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Owing to tremendous differences in latitude, longitude, and altitude, the climate of China is extremely diverse. It ranges from tropical in the far south to subarctic in the far north, and alpine in the higher elevations of the Tibetan Plateau.
The northern region has mainly temperate continental climate and temperate monsoon climate. The temperature in winter is lower than 0°C, and the temperature in summer is higher than 20°C. The temperature changes in four seasons. The coldest month occurs in January, and the hottest month is July.
In the central area of China, the climate is milder in winter, since the average temperature in January is between 0 and 10 °C (32 and 50 °F), while summer is hotter and longer. In addition to the higher temperature, both cloudiness and rainfall increase throughout the year.
The hottest places in China are found along the valleys of the middle and lower Yangtze. The mean July temperature of Nanchang and Changsha is well above 84 °F (29 °C), and in many years it exceeds 86 °F (30 °C). In North China autumn is generally cooler than spring.
You should know about China's wide-ranging climates, frozen winters, monsoon season, typhoons, pollution, and best places and times to go as you plan your trip.
This page presents China's climate context for the current climatology, 1991-2020, derived from observed, historical data. Information should be used to build a strong understanding of current climate conditions in order to appreciate future climate scenarios and projected change.
China is vast, and the climate and conditions vary widely from region to region. Climates range from desert in Xinjiang (the Northwest), to Inner Mongolian grasslands, to temperate and alpine forests and farmlands, to rice paddies and sub-tropical vegetation, to tropical rainforest, to sunny beaches.
China is a vast country with diverse climatic patterns. The climate ranges from tropical monsoon in the northeast (Köppen climate classification Am, Aw) to temperate type (Köppen variations of Cw, Cf, Dw, Ds, Df) in the east and south.
We show the climate in China by comparing the average weather in 5 representative places: Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chongqing, and Ürümqi. You can add or remove cities to customize the report to your liking. See all locations in China.
China has a range of climate zones ranging from tropical to cold temperate and from high mountain to desert. China borders Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan to the northwest; long land borders with Mongolia and Russia to the north; and to the south it borders with Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, India, Nepal and Pakistan.