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Beijing weather, year by year

Beijing averages 13.1 °C over a year. Its warmest year since 1940 was 1999 (+0.9 °C vs normal), and 2025 ranks 6 of 86.

YearYear 2025

Mean tempMean temp 13.6 °C

vs normalvs normal +0.5 °C

RankRank 6/86

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Every year in Beijing since 1940, ranked

Pick a measure and line up all 86 years against the 1991–2020 normal. 2025 ranks 6 of 86 (+0.5 °C).

194019832025

2025 · 13.6 °C · +0.5 °C vs normal · rank 6 of 86

Warmest years

1199914.0 °C
2199813.7 °C
3200713.7 °C
4201413.7 °C
5202413.7 °C

Coldest years

119568.4 °C
219549.1 °C
319529.2 °C
419479.3 °C
519579.6 °C

All 86 years in a table

Year	Mean temperature	Daytime highs	Night lows	Precipitation	Hot days (30 °C+)	Frost days	Snowfall	Rainy days
2025	13.6 °C	19.7 °C	8.0 °C	653 mm	90 days	125 days	3 cm	62 days
2024	13.7 °C	19.5 °C	8.3 °C	687 mm	84 days	117 days	1 cm	66 days
2023	13.6 °C	19.8 °C	7.8 °C	528 mm	84 days	121 days	14 cm	50 days
2022	13.0 °C	19.1 °C	7.2 °C	498 mm	96 days	119 days	11 cm	53 days
2021	13.0 °C	18.7 °C	7.7 °C	750 mm	57 days	116 days	13 cm	73 days
2020	13.1 °C	19.3 °C	7.5 °C	372 mm	86 days	117 days	13 cm	50 days
2019	13.5 °C	19.8 °C	7.5 °C	426 mm	105 days	121 days	7 cm	55 days
2018	13.1 °C	19.1 °C	7.5 °C	505 mm	94 days	126 days	7 cm	53 days
2017	13.5 °C	19.4 °C	7.9 °C	580 mm	91 days	126 days	4 cm	45 days
2016	13.1 °C	18.8 °C	7.7 °C	675 mm	93 days	126 days	9 cm	53 days
2015	13.4 °C	19.1 °C	8.1 °C	520 mm	87 days	118 days	31 cm	63 days
2014	13.7 °C	19.8 °C	8.2 °C	384 mm	94 days	123 days	6 cm	49 days
2013	12.5 °C	18.4 °C	7.2 °C	483 mm	83 days	128 days	10 cm	55 days
2012	12.4 °C	18.3 °C	7.0 °C	542 mm	86 days	136 days	15 cm	58 days
2011	12.6 °C	18.5 °C	7.2 °C	499 mm	80 days	124 days	7 cm	50 days
2010	12.1 °C	17.7 °C	7.0 °C	515 mm	90 days	140 days	23 cm	58 days
2009	12.9 °C	18.8 °C	7.4 °C	439 mm	83 days	131 days	11 cm	54 days
2008	12.9 °C	18.9 °C	7.6 °C	507 mm	81 days	116 days	1 cm	61 days
2007	13.7 °C	19.6 °C	8.3 °C	438 mm	106 days	118 days	12 cm	51 days
2006	13.2 °C	18.9 °C	7.9 °C	503 mm	91 days	119 days	9 cm	54 days
2005	12.9 °C	18.9 °C	7.4 °C	445 mm	89 days	125 days	8 cm	56 days
2004	13.5 °C	19.5 °C	7.9 °C	547 mm	82 days	113 days	9 cm	56 days
2003	13.5 °C	18.8 °C	8.4 °C	589 mm	89 days	122 days	22 cm	75 days
2002	13.6 °C	19.4 °C	8.2 °C	436 mm	84 days	127 days	9 cm	58 days
2001	13.3 °C	18.9 °C	7.8 °C	531 mm	101 days	124 days	24 cm	63 days
2000	13.1 °C	18.8 °C	7.0 °C	655 mm	90 days	132 days	16 cm	67 days
1999	14.0 °C	19.9 °C	7.9 °C	409 mm	93 days	123 days	3 cm	68 days
1998	13.7 °C	19.3 °C	8.0 °C	647 mm	90 days	111 days	17 cm	65 days
1997	13.5 °C	19.4 °C	7.2 °C	390 mm	95 days	116 days	12 cm	50 days
1996	12.4 °C	17.9 °C	6.6 °C	703 mm	70 days	135 days	8 cm	66 days
1995	12.9 °C	18.7 °C	6.9 °C	737 mm	58 days	130 days	2 cm	67 days
1994	13.4 °C	18.9 °C	8.4 °C	856 mm	85 days	124 days	15 cm	64 days
1993	12.8 °C	18.3 °C	7.5 °C	491 mm	79 days	124 days	10 cm	63 days
1992	12.9 °C	18.6 °C	7.7 °C	563 mm	72 days	131 days	11 cm	69 days
1991	12.4 °C	17.8 °C	7.5 °C	562 mm	75 days	131 days	22 cm	73 days
1990	12.4 °C	17.7 °C	7.5 °C	904 mm	62 days	111 days	22 cm	85 days
1989	12.9 °C	18.6 °C	7.6 °C	524 mm	71 days	126 days	7 cm	57 days
