Inner Mongolia Summer, Visiting Inner Mongolia in June, July & August 2025

June to August is usually the summer season of Inner Mongolia, when it is not relatively cool and comfortable in most tourist destinations. Rainfall is much more abundant than other seasons, giving better condition for the lush grassland. Sunny days occur often also for your outside exploration. However, temperature drops quickly at night, needing to keep warm. However, it is still a little hot during noon and early afternoon hours in the desert areas, when is better to avoid stay too long time outside.

But since Inner Mongolia is really large, detailed weather condition varies in different destinations. Usually, the average temperature is 20°C~23°C in Hulunbuir, 21°C~26°C in Hohhot, 19°C~23°C in Baotou and Ordos, 26°C~29°C in Ejina Banner and Badain Jaran Desert.

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Hohhot Weather | Baotou Weather | Ordos Weather | Hulunbuir Weather | Ejina Weather | Badain Jaran Desert Weather | Chifeng Weather | Xilingol Weather

Visit a Beautiful Emerald Grassland: Inner Mongolia is in rich of diverse kinds of grasslands, and choose any one of the top popular prairies to embrace the most beautiful spread of green with those happy domestic animals on the natural carpet under vast azure sky, such as Hulunbuir, Huitengxile, Xilingol, Ulan Butong, Xilamuren, Gonggeer, and so forth.

Play to the Most at the Wild Desert: escape to the hinterland of a boundless desert, like Badain Jaran, Tengger, Kubuqi, etc. to appreciate the nice charm of the golden desert by a fantastic trekking and enjoy various interested and cool entertainment fun, no missing the off-road driving experience or sand sliding. And you can try to camp in the desert for the starry sky.

Enjoy Meaningful Communication at Top Museums: You’ll totally get away from the summer heat in the museums. Just wander among each exhibition hall to look closely at those precious cultural and historical collections and hear the stories about different eras and regions of Inner Mongolia. Inner Mongolia Museum, Ordos Museum, etc. are the top recommended.

Enjoy the Jubilant Naadam Festival: from late July to August is usually the grand Naadam Festival gathering for all Mongolian ethnic people, when to admire the traditional talents and skills of men growing on the grassland. You shall not miss the representative archery, horse racing and wrestling while watching their wonderful artistic performance. The jubilant festival event is usually available on grasslands nearby Hohhot, Xilingol, Hulunbuir, etc.

Explore refreshing forest parks of Greater Khingan: the dense forests are super ideal for cool temperature and fresh air for summer calm down. Arrange some medium or classic hiking in the whole emerald forest like Mordaoga, Arxan, etc. to explore the mysterious and beautiful nature for a nice visual releasing.

Admire Different Volcanoes on Grassland: drive far away to the authentic Wulan Hada Volcano group to witness the real and cool volcanoes of different types and looks like big bowls on the emerald grassland.

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Inner Mongolia is so large and abundant with diverse distinct natural and cultural highlights, therefore, you can hardly discover all the bests in one single visit. It would take 3 days to more than 1 month for various needs. And your itinerary can be decided based on your trip length, interests and a major area of this vast destination.

Classic Inner Mongolia Tours - Middle Part (Hohhot, Baotou, Ordos...)

A classic Inner Mongolia tour usually starts from Hohhot, the capital of Inner Mongolia and most convenient traffic hub. Planning 3 days is popular for an essential discovery of Hohhot city highlights with surrounding grassland like Huitengxile or Xilamuren. 1-2 days extension to Kubuqi Desert in Ordos is also frequently chosen. And a 5-6 days trip including Hohhot, nearby grassland, Ulanqab volcanoes, Baotou and Ordos are the favorite one among travelers to discover grassland, desert, historical culture of Genghis Khan, Tibetan Buddhism, etc. in Inner Mongolia.

☛ 5 Days Classic Inner Mongolia Tour

☛ 6 Days Inner Mongolia Bests Discovery Tour (Hohhot / Ulanqab / Huitengxile Grassland / Baotou / Kubuqi Desert / Ordos)

Authentic Grassland, Wetland & Forest Park - East Part (Hulunbuir, Arxan...)

If you are interested in the most beautiful grassland, arrange 4-5 days to Hulunbuir to catch Hulunbuir Grassland and all the fabulous primitive nature and in-depth nomadic tribe culture highlights in Hailar, Ergun, Genhe and Manzhouli. If you have more time, add 2 more days to Arxan National Forest Park.

A middle and east Inner Mongolia discovery to Hohhot, Baotou, Ordos and Hulunbuir usually takes about 6-8 days, which helps you savor the top representative prairie sightseeing and culture of Inner Mongolia.

☛ 5 Days Best Hulunbuir Tour with Grassland Exploration

☛ 9 Days Hulunbuir In-depth Tour with Arxan UNESCO Global Geopark

Wild Desert & Golden Populus Forest - West Part (Badain Jaran, Ejina...)

The west Inner Mongolia is favored for seeking wilder sightseeing and adventure. If you want to discover China’s most beautiful desert, a 2-4 days Badain Jaran Desert trip to the west Inner Mongolia is your best choice to go! Besides, the splendid Ejina Populus Euphratica Forest is quite hot for a 2-3 days’ photography tour in autumn. If you want a longer vacation, plan as many other visitors to discover Badain Jaran together with nearby hot and convenient destinations like Xining, Zhangye, Dunhuang, Jiayuguan, etc. It usually needs 7 days for a Xining Zhangye Badain Jaran Desert trip.

☛ 5 Days Zhangye Danxia Badain Jaran Desert Geography Miracle Tour

☛ 7 Days Qinghai Lake Zhangye Danxia Badain Jaran Desert Wonders Tour

☛ 4 Days Ejina Populus Euphratica Forest Photography Tour

If you are seeking more authentic sightseeing and deeper Inner Mongolia culture and history highlights, it is also popular to discover Chifeng and Xilingol for 4-5 days.

Besides, it is also a great idea to extend to more popular destinations in China to appreciate more wonderful nature, culture, history and food of this vast country, such as Beijing, Shanghai, Xian, Chengdu, Xinjiang, Gansu, Tibet, Yangtze River, Yunnan, Guilin, Zhangjiajie, Huangshan, etc.

Have your own ideas of where and what to discover in Inner Mongolia? We China Discovery offers many popular and valuable private Inner Mongolia tour packages taking you to enjoy wonderful exploration of the best highlights of Hohhot, Hulunbuir, Ordos, Baotou, Ulanqab, Badain Jaran, Ejina, Chifeng, Xilingol, etc. And our professional travel team with experienced travel expert, local English-speaking travel guide and driver and non-smoking comfortable licensed private vehicle will help you throughout the trip from the planning, navigation, hotel arrangement and scenic spot visiting. So you will have the much better travel experience in the large and beautiful Inner Mongolia. You can check our tour packages to get some inspiration. All tours can be tailor-made according to your group size, time, physical condition, plan, interests, budget and any other special need! Please feel free to contact us to customize your own Inner Mongolia trip or if you need any help!