Jilin Province is one of regions in northeast China, where is the coldest part in the country. Generally speaking, Jilin weather features temperate monsoon climate and pretty cold and long winter. In addition, the spring there is dry and windy, summer is hot, and autumn is cool. There are large temperature differences both daily and annually, as the daily range is about 10-14 ºC and the annual range is up to 35-42ºC. The average temperature in winter is under -11ºC, and the summer temperature there is higher than 23ºC at average.

The regional differences of Jilin climate in its northwest and southeast parts are also obvious. The northwest plain near Inner Mongolia is dryer, while the mountainous area in the southeast are wetter comparatively, because it is closer to the sea. Most of rainfalls happen in the east part and in summer as well.