Weather

Weather in China varied a lot from one place to another and has a Monsoon influence too. Areas north of the isotherm have temperatures below zero degrees and south of it, above zero.

The rainy seasons take place from May to September but it is very common to have abundant rains in summer during warm periods, especially in the north of the country.

Eastern China experiences many climate changes, while the northwest area is not a monsoon region. The southeast monsoon coming from the Pacific Ocean and a southwest monsoon from the equatorial Indian Ocean blow onto the Chinese mainland every year. To put it in a nutshell, we can find in China a drop of temperatures in winter and a semi-wet climate combined with a dry climate during the summer season.

Different Zones of China

1. Cold Temperature:
Inner Mongolia and north part Heilongjiang Province
City : Harbin.

2. Mid Temperature:
Jilin, northern Xinjiang, and most of Heilongjiang, Liaoning and Inner Mongolia.
Cities : Beijing, Dalian, Dunhuang, Hohhot, Lanzhou, Shenyang, Urumqi.

3. Warm Temperature:
Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Hebei Province.
Cities : Jinan, Luoyang, Qingdao, Taiyuan, Xian, Zhengzhou.

4. Subtropical :
South of isotherme Qinling Mountain-Huaihe River, east of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
Cities : Chengdu, Dali, Guangzhou, Guilin, Hangzhou, Hong Kong, Kunming, Lijiang, Macau, Shanghai.

5. Tropical :
The Hainan Province, south of Taiwan, Province of Sanya and Haikou.
Cities : Haikou, Sanya.

6. Plateau Climat :
Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
City : Lhasa.

Weather in Beijing

The capital of China has a humid continental climate with drastic changes during the hold year, influenced by the Monsoon.

Spring in Beijing, lasts from March to May and often includes sandstorms from the expanding Gobi Desert. The city is covered with a yellow fog that sometimes leaves everything coated in a thin layer of fine sand.

Average highs are often between 16 °C- 26°C corresponding to 53°F- 79°F.

Summers are long, hot, and humid with an average temperature in July of 30°C (87°F) but often topping 40°C (104°F) and rarely reaching 50°C (122°F) in August.

Most of the rainy days pass by in these months with precipitations around 1700 mm.

Autumn reaches temperatures up to 20 °C and down to 10°C and goes by without rain.
Winters are long too, cold and very dry. They include cold fronts and winds blowing in from Siberia. The average temperature in January is -10°C (14°F).

Humidity is common in Beijing with a low average of approximately 45% in winter and highs of 78% during the summer.

*Average temperatures and rainfall vary according to the time of the year.