China · 39.90°N 116.41°E · 30-year monthly averages, judged against the Warm preset (highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showers)
The best time to visit Beijing is April to May and September to October, with highs of 20–27 °C68–81 °F and nights of 7–15 °C45–59 °F, and rainfall of under 60 mm2.4 in a month.
The rainy season is July to August; July is a true monsoon, with 208 mm8.2 in a month and a peak in July (208 mm8.2 in). July is the hottest month (highs of 31 °C88 °F) and January the coldest (2 °C36 °F); nights are below freezing from November to February.
The figures are 30-year monthly averages (WorldClim 2.1 monthly normals 1970–2000) for the 0.25° grid cell at 39.90, 116.41. This is a climate guide, not a forecast.
Pick the weather you like. Every month is then judged against it: temperature above the month names, rain below.
Good time to go for a Warm holiday: April to May and September to October.
Open Beijing on the interactive map ↗ the same verdicts for any place on Earth, in any month
Reading the chart. Gold means good: the month fits what you picked. Any other colour shows the reason it does not. The temperature bar can be too cold or too hot; the rain bar can be too dry, too rainy or monsoon. A faded gold bar means that half fits but the other half does not. A gold month name means both halves fit.
What the verdicts mean. Temperature is the month's average daily high (the afternoon), judged against the preset's band (highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F for Warm). Rain is judged by each month's class within Beijing's own year, not by raw millimetres: dry under 60 mm2.4 in, showers 60–100 mm2.4–3.9 in, rainy from 100 mm3.9 in and at least 35 % of the wettest month. Too rainy is a rainy-season month that the preset does not allow. Monsoon is the heaviest kind of rainy season: 180 mm7.1 in or more (120 mm4.7 in near the yearly peak) in a climate where the wettest month has at least three times the rain of the driest. Every monsoon month is also a rainy-season month; the label says which kind. Full rules on the method page.
| Month | Rain | High | Low | Season | Warm verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 00 | 235 | -916 | dry | too cold |
| February | 00 | 541 | -620 | dry | too cold |
| March | 80.3 | 1254 | 032 | dry | too cold |
| April | 160.6 | 2170 | 846 | dry | good |
| May | 321.3 | 2780 | 1456 | dry | good |
| June | 722.8 | 3187 | 1965 | showers | too hot |
| July | 2088.2 | 3188 | 2271 | monsoon | too hot |
| August | 1606.3 | 3086 | 2169 | rainy | too hot |
| September | 481.9 | 2679 | 1558 | dry | good |
| October | 160.6 | 2067 | 745 | dry | good |
| November | 80.3 | 1050 | -130 | dry | too cold |
| December | 80.3 | 438 | -620 | dry | too cold |
| Looking for | Rule | Months that fit |
|---|---|---|
| Warm | highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showers | April to May and September to October |
| Tropical | highs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, any rain except monsoon | June and August |
| Beach | highs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, dry or showers | June |
| Cool | highs 3–19 °C37–66 °F, any rain except monsoon | February to March and November to December |
| Snow | highs below 3 °C37 °F, any rain | January |
Yes. The rainy season is July to August; July is a true monsoon, with 208 mm8.2 in a month and a peak in July (208 mm8.2 in). Outside the rainy season, September to May is dry.
July is the hottest month (highs of 31 °C88 °F) and January the coldest (2 °C36 °F); nights are below freezing from November to February. Annual rainfall is about 576 mm23 in.
The nearest destinations that fit the Warm preset in the months when Beijing does not:
The interactive map colours the whole world by how well it fits the weather you like, in any month, and shows this chart for any place you tap.