1988	12.4 °C	18.0 °C	7.3 °C	585 mm	56 days	132 days	6 cm	64 days
1987	12.1 °C	17.7 °C	6.9 °C	815 mm	59 days	138 days	21 cm	80 days
1986	12.1 °C	17.7 °C	6.9 °C	658 mm	63 days	134 days	17 cm	66 days
1985	11.4 °C	16.8 °C	6.4 °C	739 mm	56 days	136 days	16 cm	82 days
1984	11.9 °C	17.7 °C	6.4 °C	621 mm	71 days	135 days	9 cm	62 days
1983	13.3 °C	19.4 °C	7.6 °C	497 mm	91 days	125 days	4 cm	63 days
1982	12.6 °C	18.6 °C	6.8 °C	665 mm	63 days	124 days	5 cm	66 days
1981	12.5 °C	18.6 °C	6.6 °C	467 mm	92 days	134 days	23 cm	57 days
1980	11.6 °C	17.6 °C	5.9 °C	464 mm	83 days	138 days	17 cm	59 days
1979	11.8 °C	17.9 °C	5.7 °C	947 mm	53 days	141 days	20 cm	67 days
1978	12.6 °C	18.7 °C	7.1 °C	820 mm	72 days	130 days	10 cm	68 days
1977	12.1 °C	17.8 °C	6.8 °C	948 mm	60 days	123 days	7 cm	69 days
1976	11.5 °C	16.9 °C	6.6 °C	689 mm	43 days	132 days	15 cm	77 days
1975	13.2 °C	19.1 °C	7.9 °C	443 mm	79 days	120 days	8 cm	57 days
1974	11.6 °C	17.4 °C	6.1 °C	541 mm	63 days	137 days	12 cm	63 days
1973	11.8 °C	17.4 °C	6.8 °C	896 mm	51 days	127 days	30 cm	95 days
1972	12.2 °C	18.0 °C	6.7 °C	688 mm	75 days	122 days	26 cm	64 days
1971	12.1 °C	17.8 °C	6.7 °C	583 mm	65 days	127 days	30 cm	80 days
1970	11.4 °C	17.1 °C	6.0 °C	657 mm	55 days	139 days	19 cm	78 days
1969	10.6 °C	16.2 °C	5.3 °C	861 mm	54 days	139 days	23 cm	74 days
1968	12.2 °C	18.3 °C	6.6 °C	526 mm	76 days	128 days	13 cm	52 days
1967	11.3 °C	17.2 °C	5.6 °C	1,001 mm	61 days	135 days	26 cm	98 days
1966	10.9 °C	17.0 °C	5.6 °C	834 mm	36 days	143 days	11 cm	79 days
1965	11.4 °C	17.7 °C	5.8 °C	540 mm	59 days	140 days	10 cm	61 days
1964	11.5 °C	16.7 °C	6.7 °C	899 mm	57 days	131 days	30 cm	94 days
1963	12.5 °C	18.5 °C	7.1 °C	668 mm	75 days	128 days	4 cm	69 days
1962	12.5 °C	18.8 °C	6.8 °C	620 mm	82 days	131 days	21 cm	56 days
1961	13.4 °C	19.2 °C	7.9 °C	825 mm	77 days	115 days	15 cm	76 days
1960	12.2 °C	18.3 °C	6.7 °C	552 mm	79 days	130 days	13 cm	60 days
1959	12.1 °C	17.6 °C	7.0 °C	1,031 mm	56 days	126 days	29 cm	85 days
1958	11.8 °C	17.8 °C	6.2 °C	920 mm	61 days	136 days	16 cm	79 days
1957	9.6 °C	15.9 °C	3.5 °C	735 mm	61 days	143 days	45 cm	65 days
1956	8.4 °C	14.2 °C	3.0 °C	967 mm	20 days	150 days	53 cm	101 days
1955	9.9 °C	15.4 °C	4.9 °C	998 mm	40 days	147 days	31 cm	92 days
1954	9.1 °C	14.2 °C	4.3 °C	1,084 mm	3 days	129 days	36 cm	109 days
1953	10.0 °C	15.3 °C	5.3 °C	850 mm	17 days	140 days	17 cm	98 days
1952	9.2 °C	14.5 °C	4.2 °C	939 mm	12 days	139 days	47 cm	96 days
1951	9.9 °C	15.5 °C	4.7 °C	1,156 mm	19 days	142 days	26 cm	110 days
1950	11.0 °C	16.4 °C	6.3 °C	765 mm	28 days	135 days	4 cm	93 days
1949	11.2 °C	16.8 °C	6.3 °C	1,373 mm	18 days	139 days	8 cm	82 days
1948	11.4 °C	17.2 °C	6.3 °C	506 mm	46 days	138 days	13 cm	88 days
1947	9.3 °C	15.0 °C	4.2 °C	1,118 mm	27 days	149 days	26 cm	90 days
1946	10.9 °C	16.5 °C	6.3 °C	2,499 mm	15 days	136 days	29 cm	111 days
1945	12.4 °C	19.0 °C	6.6 °C	434 mm	84 days	132 days	9 cm	57 days
1944	12.1 °C	18.4 °C	6.5 °C	355 mm	84 days	136 days	10 cm	56 days
1943	12.0 °C	18.3 °C	6.5 °C	546 mm	75 days	134 days	12 cm	66 days
1942	11.9 °C	18.3 °C	6.2 °C	547 mm	74 days	135 days	5 cm	62 days
1941	11.2 °C	17.7 °C	5.3 °C	474 mm	48 days	142 days	8 cm	67 days
1940	10.9 °C	17.0 °C	5.5 °C	737 mm	32 days	145 days	6 cm	79 days

