Climate averages 1991–2020
Harbin weather
in November.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 9th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a freezing month in Harbin: daytime highs average -0.2°C and nights cool to about -8.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 mm of precipitation on roughly 4 days, which makes November a month with light precipitation (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 32 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hulan (17 km away). In November its highs average -0.2°C, about as warm as Harbin, with 15 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Harbin ranks joint 836th of 884 for the warmest November highs and joint 160th of 884 for the driest November (precipitation, lowest first). The mean November high of those 884 cities is 13.7°C; Harbin is 13.9°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 10.4°C to -10.5°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 18 mm to 8.5 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | -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, selected | -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
November in nearby cities
- Hulan in NovemberChina · 17 kmHigh -0.2°C · Low -8.4°C · 15 mm precipitation
- Acheng in NovemberChina · 33 kmHigh -0.1°C · Low -8.7°C · 21 mm precipitation
- Shuangcheng in NovemberChina · 49 kmHigh 0.3°C · Low -8.1°C · 16 mm precipitation
- Lanxi (Heilongjiang), China in NovemberChina · 63 kmHigh -0.7°C · Low -9.0°C · 13 mm precipitation
- Zhaodong in NovemberChina · 63 kmHigh -0.4°C · Low -8.5°C · 13 mm precipitation
- Wuchang in NovemberChina · 100 kmHigh 0.4°C · Low -8.0°C · 25 mm precipitation
- Suihua in NovemberChina · 103 kmHigh -1.5°C · Low -9.5°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Yushu (Jilin), China in NovemberChina · 103 kmHigh 0.6°C · Low -7.6°C · 23 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.