Jilin City climate — normals and trends
Jilin City (China) has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.0 °C and it receives 878 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 (22.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-16.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Jilin City averages 169 frost days, 10 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 113 rainy days per year.
Jilin City has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 174 to 164 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.4 °C (on 3 August 2018) and the coldest -38.6 °C (on 4 January 1970).
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
Jilin CityJilin
- coords
- 43.85°, 126.56°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.0°C
Average daily high
10.1°C
Average daily low
-0.2°C
Annual rainfall
878mm
Sunshine / day
8.9h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
14.8km/h
Seasonal range
39.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
169 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
10 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
113 d/yr
Annual snowfall
68.0 cm
Average feels-like high
7.8 °C
Average feels-like low
-3.1 °C
Average peak gust
35.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
19 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.50 · 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
36.4 °C
3 August 2018
Coldest day
-38.6 °C
4 January 1970
Wettest day
147 mm
6 August 1956
Windiest day
41.1 km/h
6 May 2017
Strongest gust
97.9 km/h
15 May 1982
Hottest feels-like
40.5 °C
30 July 2018
Coldest feels-like
-43.2 °C
4 January 1970
Snowiest day
21.3 cm
4 March 2007
Sunniest day
15.0 h
2 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -7.0 °C | +3.7 °C | 9 mm | -2 mm |
| Feb | -4.6 °C | +1.7 °C | 6 mm | -8 mm |
| Mar | 4.8 °C | +2.5 °C | 19 mm | -11 mm |
| Apr | 14.7 °C | +2.0 °C | 106 mm | +53 mm |
| May | 20.1 °C | +0.3 °C | 94 mm | +9 mm |
| Jun | 25.8 °C | +1.3 °C | 176 mm | +51 mm |
| Jul | 29.4 °C | +2.4 °C | 173 mm | -19 mm |
| Aug | 26.7 °C | +0.8 °C | 183 mm | +4 mm |
| Sep | 24.1 °C | +3.5 °C | 50 mm | -34 mm |
| Oct | 11.9 °C | -0.5 °C | 16 mm | -40 mm |
| Nov | 4.3 °C | +3.1 °C | 19 mm | -15 mm |
| Dec | -6.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 13 mm | -1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Jilin City?
Jilin City has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.0 °C and it receives 878 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Jilin City?
The hottest day measured in Jilin City between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 2018, reaching 36.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Jilin City?
The coldest day measured in Jilin City between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1970, at -38.6 °C.
Does it snow in Jilin City?
Yes. Jilin City gets on average 68.0 cm of snow per year and has around 169 frost days.
Has the climate of Jilin City warmed?
Yes: Jilin City warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Jilin City?
The wettest day measured in Jilin City between 1940 and 2025 was 6 August 1956, with 147 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Jilin City?
The windiest day measured in Jilin City between 1940 and 2025 was 6 May 2017, with winds reaching 41.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Jilin City?
The warmest month in Jilin City is July (22.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-16.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Jilin City?
Jilin City receives on average 878 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 113 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Jilin City?
Jilin City gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Jilin City?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Jilin City between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 2007, with 21.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Jilin City?
Yes: Jilin City has on average 19 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Jilin City?
In Jilin City, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.5 °C on 30 July 2018, and the lowest was -43.2 °C on 4 January 1970.
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