm	49 %
December	-5.7 °C	20 mm	48 %

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	-7.7 °C	-21.3 °C	-14.1 °C	4.4 °C	-38.4 °C	0	0	31
February	-3.3 °C	-16.7 °C	-9.7 °C	10.4 °C	-32.0 °C	0	0	28
March	4.4 °C	-6.6 °C	-1.3 °C	19.0 °C	-24.9 °C	0	0	28
April	13.2 °C	1.7 °C	7.2 °C	26.1 °C	-10.3 °C	0	0	11
May	19.5 °C	8.3 °C	13.8 °C	30.0 °C	-2.4 °C	2	0	0
June	24.1 °C	14.3 °C	19.0 °C	32.0 °C	4.2 °C	12	1	0
July	26.4 °C	18.5 °C	22.1 °C	34.0 °C	10.9 °C	22	2	0
August	25.8 °C	17.6 °C	21.4 °C	35.3 °C	5.9 °C	20	1	0
September	21.1 °C	10.9 °C	15.8 °C	28.3 °C	-0.4 °C	3	0	0
October	13.0 °C	2.7 °C	7.5 °C	24.8 °C	-11.3 °C	0	0	9
November	2.9 °C	-5.9 °C	-1.6 °C	16.1 °C	-28.7 °C	0	0	26
December	-5.7 °C	-17.3 °C	-11.1 °C	8.0 °C	-35.2 °C	0	0	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	12 mm	3	9.5 h/day	43 %	69 %	12 km/h
February	20 mm	4	11 h/day	45 %	65 %	14 km/h
March	36 mm	7	12 h/day	49 %	57 %	17 km/h
April	61 mm	9	13 h/day	54 %	61 %	18 km/h
May	90 mm	12	15 h/day	58 %	69 %	17 km/h
June	122 mm	15	15 h/day	66 %	78 %	14 km/h
July	207 mm	17	15 h/day	72 %	85 %	13 km/h
August	198 mm	15	14 h/day	66 %	84 %	12 km/h
September	77 mm	8	13 h/day	51 %	76 %	12 km/h
October	55 mm	8	11 h/day	45 %	71 %	14 km/h
November	46 mm	8	9.8 h/day	49 %	69 %	14 km/h
December	20 mm	5	9.2 h/day	48 %	70 %	13 km/h

How Tonghua 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
Tonghua	26 °C	-21 °C	945 mm	59
Baishan · China	26 °C	-21 °C	1,059 mm	55
Kanggye · North Korea	27 °C	-20 °C	1,103 mm	68
Longshan · China	27 °C	-20 °C	748 mm	73
Fushun · China	29 °C	-17 °C	872 mm	94
Tieling · China	29 °C	-17 °C	782 mm	94
Benxi · China	28 °C	-17 °C	873 mm	81

Where Tonghua ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Asia in December	39thof 50	-5.7 °C
The coolest places in Asia in February	40thof 50	-3.3 °C
The coolest places in Asia in January	40thof 50	-7.7 °C
The coolest places in Asia in November	41stof 50	2.9 °C
The coolest places in Asia in October	41stof 50	13 °C
The coolest places in Asia in March	42ndof 50	4.4 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Tonghua’s climate

When is the best time to visit Tonghua?

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

How hot does Tonghua get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 26 °C. About 4 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -21 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 164 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Tonghua?

July, averaging 207 mm over 17 days with rain. The driest month is January with 12 mm. The year as a whole averages 945 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 Tonghua 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.