Climate averages 1991–2020
Harbin weather
in January.
A freezing month with very little precipitation: the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Harbin: daytime highs average -12.9°C and nights cool to about -23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 4.1 mm of precipitation on roughly 1 day, which makes January a month with very little precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 07 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hulan (17 km away). In January its highs average -12.9°C, about as warm as Harbin, with 3.5 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Harbin ranks joint 851st of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 148th of 884 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Harbin is 18.8°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 6.2°C to -6.7°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 4.1 mm to 5.8 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Harbin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -12.9°C-23.7°C | -23.7°C | 4.1 | 1.3 | 9.19 h |
| February | -6.7°C-19.1°C | -19.1°C | 5.8 | 1.7 | 10.310 h |
| March | 3.1°C-8.9°C | -8.9°C | 15 | 3.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.3°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 30 | 5.6 | 13.513 h |
| May | 20.5°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 65 | 9.3 | 14.915 h |
| June | 25.7°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 99 | 12.2 | 15.616 h |
| July | 27.3°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 155 | 14.9 | 15.315 h |
| August | 25.6°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 138 | 13.5 | 14.114 h |
| September | 20.5°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 67 | 8.5 | 12.613 h |
| October | 11.8°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 38 | 6.5 | 11.011 h |
| November | -0.2°C-8.5°C | -8.5°C | 18 | 3.6 | 9.510 h |
| December | -10.5°C-20.0°C | -20.0°C | 8.5 | 2.4 | 8.89 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
January in nearby cities
- Hulan in JanuaryChina · 17 kmHigh -12.9°C · Low -23.5°C · 3.5 mm precipitation
- Acheng in JanuaryChina · 33 kmHigh -12.8°C · Low -23.8°C · 4.9 mm precipitation
- Shuangcheng in JanuaryChina · 49 kmHigh -12.2°C · Low -22.7°C · 3.5 mm precipitation
- Lanxi (Heilongjiang), China in JanuaryChina · 63 kmHigh -13.2°C · Low -23.4°C · 3.3 mm precipitation
- Zhaodong in JanuaryChina · 63 kmHigh -12.8°C · Low -22.8°C · 3.1 mm precipitation
- Wuchang in JanuaryChina · 100 kmHigh -12.0°C · Low -23.1°C · 6.1 mm precipitation
- Suihua in JanuaryChina · 103 kmHigh -14.5°C · Low -24.7°C · 4.0 mm precipitation
- Yushu (Jilin), China in JanuaryChina · 103 kmHigh -11.7°C · Low -22.2°C · 4.8 mm precipitation
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 limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Harbin) is explained once on the Harbin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.