Hohhot climate — normals and trends
Hohhot (China) has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.8 °C and it receives 479 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 (22.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-12.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Hohhot averages 175 frost days, 14 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 65 rainy days per year.
Hohhot has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 186 to 164 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.8 °C (on 29 July 2010) and the coldest -37.4 °C (on 8 February 1957).
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
HohhotInner Mongolia
- coords
- 40.81°, 111.65°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.8°C
Average daily high
12.0°C
Average daily low
-0.3°C
Annual rainfall
479mm
Sunshine / day
9.9h
Mean relative humidity
54%
Average peak wind
15.3km/h
Seasonal range
34.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
175 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
14 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
65 d/yr
Annual snowfall
28.8 cm
Average feels-like high
8.9 °C
Average feels-like low
-3.5 °C
Average peak gust
31.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
3 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · 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
37.8 °C
29 July 2010
Coldest day
-37.4 °C
8 February 1957
Wettest day
97 mm
20 August 1946
Windiest day
47.2 km/h
28 April 1983
Strongest gust
85.7 km/h
28 April 1983
Hottest feels-like
39.2 °C
27 July 1999
Coldest feels-like
-43.2 °C
8 February 1957
Snowiest day
12.7 cm
16 March 1946
Sunniest day
14.6 h
20 June 1961
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -3.5 °C | +2.8 °C | 4 mm | -0 mm |
| Feb | -1.3 °C | +0.7 °C | 0 mm | -9 mm |
| Mar | 8.9 °C | +2.9 °C | 5 mm | -14 mm |
| Apr | 16.5 °C | +1.8 °C | 21 mm | -8 mm |
| May | 21.6 °C | +0.2 °C | 92 mm | +52 mm |
| Jun | 26.7 °C | +0.8 °C | 22 mm | -29 mm |
| Jul | 26.5 °C | -0.9 °C | 277 mm | +177 mm |
| Aug | 25.8 °C | +0.5 °C | 184 mm | +75 mm |
| Sep | 21.7 °C | +1.4 °C | 43 mm | -24 mm |
| Oct | 13.1 °C | 0.0 °C | 56 mm | +24 mm |
| Nov | 5.6 °C | +2.2 °C | 12 mm | -2 mm |
| Dec | -2.2 °C | +2.5 °C | 8 mm | +4 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Hohhot?
Hohhot has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.8 °C and it receives 479 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Hohhot?
The hottest day measured in Hohhot between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 2010, reaching 37.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Hohhot?
The coldest day measured in Hohhot between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 1957, at -37.4 °C.
Does it snow in Hohhot?
Yes. Hohhot gets on average 28.8 cm of snow per year and has around 175 frost days.
Has the climate of Hohhot warmed?
Yes: Hohhot warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Hohhot?
The wettest day measured in Hohhot between 1940 and 2025 was 20 August 1946, with 97 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Hohhot?
The windiest day measured in Hohhot between 1940 and 2025 was 28 April 1983, with winds reaching 47.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Hohhot?
The warmest month in Hohhot is July (22.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-12.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Hohhot?
Hohhot receives on average 479 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 65 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Hohhot?
Hohhot gets on average 9.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,614 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Hohhot?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Hohhot between 1940 and 2025 was 16 March 1946, with 12.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Hohhot?
Yes: Hohhot has on average 3 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Hohhot?
In Hohhot, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.2 °C on 27 July 1999, and the lowest was -43.2 °C on 8 February 1957.
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