Xingtai climate
Xingtai is warmest in June, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -6.1 °C. July is the wettest month (152 mm) and January the driest (3.7 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Xingtai averages 516 mm of rain, 148 days above 25 °C and 110 days below freezing.
China · population 798,770 · 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 June 32 °C
- Coldest month January -6.1 °C
- Driest month January 4 mm
- Wettest month July 152 mm
- Least cloud December 33 % cloud
- Hottest on record June 45 °C
- Coldest on record January -15 °C
What to expectXingtai through the year
Xingtai has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 4.6 °C in January to 32 °C in June, a swing of 29 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 148 days a year reach 25 °C, 78 of them reach 30 °C, 110 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C, in June.
Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 152 mm against 4 mm in January — 42 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.6 °C | 4 mm | 37 % |
| February | 8.6 °C | 6 mm | 42 % |
| March | 15.5 °C | 10 mm | 45 % |
| April | 22.5 °C | 28 mm | 48 % |
| May | 28.1 °C | 35 mm | 51 % |
| June | 32.2 °C | 60 mm | 55 % |
| July | 31.9 °C | 152 mm | 59 % |
| August | 29.8 °C | 129 mm | 54 % |
| September | 26.3 °C | 49 mm | 51 % |
| October | 21.1 °C | 24 mm | 42 % |
| November | 12.9 °C | 16 mm | 36 % |
| December | 6.0 °C | 4 mm | 33 % |
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 | 4.6 °C | -6.1 °C | -1.3 °C | 16.6 °C | -14.9 °C | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| February | 8.6 °C | -3.4 °C | 2.3 °C | 25.4 °C | -10.5 °C | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| March | 15.5 °C | 2.0 °C | 8.8 °C | 33.8 °C | -7.1 °C | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| April | 22.5 °C | 9.1 °C | 15.9 °C | 36.9 °C | -4.7 °C | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| May | 28.1 °C | 15.2 °C | 21.7 °C | 41.6 °C | 4.0 °C | 24 | 11 | 0 |
| June | 32.2 °C | 20.4 °C | 26.3 °C | 44.5 °C | 11.0 °C | 28 | 22 | 0 |
| July | 31.9 °C | 22.9 °C | 27.3 °C | 41.6 °C | 16.3 °C | 30 | 22 | 0 |
| August | 29.8 °C | 21.2 °C | 25.4 °C | 37.0 °C | 11.5 °C | 29 | 15 | 0 |
| September | 26.3 °C | 16.1 °C | 21.1 °C | 37.8 °C | 6.1 °C | 21 | 5 | 0 |
| October | 21.1 °C | 9.2 °C | 15.0 °C | 33.9 °C | -2.5 °C | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| November | 12.9 °C | 0.9 °C | 6.6 °C | 26.6 °C | -11.7 °C | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| December | 6.0 °C | -4.8 °C | 0.0 °C | 18.1 °C | -14.3 °C | 0 | 0 | 30 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4 mm | 1 | 9.9 h/day | 37 % | 53 % | 12 km/h |
| February | 6 mm | 2 | 11 h/day | 42 % | 52 % | 15 km/h |
| March | 10 mm | 2 | 12 h/day | 45 % | 47 % | 18 km/h |
| April | 28 mm | 4 | 13 h/day | 48 % | 48 % | 19 km/h |
| May | 35 mm | 5 | 14 h/day | 51 % | 50 % | 18 km/h |
| June | 60 mm | 7 | 15 h/day | 55 % | 55 % | 16 km/h |
| July | 152 mm | 12 | 14 h/day | 59 % | 72 % | 14 km/h |
| August | 129 mm | 11 | 14 h/day | 54 % | 76 % | 13 km/h |
| September | 49 mm | 6 | 12 h/day | 51 % | 68 % | 13 km/h |
| October | 24 mm | 4 | 11 h/day | 42 % | 60 % | 14 km/h |
| November | 16 mm | 3 | 10 h/day | 36 % | 61 % | 14 km/h |
| December | 4 mm | 1 | 9.6 h/day | 33 % | 57 % | 12 km/h |
How Xingtai 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xingtai | 32 °C | -6.1 °C | 516 mm | 148 |
| Handan · China | 33 °C | -5.6 °C | 522 mm | 153 |
| Anyang · China | 33 °C | -5.3 °C | 567 mm | 153 |
| Shijiazhuang · China | 32 °C | -6.7 °C | 519 mm | 146 |
| Yangquan · China | 29 °C | -8.8 °C | 538 mm | 104 |
| Liaocheng · China | 32 °C | -5.3 °C | 625 mm | 147 |
| Puyang · China | 32 °C | -4.9 °C | 618 mm | 151 |
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QuestionsCommon questions about Xingtai’s climate
When is the best time to visit Xingtai?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, May, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, June is the warmest month and January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Xingtai get?
In June, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 78 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average -6.1 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 110 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Xingtai?
July, averaging 152 mm over 12 days with rain. The driest month is January with 4 mm. The year as a whole averages 516 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 Xingtai 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
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.