Best time to visit Jinzhong

The best time to visit Jinzhong is April–June and September–October, judged on twenty years of weather records and the events worth going for.

Jinzhong, Shanxi, China

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  • Best month
  • Made good or best by an event
Average daily high and low temperature, average precipitation and each month's verdict
MonthAverage daily highAverage daily lowPrecipitationVerdict
January1.4 °C / 35 °F-9.5 °C / 15 °F3 mm / 0.1 inneither best nor good
February5.2 °C / 41 °F-5.8 °C / 22 °F8 mm / 0.3 inneither best nor good
March12.6 °C / 55 °F0.4 °C / 33 °F13 mm / 0.5 ingood month
April19 °C / 66 °F6.3 °C / 43 °F31 mm / 1.2 inbest month
May24.9 °C / 77 °F12 °C / 54 °F33 mm / 1.3 inbest month
June29.1 °C / 84 °F16.7 °C / 62 °F41 mm / 1.6 inbest month
July29.4 °C / 85 °F19.5 °C / 67 °F117 mm / 4.6 inneither best nor good
August27.8 °C / 82 °F18.3 °C / 65 °F83 mm / 3.3 ingood month
September23.2 °C / 74 °F12.9 °C / 55 °F59 mm / 2.3 inbest month
October17.1 °C / 63 °F6.3 °C / 43 °F43 mm / 1.7 inbest month
November9.4 °C / 49 °F-1.1 °C / 30 °F15 mm / 0.6 inneither best nor good
December2.3 °C / 36 °F-7.8 °C / 18 °F3 mm / 0.1 inneither best nor good
Good and best months depend on more than temperature, rain and events. How they are chosen

Each activity on this page has its own good and best months, rated on twenty years of daily weather records. Which measures count, and how much, depends on the activity: humidity for exploring outdoors, wind for the beach, hiking and skiing, snow for skiing alone. Between them, the activities are rated on:

  • Daytime highs
  • Night-time lows
  • How warm it feels
  • Humidity
  • How much of the day is sunny
  • Hours of daylight
  • Monthly rainfall
  • How many days it rains
  • Days of heavy rain
  • Wind
  • Snowfall and days with snow
  • Major events, such as festivals

The chart shows the good and best months for exploring outdoors.

The event icon marks a month that an event lifts to good or best, such as a festival or a natural spectacle. Choose “Weather only” in the toolbar to rate the months on weather alone.

Best months by activity

Exploring outdoors

Mild days and nights, mostly dry and bright. The default for 'when should I go'.

  1. JJanuary: neither
  2. FFebruary: neither
  3. MMarch: good
  4. AApril: best
  5. MMay: best
  6. JJune: best
  7. JJuly: neither
  8. AAugust: good
  9. SSeptember: best
  10. OOctober: best
  11. NNovember: neither
  12. DDecember: neither
Best
April–June, September–October
Good
March, August
Why these months
  • March · good

    In its favour: precipitation 13 mm / 0.5 in, share of daylight that is sunny 83%, wet days 3.5 days, days with heavy rain 0.1 days, relative humidity 43%.

    Against: feels like (high) 8.5 °C / 47 °F, average daily high 12.6 °C / 55 °F, average daily low 0.4 °C / 33 °F.

  • April · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 15.8 °C / 60 °F, average daily high 19 °C / 66 °F, precipitation 31 mm / 1.2 in, share of daylight that is sunny 80%, wet days 5 days, days with heavy rain 0.8 days, relative humidity 44%, average daily low 6.3 °C / 43 °F.

  • May · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 22.8 °C / 73 °F, average daily high 24.9 °C / 77 °F, precipitation 33 mm / 1.3 in, share of daylight that is sunny 76%, wet days 5.5 days, days with heavy rain 1.1 days, average daily low 12 °C / 54 °F, relative humidity 44%.

  • June · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 28.6 °C / 83 °F, precipitation 41 mm / 1.6 in, share of daylight that is sunny 76%, days with heavy rain 1.1 days, wet days 7.2 days, average daily high 29.1 °C / 84 °F, average daily low 16.7 °C / 62 °F, relative humidity 51%.

