Panjin climate

What the climate of Panjin is like

The warmest month is July, with an average high of 30 °C86 °F and a low of 21 °C70 °F. The coldest is January, when highs average −4 °C24 °F and lows −15 °C6 °F. The climate is extremely continental — the average temperature swings by 34.8 °C62.6 °F between the coldest and the warmest month.

Annual precipitation is moderate at about 587 mm23 in. The wettest three-month stretch is June–August, which brings 63% of the annual total. Months with less than 20 mm0.8 in on average: November–March. The wettest month is August (156 mm6.1 in), the driest is January (3 mm0.1 in).

Relative humidity ranges from 58% in April to 75% in August. The clearest skies (lowest average cloud amount, 39%) are typical of January. Average wind speed near the ground ranges from 9 km/h (6 mph) in August to 15 km/h (9 mph) in April. Daylight lasts from about 9.2 hours in December to 15.1 hours in June.

A lasting snow cover is typical in December–February. In those months the average snow depth in the reanalysis exceeds 10 cm. It is deepest in January, at about 17 cm.

Best time to visit Panjin

Based on these averages, the most comfortable months for sightseeing and outdoor activities are May and June and September. Average highs then reach 23 °C74 °F to 28 °C82 °F. Precipitation is 46 mm1.8 in to 85 mm3.3 in per month.

The most challenging month is January, which is cold, with average highs of −4 °C24 °F.

Comfort score: months are ranked by how close they come to an ideal. That means an average high of 21–28 °C (70–82 °F), lows above 5 °C (41 °F), little precipitation and moderate humidity. The best-ranked months of each place are recommended, even where none meets all of these. These are general rules of thumb applied to long-term averages.

What to pack for Panjin

• Winter (December–February) — highs −424 to 0 °C32 °F, lows −156 to −10 °C13 °F, about 5 mm0.2 in of precipitation a month. Pack a winter coat, hat, gloves and warm, non-slip boots, an extra layer for the cooler mornings and evenings and shoes with good grip, as frost is common.
• Spring (March–May) — highs 745 to 23 °C74 °F, lows −425 to 11 °C51 °F, about 32 mm1.3 in of precipitation a month. Pack long sleeves, a sweater and a medium jacket and an extra layer for the cooler mornings and evenings.
• Summer (June–August) — highs 2882 to 30 °C86 °F, lows 1762 to 21 °C70 °F, about 123 mm4.9 in of precipitation a month. Pack light summer clothes such as T-shirts, shorts or light dresses and an umbrella or light rain jacket.
• Autumn (September–November) — highs 643 to 25 °C77 °F, lows −326 to 14 °C57 °F, about 34 mm1.3 in of precipitation a month. Pack long sleeves, a sweater and a medium jacket and an extra layer for the cooler mornings and evenings.

How Panjin compares

The nearest larger place is Anshan, about 77 km to the east. Compared with it, Panjin is on average 0.5 °C0.9 °F warmer. It receives 21% less precipitation (587 mm23 in vs 741 mm29 in). The difference is largest in December (1.2 °C2.2 °F warmer).

World Climates covers 547 places in China. By annual mean temperature, Panjin is the 448th warmest of them. By annual precipitation, it is the 415th wettest. See all of them on the China climate page.

Some places in other countries have a very similar pattern of temperature and rainfall. The closest matches are Kanggye (North Korea, Dwa), Manpo (North Korea, Dwa) and Tokchon (North Korea, Dwa).

The same NASA POWER grid cell also contains Panshan (pop. 625,040). Their long-term averages in this dataset are essentially the same as for Panjin, so they do not have separate pages.