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The climate of Beijing (China)
Beijing is one of the most important cities in China. Beijing is located in the province of Hebei. The city operates as an autonomous province, directly under the administration of the government. The city is a bulwark of ancient history, everywhere you walk you come across buildings that have played an important role during the history of China. The forbidden City, where the emperors held court for centuries; the enormous Tiananman Square where students protested and the more recent Olympic Stadium. Many parks also are a silent witness to the glorious history of China. Beihai Park used to be an imperial garden and is now open to the public to enjoy the many beautiful plants and flowers. Beijing has a warm continental climate. Because of the influence of the Asian monsoon summers are long, hot and moist here. During the winter the wind comes from the north, supplying cold air from Siberia and causing extremely cold days. Because of the drought during the winter dust storms may form. This is not conducive to air quality. Although the authorities have done their utmost to improve the air quality (especially for the Olympic Games) it is still unpleasant to be in Beijing on warm days.

Climate information
The figures below are based on long term weather and climate records. They are an average for Beijing:

	average  maximum temperature (°C)	average minimum temperature (°C)	average hours of sunshine per day	average days with precipitation per month	average mm precipitation per month	average sea temperature (°C)
January	2	-10	6	2		n/a
February	4	-7	7	3		n/a
March	11	-1	7	4		n/a
April	20	7	8	5		n/a
May	27	13	9	6		n/a
June	31	18	9	9		n/a
July	31	22	8	14		n/a
August	30	20	8	12		n/a
September	26	14	8	7		n/a
October	19	9	7	6		n/a
November	10	-1	6	5		n/a
December	3	-7	6	2		n/a
= 0-5 mm ● = 6-30 mm ● = 31-60 mm ● = 61-100 mm ● = 101-200 mm ● = over 200 mm = 0-0.2 inches ● = 0.2-1.2 inches ● = 1.2-2.4 inches ● = 2.5-4 inches ● = 4.1-8 inches ● = over 8 inches

More climate information
Climate figures are very useful but don’t present a general impression of the climate and the eventual weather circumstances within a certain period. The figures don’t always reflect the chance of wintry weather, extreme heat or hurricanes. That is why we offer useful extra climate information for each month of the year:

	chance of (very) hot weather	chance of (very) cool weather	chance of long-term precipitation	chance of hurricanes (cyclones)	chance of sunny days	UV-index
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
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