Zhangjiakou climate

Name: Zhangjiakou
Address: CN

Zhangjiakou is warmest in July, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -16 °C. July is the wettest month (92 mm) and January the driest (2.8 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Zhangjiakou averages 420 mm of rain, 100 days above 25 °C and 165 days below freezing.

China · population 692,602 · 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 29 °C
Coldest month January -16 °C
Driest month January 3 mm
Wettest month July 92 mm
Least cloud December 26 % cloud
Hottest on record July 41 °C
Coldest on record January -31 °C

What to expectZhangjiakou through the year

Zhangjiakou has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -3.0 °C in January to 29 °C in July, a swing of 33 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 100 days a year reach 25 °C, 32 of them reach 30 °C, 165 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 92 mm against 3 mm in January — 33 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-3.0 °C	3 mm	28 %
February	1.6 °C	5 mm	35 %
March	9.1 °C	13 mm	39 %
April	17.0 °C	26 mm	44 %
May	23.6 °C	39 mm	48 %
June	27.8 °C	63 mm	55 %
July	29.1 °C	92 mm	55 %
August	27.7 °C	76 mm	50 %
September	22.8 °C	57 mm	45 %
October	15.1 °C	29 mm	34 %
November	5.3 °C	12 mm	29 %
December	-1.7 °C	3 mm	26 %

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	-3.0 °C	-15.6 °C	-9.5 °C	8.1 °C	-30.9 °C	0	0	31
February	1.6 °C	-11.2 °C	-5.0 °C	14.7 °C	-29.1 °C	0	0	28
March	9.1 °C	-4.1 °C	2.0 °C	27.7 °C	-20.7 °C	0	0	26
April	17.0 °C	2.0 °C	9.3 °C	35.9 °C	-11.8 °C	3	0	11
May	23.6 °C	8.9 °C	16.3 °C	37.9 °C	-3.7 °C	13	3	1
June	27.8 °C	14.8 °C	21.2 °C	38.6 °C	4.1 °C	24	9	0
July	29.1 °C	17.8 °C	23.3 °C	41.0 °C	9.3 °C	27	13	0
August	27.7 °C	16.3 °C	21.9 °C	36.6 °C	6.9 °C	25	6	0
September	22.8 °C	10.7 °C	16.6 °C	33.3 °C	-0.1 °C	9	1	0
October	15.1 °C	2.6 °C	8.6 °C	28.4 °C	-8.4 °C	0	0	9
November	5.3 °C	-5.5 °C	-0.5 °C	19.0 °C	-24.7 °C	0	0	27
December	-1.7 °C	-12.7 °C	-7.5 °C	9.4 °C	-27.4 °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	28 %	48 %	15 km/h
February	5 mm	1	11 h/day	35 %	43 %	17 km/h
March	13 mm	3	12 h/day	39 %	38 %	19 km/h
April	26 mm	4	13 h/day	44 %	40 %	20 km/h
May	39 mm	6	14 h/day	48 %	43 %	19 km/h
June	63 mm	9	15 h/day	55 %	53 %	16 km/h
July	92 mm	12	15 h/day	55 %	65 %	14 km/h
August	76 mm	9	14 h/day	50 %	65 %	13 km/h
September	57 mm	8	12 h/day	45 %	59 %	14 km/h
October	29 mm	5	11 h/day	34 %	55 %	16 km/h
November	12 mm	2	9.9 h/day	29 %	51 %	15 km/h
December	3 mm	1	9.3 h/day	26 %	47 %	16 km/h

How Zhangjiakou 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
Zhangjiakou	29 °C	-16 °C	420 mm	100
Xuanhua · China	30 °C	-14 °C	421 mm	110
Mentougou · China	31 °C	-8.4 °C	683 mm	134
Ulanqab · China	26 °C	-19 °C	408 mm	56
Datong · China	28 °C	-16 °C	442 mm	86
Beijing · China	32 °C	-8.3 °C	545 mm	141
Tongzhou · China	32 °C	-8.2 °C	580 mm	142

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Zhangjiakou’s climate

When is the best time to visit Zhangjiakou?

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 Zhangjiakou get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 32 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 -16 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 165 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Zhangjiakou?

July, averaging 92 mm over 12 days with rain. The driest month is January with 3 mm. The year as a whole averages 420 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 Zhangjiakou 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.