Climate averages 1991–2020

Baotou weather
in November.

A cold, very dry month: the 9th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 4.9°C Daytime mean, November
Average low -5.5°C Night-time mean, November
Rainfall 9.4 mm 2 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 10 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Baotou · average highYear overview

November is a cold month in Baotou: daytime highs average 4.9°C and nights cool to about -5.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 9.4 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes November a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 58 min on an average November day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Shiguai (38 km away). In November its highs average 3.4°C, 1.5°C cooler than Baotou, with 10 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Baotou ranks joint 767th of 884 for the warmest November highs and joint 56th of 884 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 884 cities is 13.7°C; Baotou is 8.9°C cooler than that mean.

From November to December, average highs fall by 7.6°C to -2.7°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 9.4 mm to 3.1 mm.

The annual picture

November in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -20-15-10-505101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm
Average monthly precipitation totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Baotou climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Baotou, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January -3.8°C-15.8°C-15.8°C2.40.99.610 h
February 1.4°C-11.2°C-11.2°C5.21.410.611 h
March 8.6°C-5.0°C-5.0°C122.511.912 h
April 16.8°C0.9°C0.9°C182.913.313 h
May 23.4°C7.8°C7.8°C284.314.414 h
June 28.4°C14.3°C14.3°C385.915.015 h
July 29.8°C17.4°C17.4°C818.414.815 h
August 27.5°C15.6°C15.6°C818.713.814 h
September 22.1°C9.8°C9.8°C546.612.513 h
October 14.4°C1.9°C1.9°C213.611.211 h
November, selected 4.9°C-5.5°C-5.5°C9.41.710.010 h
December -2.7°C-13.0°C-13.0°C3.11.09.39 h

Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

Compare places

November in nearby cities

Distance from Baotou

Read the numbers correctly

Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Baotou) is explained once on the Baotou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.