Pingyao Climate

Pingyao, as one of the famous ancient cities in China's history, is located in the central Shanxi province and in the southwest of Taiyuan Basin. It has mild and dry weather, windy and sandy days and sunshine-time accounts for 2,433 hours annually. The city enjoys the temperate continental monsoon climate with four distinct seasons. The annual temperature in Pingyao is around 10 degrees celsius and the annual rainfall averages 450 mm. The highest temperature of the city is around 30 degrees celsius in summer,

and the lowest is around -5 degrees celsius in winter. The spring of Pingyao is very short with the dry and cold climate there. The temperature rises quickly and differs largely between days and nights. Summer is the best season to visit Pingyao, and is the rainy season of the city, which accounts for 60 to 70% of the rain of the year. The summer of Pingyao is very hot and the temperature difference is very large during the days and nights. Autumn is very short in Pingyao, which has many sunny days and without severe termperature changes. Winter is the coldest season in Pingyao with the average temperature of around 0 degrees celsius and strong sandy wind there.