Best time to visit Qiqihar

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

Qiqihar, Heilongjiang, China

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  • Average daily high and low
  • Precipitation
  • Good month
  • 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
January-13.1 °C / 8 °F-22.7 °C / -9 °F2 mm / 0.1 inneither best nor good
February-7.6 °C / 18 °F-18.7 °C / -2 °F4 mm / 0.2 inneither best nor good
March2.8 °C / 37 °F-8.2 °C / 17 °F9 mm / 0.4 inneither best nor good
April13.3 °C / 56 °F0.6 °C / 33 °F20 mm / 0.8 ingood month
May21.2 °C / 70 °F9.4 °C / 49 °F43 mm / 1.7 inbest month
June26.2 °C / 79 °F16.4 °C / 62 °F84 mm / 3.3 inbest month
July28.4 °C / 83 °F19.9 °C / 68 °F139 mm / 5.5 inneither best nor good
August26.3 °C / 79 °F17.5 °C / 64 °F102 mm / 4 ingood month
September21.1 °C / 70 °F10.3 °C / 51 °F59 mm / 2.3 inbest month
October11.7 °C / 53 °F0.9 °C / 34 °F20 mm / 0.8 inneither best nor good
November-1.3 °C / 30 °F-10.1 °C / 14 °F8 mm / 0.3 inneither best nor good
December-11.5 °C / 11 °F-20 °C / -4 °F5 mm / 0.2 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: neither
  4. AApril: good
  5. MMay: best
  6. JJune: best
  7. JJuly: neither
  8. AAugust: good
  9. SSeptember: best
  10. OOctober: neither
  11. NNovember: neither
  12. DDecember: neither
Best
May–June, September
Good
April, August
Why these months
  • April · good

    In its favour: precipitation 20 mm / 0.8 in, share of daylight that is sunny 80%, wet days 3.2 days, days with heavy rain 0.4 days, average daily high 13.3 °C / 56 °F, relative humidity 44%.

    Against: feels like (high) 8.9 °C / 48 °F, average daily low 0.6 °C / 33 °F.

  • May · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 18 °C / 64 °F, average daily high 21.2 °C / 70 °F, precipitation 43 mm / 1.7 in, share of daylight that is sunny 74%, days with heavy rain 1.3 days, wet days 6.5 days, relative humidity 48%, average daily low 9.4 °C / 49 °F.

  • June · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 26.1 °C / 79 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 72%, average daily high 26.2 °C / 79 °F, precipitation 84 mm / 3.3 in, days with heavy rain 2.8 days, average daily low 16.4 °C / 62 °F, relative humidity 64%, wet days 11.8 days.

  • August · good

    In its favour: feels like (high) 27.5 °C / 82 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 72%, average daily high 26.3 °C / 79 °F, precipitation 102 mm / 4 in, average daily low 17.5 °C / 64 °F, days with heavy rain 3.5 days, wet days 10.8 days, relative humidity 74%.

  • September · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 19.3 °C / 67 °F, average daily high 21.1 °C / 70 °F, precipitation 59 mm / 2.3 in, share of daylight that is sunny 79%, wet days 7.4 days, days with heavy rain 1.9 days, average daily low 10.3 °C / 51 °F, relative humidity 66%.

An activity is listed only where it applies: skiing at ski destinations, beach and swimming at beach destinations. The nearest ski area is 帽儿山滑雪场, 353 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) -18.2 °C-13 °C-2.1 °C8.9 °C18 °C26.1 °C30.5 °C27.5 °C19.3 °C7.5 °C-6.3 °C-16.6 °C
Days with heavy rain 0 days0 days0.1 days0.4 days1.3 days2.8 days4.5 days3.5 days1.9 days0.5 days0.1 days0 days
Time rain usually falls 4 pm6 am7 pm10 am6 pm4 pm3 pm5 pm11 pm4 pm6 pm8 am
Sunshine per day 7.8 h9.1 h10.3 h10.8 h11.1 h11.5 h11.1 h10.2 h9.9 h9 h7.5 h7.2 h
Relative humidity 64%59%50%44%48%64%73%74%66%59%62%64%

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) 2022–202534.8 µg/m³27.1 µg/m³25.1 µg/m³23.5 µg/m³19.3 µg/m³22.4 µg/m³24.1 µg/m³15.6 µg/m³12.5 µg/m³16.3 µg/m³24.5 µg/m³24.8 µg/m³
Air pollution (PM2.5, daily peak) 2022–202565.6 µg/m³57 µg/m³46.4 µg/m³43.9 µg/m³35.2 µg/m³36.7 µg/m³36.4 µg/m³26.8 µg/m³21.6 µg/m³30.6 µg/m³43.6 µg/m³46.9 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).