Climate
Kaifeng has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa), with four distinct seasons. Winters are cool and mostly dry while summers are hot and humid; spring is warm and sees some, but not much rainfall, while autumn weather is crisp and drier. Precipitation mainly occurs from June to September.
| Climate data for Kaifeng (1971−2000) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 5.1 (41.2) |
8.4 (47.1) |
13.7 (56.7) |
21.5 (70.7) |
26.9 (80.4) |
31.3 (88.3) |
31.7 (89.1) |
30.5 (86.9) |
26.7 (80.1) |
21.3 (70.3) |
13.7 (56.7) |
7.3 (45.1) |
19.8 (67.6) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −4.1 (24.6) |
−1.7 (28.9) |
2.9 (37.2) |
9.6 (49.3) |
14.8 (58.6) |
19.8 (67.6) |
22.9 (73.2) |
22.0 (71.6) |
16.5 (61.7) |
10.1 (50.2) |
3.1 (37.6) |
−2.3 (27.9) |
9.5 (49.1) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 8.1 (0.319) |
11.2 (0.441) |
28.2 (1.11) |
35.4 (1.394) |
55.0 (2.165) |
73.4 (2.89) |
174.9 (6.886) |
109.7 (4.319) |
69.5 (2.736) |
41.5 (1.634) |
20.4 (0.803) |
9.9 (0.39) |
637.2 (25.087) |
| Avg. precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.9 | 3.9 | 5.9 | 6.2 | 6.8 | 7.8 | 11.3 | 9.0 | 7.6 | 6.6 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 75.5 |
| Source: Weather China | |||||||||||||
The best time of the year to visit Kaifeng is Spring (March to May) and Autumn (September to November), when the weather is warm and the chance of precipitation is low.
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