Baotou enjoys 275 sunny days a year. Winters are cold with frequent frost. On the other hand, air quality is a concern.
Baotou, China is a 1.6M-resident city with 275 sunny days and 163 frost days annually and an annual PM2.5 of 36.3 µg/m³. A city in China.
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Monthly climate metrics across temperature, precipitation, wind, and UV.
| Metric | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temperature | |||||||||||||
| Daily high°C | -2 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 25 | 30 | 31 | 28 | 25 | 16 | 8 | -3 | 16 |
| Daily mean°C | -10 | -3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 24 | 26 | 23 | 19 | 9 | -1 | -9 | 9 |
| Daily low°C | -19 | -12 | -3 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 2 | -8 | -18 | 2 |
| Thermal comfort | |||||||||||||
| High feelsDaily high feels-like°C | 4 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 26 | 32 | 33 | 31 | 27 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 19 |
| Mean feelsDaily mean feels-like°C | -12 | -7 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 27 | 24 | 19 | 7 | -6 | -16 | 7 |
| Low feelsDaily low feels-like°C | -29 | -22 | -15 | -9 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 5 | -8 | -21 | -29 | -7 |
| Humidity | |||||||||||||
| HumidityRelative humidity% | 56 | 41 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 28 | 44 | 55 | 50 | 38 | 46 | 49 | 40 |
| Dewpoint°C | -17.2 | -15.1 | -14.8 | -6.5 | -2.0 | 4.9 | 12.1 | 13.0 | 7.7 | -6.0 | -10.8 | -17.9 | -4.4 |
| Precipitation | |||||||||||||
| Rainfallmm | 0 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 24 | 41 | 40 | 93 | 28 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 277 |
| Rain days≥1mm | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 43 |
| Snowfallmm | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| Snow days≥1mm | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Wind | |||||||||||||
| Wind avgm/s | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.6 |
| Wind gustsm/s | 4.7 | 5.8 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 6.9 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 6.9 | 5.5 | 6.2 |
| Sun & UV | |||||||||||||
| Sunshinehrs/day | 8.0 | 8.9 | 9.9 | 10.2 | 10.6 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 10.6 | 9.9 | 9.0 | 7.9 | 7.0 | 9.6 |
| Clear skyindex | 66% | 69% | 65% | 53% | 51% | 60% | 53% | 60% | 63% | 65% | 74% | 80% | 63% |
| UV indexmax avg | 1.6 | 2.4 | 3.9 | 6.0 | 7.3 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 5.7 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 4.8 |
Baotou offers a solid outdoor season. 2 months of the year are perfect for all activities. Even dinner outside manages 3/12 months, while walking is comfortable 12/12 months — impressive.
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Air Quality
Baotou reports an annual PM2.5 of 36.3 µg/m³. That's above the EU annual limit of 25 µg/m³ — long-term exposure here carries documented health trade-offs.
Baotou reports an annual PM2.5 of 36.3 µg/m³. That's above the EU annual limit of 25 µg/m³ — long-term exposure here carries documented health trade-offs.
PM2.5 annual average of 36.3 µg/m³ exceeds the WHO interim target of 15 µg/m³. The WHO guideline value is 5 µg/m³.
Data sources: WHO (air quality), OECD (safety).
Why not Baotou? Honestly, air quality is a genuine health trade-off — Baotou's annual PM2.5 of 36.3 µg/m³ exceeds the EU limit and WHO standards by a wide margin, with respiratory impacts documented at these levels.