text: what is the climate at northern china region?   as i am sure you can appreicate, northern china is a pretty big area, so if you don't mind i've centred on the city of harbin (neat the border with mongolia). well, the first thing is "swings and roundabouts" and perhaps a place that should bid for a future summer and winter olympics in the same year. in january, the average temperature is -26°c (in other words, frigid) and in july it can get as hot at 29°c leading to an annual range of 55°c and as for rainfall, well, it gets a good soaking in the summer but in the winter it's as dry as a desert.