Yinchuan climate

Name: Yinchuan
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Yinchuan is warmest in July, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -12 °C. July is the wettest month (60 mm) and December the driest (1.1 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Yinchuan averages 261 mm of rain, 105 days above 25 °C and 151 days below freezing.

China · population 1,487,579 · 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 30 °C
Coldest month January -12 °C
Driest month December 1 mm
Wettest month July 60 mm
Least cloud November 29 % cloud
Hottest on record July 40 °C
Coldest on record February -24 °C

What to expectYinchuan through the year

Yinchuan has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 0.5 °C in January to 30 °C in July, a swing of 30 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 105 days a year reach 25 °C, 40 of them reach 30 °C, 151 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 60 mm against 1 mm in December — 53 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	0.5 °C	2 mm	34 %
February	4.7 °C	3 mm	40 %
March	11.4 °C	10 mm	45 %
April	18.8 °C	12 mm	47 %
May	24.2 °C	22 mm	51 %
June	28.5 °C	33 mm	53 %
July	29.8 °C	60 mm	48 %
August	27.8 °C	53 mm	45 %
September	22.8 °C	42 mm	48 %
October	16.4 °C	15 mm	37 %
November	8.6 °C	6 mm	29 %
December	1.8 °C	1 mm	29 %

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	0.5 °C	-11.6 °C	-5.8 °C	13.2 °C	-24.1 °C	0	0	31
February	4.7 °C	-8.2 °C	-1.9 °C	19.2 °C	-24.2 °C	0	0	28
March	11.4 °C	-2.8 °C	4.5 °C	26.8 °C	-14.5 °C	0	0	24
April	18.8 °C	4.1 °C	11.8 °C	33.3 °C	-7.4 °C	3	0	5
May	24.2 °C	10.4 °C	17.6 °C	34.2 °C	-1.3 °C	15	3	0
June	28.5 °C	15.8 °C	22.3 °C	36.4 °C	7.5 °C	25	11	0
July	29.8 °C	18.5 °C	24.2 °C	39.5 °C	10.3 °C	28	16	0
August	27.8 °C	17.1 °C	22.4 °C	36.2 °C	8.3 °C	25	9	0
September	22.8 °C	11.7 °C	17.2 °C	34.1 °C	-1.5 °C	9	1	0
October	16.4 °C	3.8 °C	10.2 °C	29.0 °C	-6.5 °C	0	0	6
November	8.6 °C	-3.7 °C	2.1 °C	20.7 °C	-14.5 °C	0	0	25
December	1.8 °C	-9.3 °C	-4.3 °C	12.6 °C	-22.4 °C	0	0	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	2 mm	1	9.8 h/day	34 %	41 %	9.4 km/h
February	3 mm	1	11 h/day	40 %	38 %	11 km/h
March	10 mm	2	12 h/day	45 %	36 %	14 km/h
April	12 mm	3	13 h/day	47 %	33 %	16 km/h
May	22 mm	4	14 h/day	51 %	35 %	16 km/h
June	33 mm	5	15 h/day	53 %	41 %	14 km/h
July	60 mm	6	15 h/day	48 %	51 %	13 km/h
August	53 mm	7	14 h/day	45 %	56 %	12 km/h
September	42 mm	6	12 h/day	48 %	56 %	12 km/h
October	15 mm	3	11 h/day	37 %	50 %	11 km/h
November	6 mm	1	10 h/day	29 %	47 %	11 km/h
December	1 mm	0	9.5 h/day	29 %	42 %	9.9 km/h

How Yinchuan 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
Yinchuan	30 °C	-12 °C	261 mm	105
Wuzhong · China	31 °C	-11 °C	249 mm	116
Shizuishan · China	31 °C	-11 °C	234 mm	113
Wuhai · China	31 °C	-13 °C	174 mm	113
Bayan Nur · China	32 °C	-15 °C	194 mm	116
Guyuan · China	25 °C	-12 °C	607 mm	39
Baiyin · China	28 °C	-12 °C	325 mm	74

Where Yinchuan ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in September	8th of 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in Asia in May	17th of 50	94/100
The driest places in Asia in December	20th of 50	1.1 mm
Places with the best weather in the world in September	21st of 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in Asia in August	37th of 50	85/100
The driest places in Asia in January	46th of 50	1.7 mm

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Yinchuan’s climate

When is the best time to visit Yinchuan?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, June, 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 Yinchuan get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 40 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 -12 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 151 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Yinchuan?

July, averaging 60 mm over 6 days with rain. The driest month is December with 1 mm. The year as a whole averages 261 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 Yinchuan 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: 38.468°, 106.273° (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.