Chengde climate — normals and trends
Chengde (China) has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.0 °C and it receives 674 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (23.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-9.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Chengde averages 156 frost days, 17 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 79 rainy days per year.
Chengde has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 165 to 147 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.8 °C (on 14 July 2000) and the coldest -30.3 °C (on 15 February 1953).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
ChengdeHebei
- coords
- 40.95°, 117.96°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.0°C
Average daily high
13.7°C
Average daily low
2.6°C
Annual rainfall
674mm
Sunshine / day
9.3h
Mean relative humidity
58%
Average peak wind
12.7km/h
Seasonal range
32.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
156 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
17 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
79 d/yr
Annual snowfall
24.8 cm
Average feels-like high
11.4 °C
Average feels-like low
0.3 °C
Average peak gust
32.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
16 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.54 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
38.8 °C
14 July 2000
Coldest day
-30.3 °C
15 February 1953
Wettest day
149 mm
25 July 1962
Windiest day
37.3 km/h
15 April 1966
Strongest gust
88.6 km/h
5 April 1978
Hottest feels-like
41.3 °C
31 July 2018
Coldest feels-like
-35.6 °C
15 February 1953
Snowiest day
19.1 cm
20 March 2003
Sunniest day
14.1 h
16 July 1945
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -0.5 °C | +2.8 °C | 3 mm | -1 mm |
| Feb | 0.9 °C | +0.5 °C | 0 mm | -7 mm |
| Mar | 10.3 °C | +2.7 °C | 14 mm | -2 mm |
| Apr | 18.3 °C | +2.5 °C | 21 mm | -11 mm |
| May | 22.1 °C | -0.1 °C | 80 mm | +26 mm |
| Jun | 27.5 °C | +1.5 °C | 111 mm | +7 mm |
| Jul | 28.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 231 mm | +51 mm |
| Aug | 27.8 °C | +1.1 °C | 212 mm | +52 mm |
| Sep | 24.5 °C | +2.2 °C | 36 mm | -30 mm |
| Oct | 14.2 °C | -0.8 °C | 33 mm | -1 mm |
| Nov | 8.7 °C | +3.4 °C | 6 mm | -8 mm |
| Dec | -0.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 4 mm | -1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Chengde?
Chengde has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.0 °C and it receives 674 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Chengde?
The hottest day measured in Chengde between 1940 and 2025 was 14 July 2000, reaching 38.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Chengde?
The coldest day measured in Chengde between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 1953, at -30.3 °C.
Does it snow in Chengde?
Yes. Chengde gets on average 24.8 cm of snow per year and has around 156 frost days.
Has the climate of Chengde warmed?
Yes: Chengde warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Chengde?
The wettest day measured in Chengde between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 1962, with 149 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Chengde?
The windiest day measured in Chengde between 1940 and 2025 was 15 April 1966, with winds reaching 37.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Chengde?
The warmest month in Chengde is July (23.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-9.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Chengde?
Chengde receives on average 674 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 79 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Chengde?
Chengde gets on average 9.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,395 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Chengde?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Chengde between 1940 and 2025 was 20 March 2003, with 19.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Chengde?
Yes: Chengde has on average 16 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Chengde?
In Chengde, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.3 °C on 31 July 2018, and the lowest was -35.6 °C on 15 February 1953.
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