Year vs year

Pick two years and let them fight it out in Beijing: month by month, point by point.

First year2025

Second year1999

In Beijing, 1999 beats 2025 by 0.4 °C on mean temperature.

20251999Normal 1991–2020

3points2

13.6 °CWarmer14.0 °C
90 daysHot days93 days
125 daysFrost days123 days
653 mmWetter409 mm
3 cmSnowier3 cm
1,564 kWh/m²Sunnier1,561 kWh/m²

Records in Beijing

The most extreme days and years since 1940, with the readings of a nearby station when they go further.

Hottest day

43.2 °C

June 10, 1961 estimate

Nearby station: 41.9 °C on July 24, 1999 measured

Coldest night

-29.5 °C

January 10, 1951 estimate

Nearby station: -27.4 °C on February 22, 1966 measured

Wettest day

229 mm

August 4, 1946 estimate

Nearby station: 263 mm on July 20, 2016 measured

Snowiest day

13 cm

February 25, 1959 estimate

Strongest gust

82 km/h

June 27, 1986 estimate

Year records

Warmest199914.0 °C
Coldest19568.4 °C
Wettest19462,499 mm
Driest1944355 mm

The weather on your birthday in Beijing

Any day since 1940: high, low, rain, snow, and how warm it was compared with the same date in every other year.

Beijing vs another city

Compare with

Beijing is warmer than Moscow by 7.3 °C on average over the year. Beijing gets 77 mm less precipitation per year. In Beijing, 12 months out of 12 are warmer.

BeijingMoscowBand: average low to average high

Questions & answers

What is the climate like in Beijing?

Beijing averages 13.1 °C over the year. The warmest month is July, with highs around 32.3 °C; the coldest is January, with lows around -8.2 °C. About 532 mm of precipitation falls each year, over some 59 rainy days.

What was the warmest year in Beijing?

1999, at +0.9 °C compared with the 1991–2020 normal. The coldest was 1956. Out of 86 years since 1940, 2025 ranks 6.

What is the wettest month in Beijing?

July gets the most precipitation and January the least. The wettest year was 1946, the driest 1944.

Is Beijing getting warmer?

Compared with its first thirty years on record (from 1940), the last ten years in Beijing show a gap of +2.2 °C in mean temperature.