Ulanqab climate

Name: Ulanqab
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Ulanqab is warmest in July, with average highs of 26 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -19 °C. July is the wettest month (99 mm) and December the driest (2.6 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Ulanqab averages 408 mm of rain, 56 days above 25 °C and 191 days below freezing.

China · population 550,231 · 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 -19 °C
Driest month December 3 mm
Wettest month July 99 mm
Least cloud December 28 % cloud
Hottest on record July 38 °C
Coldest on record December -35 °C

What to expectUlanqab through the year

Ulanqab has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -6.2 °C in January to 26 °C in July, a swing of 33 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 56 days a year reach 25 °C, 6 of them reach 30 °C, 191 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 99 mm against 3 mm in December — 38 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-6.2 °C	3 mm	31 %
February	-1.7 °C	4 mm	37 %
March	5.5 °C	12 mm	41 %
April	13.3 °C	24 mm	44 %
May	19.9 °C	41 mm	49 %
June	24.6 °C	61 mm	55 %
July	26.2 °C	99 mm	54 %
August	24.4 °C	71 mm	49 %
September	19.3 °C	55 mm	46 %
October	11.7 °C	26 mm	34 %
November	2.1 °C	10 mm	31 %
December	-5.0 °C	3 mm	28 %

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	-6.2 °C	-19.0 °C	-12.8 °C	9.4 °C	-33.9 °C	0	0	31
February	-1.7 °C	-15.3 °C	-8.4 °C	11.9 °C	-32.2 °C	0	0	28
March	5.5 °C	-7.2 °C	-1.1 °C	20.7 °C	-29.1 °C	0	0	30
April	13.3 °C	-1.0 °C	6.0 °C	30.0 °C	-17.3 °C	1	0	19
May	19.9 °C	5.5 °C	12.8 °C	32.2 °C	-6.4 °C	5	0	3
June	24.6 °C	11.3 °C	18.1 °C	36.6 °C	2.4 °C	14	2	0
July	26.2 °C	14.5 °C	20.4 °C	37.8 °C	6.8 °C	20	3	0
August	24.4 °C	12.8 °C	18.6 °C	32.9 °C	3.4 °C	14	1	0
September	19.3 °C	7.2 °C	13.1 °C	31.3 °C	-3.9 °C	2	0	1
October	11.7 °C	-0.6 °C	5.2 °C	24.5 °C	-18.2 °C	0	0	18
November	2.1 °C	-8.5 °C	-3.6 °C	15.4 °C	-28.5 °C	0	0	30
December	-5.0 °C	-16.1 °C	-10.8 °C	6.8 °C	-34.8 °C	0	0	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	3 mm	1	9.6 h/day	31 %	54 %	19 km/h
February	4 mm	2	11 h/day	37 %	48 %	21 km/h
March	12 mm	3	12 h/day	41 %	40 %	23 km/h
April	24 mm	4	13 h/day	44 %	39 %	24 km/h
May	41 mm	7	14 h/day	49 %	42 %	24 km/h
June	61 mm	10	15 h/day	55 %	52 %	20 km/h
July	99 mm	13	15 h/day	54 %	63 %	17 km/h
August	71 mm	11	14 h/day	49 %	65 %	16 km/h
September	55 mm	8	12 h/day	46 %	60 %	18 km/h
October	26 mm	5	11 h/day	34 %	58 %	20 km/h
November	10 mm	2	9.9 h/day	31 %	55 %	21 km/h
December	3 mm	1	9.3 h/day	28 %	54 %	20 km/h

How Ulanqab 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
Ulanqab	26 °C	-19 °C	408 mm	56
Datong · China	28 °C	-16 °C	442 mm	86
Hohhot · China	28 °C	-18 °C	404 mm	80
Zhangjiakou · China	29 °C	-16 °C	420 mm	100
Xuanhua · China	30 °C	-14 °C	421 mm	110
Shuozhou · China	27 °C	-15 °C	539 mm	77
Mentougou · China	31 °C	-8.4 °C	683 mm	134

Where Ulanqab ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in August	23rd of 50	88/100
The coolest places in Asia in September	25th of 50	19 °C
The coolest places in Asia in October	29th of 50	12 °C
The coolest places in Asia in November	34th of 50	2.1 °C
The coolest places in Asia in December	43rd of 50	-5.0 °C
The coolest places in Asia year-round	43rd of 50	11 °C

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QuestionsCommon questions about Ulanqab’s climate

When is the best time to visit Ulanqab?

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

How hot does Ulanqab 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 38 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -19 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 191 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Ulanqab?

July, averaging 99 mm over 13 days with rain. The driest month is December with 3 mm. The year as a whole averages 408 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 Ulanqab 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: 40.993°, 113.133° (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.