Datong sits at the top of Shanxi Province. Datong has a warm continental monsoon climate. Influenced by monsoon it experiences four distinct seasons (spring, summer, autumn, winter). Winter of Datong is long, cold and dry; summer is short, hot and rainy; spring and fall in Datong is cool, but with big difference in temperature.
In spring the temperature of Datong rises up quickly and average temperature is 6.5°C to 9.1°C. After suddenly getting warmer, it always turns cold again. That is the features of Datong weather in spring. Besides, in winter there is little rain and there is much gale. The spring of Datong often flies with snow, but easy to thaw.
Summer of Datong has temperate climate and average temperature is 19°C to 21.8°C. Rain fall of Datong is concentrated in summer which is 64.3% of the whole year. Summer of Datong is a season with a variety of color instead of spring.
Fall comes, and the temperature goes down gradually. The sky of autumn is clear and sunny. Datong frost weather appears in the last ten days of September.
Winter is long compared to the other three seasons in Datong. It reaches to more than 4 months. In winter northwest wind prevails in Datong. Average temperature is from -12.8°C to 6.3°C. The colds month is January with average temperature of -11.3°C.

The best time to Datong is summer and fall (from June to November).
Datong Location: 39°03'~40°44' North Latitude
112°34'~114°33' East Longitude
Here are the details of rainfall, max temperature and min temperature in each month.

Monthly Weather Summary (Monthly Average Data)

Month	MaxTemp°F(°C)	MinTemp°F(°C)	Rain in (mm)	Relative Humidity (%)	Rainy Days
Jan	34.7 (1.5)	10.04 (-12.2)	0.11 (2.9)	63	0.9
Feb	40.28 (4.6)	16.16 (-8.8)	0.25 (6.3)	62	1.7
Mar	52.34 (11.3)	27.5 (-2.5)	0.42 (10.7)	62	2.6
Apr	66.56 (19.2)	40.28 (4.6)	0.94 (23.8)	58	3.1
May	77.72 (25.4)	50.54 (10.3)	1.39 (35.3)	57	4.4
Jun	83.48 (28.6)	58.46 (14.7)	2.15 (54.6)	62	6.2
Jul	84.56 (29.2)	64.58 (18.1)	4.73 (120.2)	71	9.7
Aug	82.04 (27.8)	62.42 (16.9)	3.72 (94.4)	76	8.7
Sep	73.58 (23.1)	50.9 (10.5)	2.53 (64.3)	83	6.7
Oct	63.68 (17.6)	39.2 (4.0)	1.15 (29.1)	73	4.0
Nov	48.56 (9.2)	26.78 (-2.9)	12.1 (0.48)	68	2.6
Dec	36.5 (2.5)	14 (-10.0)	0.13 (3.2)	52	0.9

Datong Weather Today

5-Day Forecast for Datong

Attention:
Climate data for Datong is not available. This is the data of Taiyuan for reference. Taiyuan is about 352 kilometers south of Datong.

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