  • August · good

    In its favour: share of daylight that is sunny 75%, feels like (high) 29.5 °C / 85 °F, precipitation 83 mm / 3.3 in, average daily high 27.8 °C / 82 °F, days with heavy rain 2.8 days, average daily low 18.3 °C / 65 °F, wet days 10.3 days, relative humidity 71%.

  • September · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 22.8 °C / 73 °F, average daily high 23.2 °C / 74 °F, precipitation 59 mm / 2.3 in, share of daylight that is sunny 72%, wet days 7.1 days, days with heavy rain 1.9 days, average daily low 12.9 °C / 55 °F, relative humidity 69%.

  • October · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 14.5 °C / 58 °F, precipitation 43 mm / 1.7 in, share of daylight that is sunny 75%, average daily high 17.1 °C / 63 °F, wet days 5.5 days, days with heavy rain 1.4 days, relative humidity 63%, average daily low 6.3 °C / 43 °F.

An activity is listed only where it applies: skiing at ski destinations, beach and swimming at beach destinations. The nearest ski area is 岱海滑雪场, 330 km away.

Weather averages

Monthly averages over twenty years, 2006–2025. Highs, lows and precipitation are in the chart at the top.

  JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels like (high) -3.3 °C0.5 °C8.5 °C15.8 °C22.8 °C28.6 °C31.4 °C29.5 °C22.8 °C14.5 °C5.2 °C-2.6 °C
Days with heavy rain 0 days0.1 days0.1 days0.8 days1.1 days1.1 days3.4 days2.8 days1.9 days1.4 days0.3 days0 days
Time rain usually falls 1 am3 pm3 pm4 pm3 pm3 pm5 pm4 pm10 am4 pm2 am2 am
Sunshine per day 8.6 h9.1 h9.9 h10.5 h10.8 h11.2 h10.5 h10.2 h9 h8.4 h8.2 h8.4 h
Relative humidity 46%46%43%44%44%51%67%71%69%63%57%47%

Air quality

Averaged over a shorter period (2022–2025) than the twenty-year averages above, and not counted towards good or best months.

  JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Air pollution (PM2.5) 2022–202550 µg/m³48 µg/m³40.6 µg/m³35.3 µg/m³33.2 µg/m³35.4 µg/m³35.4 µg/m³36.4 µg/m³38.1 µg/m³42.2 µg/m³45 µg/m³48.4 µg/m³
Air pollution (PM2.5, daily peak) 2022–202577.3 µg/m³78 µg/m³66.6 µg/m³54.6 µg/m³52.7 µg/m³56.5 µg/m³56.9 µg/m³56.7 µg/m³60.8 µg/m³65.8 µg/m³69.8 µg/m³81.4 µg/m³
  • Good 15 µg/m³ or less
  • Fair 15 to 25 µg/m³
  • Moderate 25 to 37.5 µg/m³
  • Poor 37.5 to 50 µg/m³
  • Very poor 50 to 75 µg/m³
  • Extremely poor over 75 µg/m³

Each figure is compared with the World Health Organization's guideline for a day's air, 15 µg/m³ or less, and with its interim targets above that. The words are ours: the WHO does not name its steps. The figures are modelled monthly averages, so single days can be well above them. The daily peak is the average of each day's highest hour, shaded on the same scale.

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Monthly averages over 2006–2025, unless stated otherwise.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC-BY 4.0), generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information (ERA5). City data from GeoNames (CC-BY 4.0). Air quality from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) and sea temperature from Météo-France / Copernicus Marine, both via Open-Meteo.com. Coastline from Natural Earth. Ski areas from OpenSkiMap.org, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Skimap.org. World Heritage sites from Wikidata (CC0), from the World Heritage List © UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Readership from Wikimedia pageview data (CC0). Destination classification derived from English Wikivoyage, © Wikivoyage contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).