Baotou has a half-dry continental monsoon climate of the mid temperate zone. Here are attractive scenery and moderate temperatures. The average temperature annually is 8.5 degrees. Centigrade, with the lowest, 31.4 degrees below zero, the highest, 38.4 degrees Centigrade. But these were figures in history. Nowadays people enjoy a much more pleasant climate.

Summer and autumn are the best seasons. With a pleasant and beautiful weather, and abundant flowers, melons and vegetables, the city is an ideal summer resort. Winter and Spring also have something to represent themselves; the ice and snow covered scenery, which is attractive, too.