10 Coldest Cities In China

Where is the coldest place in China? China, a country with vast land and abundant resources, has great differences in climate. From the sub-zero weather in the north to the year-round subtropical weather in the south, you can feel the different flavors of this country. This post will introduce you to the 10 coldest cities in China.

1. Genhe 根河 (-58℃)

Genhe City is a county-level city in Hulunbuir City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. It is the coldest city in China and is known as “China’s Cold Pole”. The climate of Genhe City is a cold temperate humid forest climate, and has some characteristics of continental monsoon climate. The annual average temperature is -5.3°C, the average temperature in January is close to -30°C, the extreme minimum temperature recorded by the county-level meteorological station is -51.5°С, the extreme low temperature recorded by the weather station is -58°C, and the average temperature in July is 18~20°C, but There have also been high temperatures above 35°C. The annual temperature range is 47.4°C, the daily range is 20°C, and the freezing period is more than 210 days.

2. Mohe 漠河 (-52.3℃)

Mohe City is located in the northwest of Heilongjiang Province, belonging to the Greater Xing’an Mountains in Heilongjiang Province. Mohe City has a cold temperate continental climate and is the city with the lowest temperature in China. In winter, controlled by the continental monsoon and Mongolian high pressure, strong cold air advances from west to east, precipitation plummets, extremely cold, and the severe cold period is long. The average temperature in January, February, March, November and December is between 2.2°C and -28°C. , When the Pacific Aleutian low pressure prevails, the pressure gradient between the sea and the land increases, and the temperature drops sharply. The temperature is generally below -40 ℃, and the west or northwest wind prevails. The lowest temperature is -52.3°C, the average annual temperature is -3.8°C, the frost-free period is about 90 days, and the temperature difference between day and night is large. There is a saying of “four seasons in one day”.

3. Fuyun County 富蕴县 (-51.5℃)

Fuyun County is located in the northeast of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Fuyun County has a continental cold temperate arid climate, with severe and long winters, hot summers, short springs and autumns, sufficient sunshine, with an average annual sunshine hours of 2900 hours, an average temperature of 3.0°C, an extreme maximum temperature of 42.2°C, and an extreme minimum temperature of -51.5°C. ℃, the average frost-free period is 137 days, the annual precipitation is 189.6mm, and the annual evaporation is 1970mm. The evaporation is large, the annual evaporation is 1743mm, the sunshine is abundant, and the annual sunshine is 2869.8 hours. The climate is dry, with an annual relative humidity of 61%. The frost-free period is short, averaging 140 days per year. Nearly two-thirds of the territory has no obvious summer, only the difference between cold and warm. With 0 ℃ as the warm half year, accounting for 206 days.

4. Huma 呼玛 (-50.2℃)

Huma County belongs to the Daxinganling area of ​​Heilongjiang Province. Huma County belongs to the cold temperate continental monsoon climate, with severe cold and long winters, extreme lowest temperature of -50.2℃, hot and rainy summers and short, annual rainfall between 300 and 500 mm, extreme maximum temperature of 38℃, and annual average temperature of – 2°C. The snow cover period is more than 150 days, the frost-free period is 80 to 110 days, and the freezing period is about 7 months per year. The average annual sunshine hours is 2529 hours.

5. Yili 伊犁 (-51℃)

The extreme maximum temperature in Yili Prefecture is 42.8°C and the extreme minimum temperature is -51.0°C. The annual average temperature in the Ili River Valley is 10.4°C, the annual average temperature in the Tacheng area is 8.7°C, and the annual average temperature in the Altay area is 5.8°C. The average annual precipitation: 417.6 mm in Ili Valley, about 600 mm in mountainous areas; 342.7 mm in Tacheng Basin, about 400 mm in mountainous areas; 202.6 mm in Altay Mountains; 100-200 mm in other areas.

6. Yakeshi 牙克石（-50℃）

Yakeshi City is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Hulun Buir, located in the middle of Hulun Buir City and the west slope of the middle section of the middle ridge of the Greater Khingan Mountains. The average temperature in Yakeshi City is -4.4℃-0.4℃, the temperature difference between day and night is large, and the annual average sunshine hours are 2378-2720 hours. In Yakeshi, the temperature rises rapidly in spring, which is dry and windy, and the temperature difference between day and night is large; summer is short and cool, and precipitation is concentrated; autumn cools sharply, and frosts are early; winter is long and cold, and the extreme bottom temperature in the north is -46.5 ℃. Among them, the lowest temperature in Iturihe Town, Yakeshi City, can reach -50℃ in winter.

7. Baishan 白山 (-42.2℃)

Baishan City has a north temperate continental monsoon climate and is the coldest area in Jilin Province. Spring has a large temperature difference between day and night; summer is short, warm and rainy; autumn is cool and bright; winter is long, dry and cold. The annual average temperature in the urban area is 4.6 °C, the historical maximum temperature in summer is 36.5 °C, the historical minimum temperature in winter is -42.2 °C, the annual average precipitation is 883.4 mm, the sunshine hours are 2259 hours, and the frost-free period is 140 days.

8. Karamay 克拉玛依 (-40.5℃)

Karamay City is located in the mid-latitude inland area and has a typical temperate continental climate. Its characteristics are: the disparity between cold and summer, dryness and little rain, more wind in spring and autumn, and large temperature difference between winter and summer. The snow is thin, the evaporation is fast, and the permafrost is deep. Disasters such as strong winds, cold waves, hail, and flash floods occur frequently. Among the four seasons, winter and summer are long and the temperature difference is large. Spring and autumn are transition periods, and the seasons change is not obvious. The annual average temperature is 8.6 ℃. January is the coldest month, with an average monthly temperature of -15.4°C and an extreme minimum temperature of -40.5°C in the Xiaoguai area on December 23, 1984.

9. Heihe 黑河 (-40℃)

Heihe City has a cold temperate continental monsoon climate, spanning three, four, five and six accumulated temperate zones. Spring is hot and windy, summer is rainy and hot in the same period, autumn is abruptly cooled, winter is cold and dry, winter is long and summer is short, and the four seasons are distinct. The city’s annual average precipitation is 500-550 mm, the effective accumulated temperature is 1950-2300 °C, the sunshine hours are 2560-2700 hours, the frost-free period is 90-120 days, the annual average temperature is -1.3-0.4 °C, the daily maximum temperature is 38.2 °C, and the minimum temperature – 40℃, the annual average wind speed is 2.0-3.5 m/s.

10. Tacheng area 塔城地区 (-40℃)

The Tacheng area belongs to the mid-temperate arid and semi-arid climate zone, with rapid warming in spring and large fluctuations in temperature and temperature. The average monthly temperature in summer is above 20 ℃, the hot period is up to 90 days, and the hot period is up to 29 days. In autumn, the temperature drops rapidly, and in more than a month, the temperature can drop by 20 ℃. Winter is cold and long, nearly half a year. The annual extreme maximum temperature is 40℃, and the extreme minimum temperature is minus 40℃.