Wuhai climate

Name: Wuhai
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Wuhai is warmest in July, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -13 °C. August is the wettest month (40 mm) and December the driest (0.9 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Wuhai averages 174 mm of rain, 113 days above 25 °C and 147 days below freezing.

China · population 218,427 · 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 -13 °C
Driest month December 1 mm
Wettest month August 40 mm
Least cloud December 25 % cloud
Hottest on record July 41 °C
Coldest on record January -24 °C

What to expectWuhai through the year

Wuhai has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -2.3 °C in January to 31 °C in July, a swing of 33 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 113 days a year reach 25 °C, 54 of them reach 30 °C, 147 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 1 mm in December to 40 mm in August. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-2.3 °C	1 mm	30 %
February	3.0 °C	2 mm	35 %
March	10.5 °C	5 mm	41 %
April	18.5 °C	7 mm	43 %
May	24.5 °C	17 mm	45 %
June	29.4 °C	23 mm	50 %
July	31.3 °C	39 mm	46 %
August	29.2 °C	40 mm	41 %
September	23.5 °C	26 mm	40 %
October	15.9 °C	10 mm	31 %
November	6.5 °C	3 mm	26 %
December	-1.2 °C	1 mm	25 %

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	-2.3 °C	-13.1 °C	-7.4 °C	10.9 °C	-23.7 °C	0	0	31
February	3.0 °C	-9.2 °C	-2.4 °C	17.4 °C	-20.8 °C	0	0	28
March	10.5 °C	-2.7 °C	4.8 °C	26.7 °C	-16.5 °C	0	0	21
April	18.5 °C	4.7 °C	12.4 °C	35.3 °C	-8.6 °C	4	0	5
May	24.5 °C	11.4 °C	18.6 °C	35.0 °C	-1.0 °C	15	4	0
June	29.4 °C	17.1 °C	23.9 °C	38.9 °C	7.9 °C	26	15	0
July	31.3 °C	19.8 °C	26.0 °C	40.9 °C	12.1 °C	29	20	0
August	29.2 °C	17.9 °C	23.8 °C	37.5 °C	8.7 °C	26	13	0
September	23.5 °C	11.8 °C	18.0 °C	36.3 °C	0.7 °C	12	1	0
October	15.9 °C	3.7 °C	10.2 °C	29.4 °C	-8.4 °C	1	0	6
November	6.5 °C	-4.3 °C	1.3 °C	20.9 °C	-19.4 °C	0	0	25
December	-1.2 °C	-11.4 °C	-6.1 °C	11.0 °C	-22.8 °C	0	0	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	1 mm	0	9.7 h/day	30 %	43 %	17 km/h
February	2 mm	1	11 h/day	35 %	38 %	19 km/h
March	5 mm	1	12 h/day	41 %	32 %	23 km/h
April	7 mm	2	13 h/day	43 %	27 %	25 km/h
May	17 mm	3	14 h/day	45 %	30 %	25 km/h
June	23 mm	4	15 h/day	50 %	35 %	23 km/h
July	39 mm	5	15 h/day	46 %	45 %	21 km/h
August	40 mm	6	14 h/day	41 %	50 %	21 km/h
September	26 mm	4	12 h/day	40 %	51 %	21 km/h
October	10 mm	2	11 h/day	31 %	45 %	20 km/h
November	3 mm	1	10 h/day	26 %	44 %	20 km/h
December	1 mm	0	9.4 h/day	25 %	45 %	18 km/h

How Wuhai 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
Wuhai	31 °C	-13 °C	174 mm	113
Shizuishan · China	31 °C	-11 °C	234 mm	113
Bayan Nur · China	32 °C	-15 °C	194 mm	116
Yinchuan · China	30 °C	-12 °C	261 mm	105
Wuzhong · China	31 °C	-11 °C	249 mm	116
Ordos · China	28 °C	-15 °C	406 mm	78
Baotou · China	30 °C	-17 °C	351 mm	99

Where Wuhai ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Asia in December	15th of 50	0.9 mm
Places with the best weather in Asia in September	23rd of 50	95/100
The driest places in Asia in January	27th of 50	1.2 mm
The driest places in Asia in November	45th of 50	3.3 mm
Places with the best weather in the world in September	50th of 50	95/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Wuhai’s climate

When is the best time to visit Wuhai?

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 Wuhai 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 41 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -13 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 147 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Wuhai?

August, averaging 40 mm over 6 days with rain. The driest month is December with 1 mm. The year as a whole averages 174 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 Wuhai 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: 39.684°, 106.816° (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.