Zhaodong climate

Name: Zhaodong
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Zhaodong is warmest in July, with average highs of 27 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -23 °C. July is the wettest month (134 mm) and January the driest (3.3 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Zhaodong averages 560 mm of rain, 72 days above 25 °C and 172 days below freezing.

China · population 154,406 · 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 27 °C
Coldest month January -23 °C
Driest month January 3 mm
Wettest month July 134 mm
Least cloud December 36 % cloud
Hottest on record June 37 °C
Coldest on record January -41 °C

What to expectZhaodong through the year

Zhaodong has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -13 °C in January to 27 °C in July, a swing of 41 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 72 days a year reach 25 °C, 14 of them reach 30 °C, 172 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in June.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 134 mm against 3 mm in January — 41 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-13.0 °C	3 mm	37 %
February	-6.8 °C	4 mm	39 %
March	3.0 °C	12 mm	45 %
April	13.2 °C	26 mm	52 %
May	20.7 °C	54 mm	57 %
June	26.0 °C	94 mm	59 %
July	27.5 °C	134 mm	61 %
August	25.8 °C	117 mm	57 %
September	20.5 °C	62 mm	45 %
October	11.5 °C	34 mm	39 %
November	-0.6 °C	13 mm	40 %
December	-10.9 °C	7 mm	36 %

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	-13.0 °C	-23.4 °C	-18.1 °C	1.3 °C	-41.2 °C	0	0	31
February	-6.8 °C	-18.3 °C	-12.5 °C	10.5 °C	-39.4 °C	0	0	28
March	3.0 °C	-8.0 °C	-2.7 °C	21.4 °C	-24.6 °C	0	0	29
April	13.2 °C	1.2 °C	7.1 °C	30.2 °C	-13.3 °C	0	0	13
May	20.7 °C	9.0 °C	14.8 °C	33.3 °C	-2.1 °C	6	1	0
June	26.0 °C	15.7 °C	20.8 °C	37.1 °C	5.4 °C	18	5	0
July	27.5 °C	19.0 °C	23.1 °C	36.1 °C	9.7 °C	25	6	0
August	25.8 °C	17.2 °C	21.4 °C	34.1 °C	7.4 °C	19	2	0
September	20.5 °C	10.8 °C	15.4 °C	30.7 °C	0.8 °C	4	0	0
October	11.5 °C	2.0 °C	6.4 °C	27.4 °C	-10.7 °C	0	0	11
November	-0.6 °C	-8.8 °C	-4.9 °C	17.2 °C	-28.6 °C	0	0	29
December	-10.9 °C	-20.1 °C	-15.4 °C	7.2 °C	-36.9 °C	0	0	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	3 mm	1	9.0 h/day	37 %	68 %	16 km/h
February	4 mm	1	10 h/day	39 %	63 %	19 km/h
March	12 mm	3	12 h/day	45 %	46 %	22 km/h
April	26 mm	5	14 h/day	52 %	45 %	24 km/h
May	54 mm	8	15 h/day	57 %	52 %	23 km/h
June	94 mm	12	16 h/day	59 %	63 %	19 km/h
July	134 mm	14	15 h/day	61 %	74 %	17 km/h
August	117 mm	12	14 h/day	57 %	76 %	17 km/h
September	62 mm	8	13 h/day	45 %	66 %	20 km/h
October	34 mm	6	11 h/day	39 %	60 %	21 km/h
November	13 mm	3	9.5 h/day	40 %	59 %	19 km/h
December	7 mm	2	8.7 h/day	36 %	66 %	17 km/h

How Zhaodong 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
Zhaodong	27 °C	-23 °C	560 mm	72
Harbin · China	27 °C	-24 °C	638 mm	70
Daqing · China	28 °C	-24 °C	488 mm	71
Suihua · China	27 °C	-26 °C	638 mm	59
Hulan Ergi · China	28 °C	-24 °C	456 mm	75

Where Zhaodong ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Asia in January	12th of 50	-13 °C
The coolest places in Asia in December	13th of 50	-11 °C
The coolest places in Asia in February	21st of 50	-6.8 °C
The coolest places in Asia in November	22nd of 50	-0.6 °C
The coolest places in Asia year-round	22nd of 50	9.7 °C
The coolest places in the world in December	26th of 50	-11 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Zhaodong’s climate

When is the best time to visit Zhaodong?

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 Zhaodong get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 27 °C. About 14 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -23 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 172 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Zhaodong?

July, averaging 134 mm over 14 days with rain. The driest month is January with 3 mm. The year as a whole averages 560 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 Zhaodong 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: 46.052°, 125.955° (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.