[Objective] Temporal and spatial variations of vegetation and its links with temperature and precipitation in Baoji area of Shaanxi Province in the past 13 years during 2001-2013 were studied, in order to provide a strong support for regional agricultural development and ecological civilization construction work.[Methods] Based on the temperature and precipitation in Baoji area from 2001 to 2013, using MODIS NDVI data and 11 meteorological site data, combined with field investigation, univariate linear regression, standardized processing, correlation analysis and other methods were used to analyze the temporal and spatial variation of vegetation cover and its correlations with temperature and precipitation in Baoji area at seasonal scale and reference yearly scale.[Results] Summer vegetation NDVI had an obvious increasing trend, followed by the autumn one, winter vegetation coverage was the worst. The trend of seasonally normalized NDVI in Baoji area was similar to that of temperature and precipitation, the occurrence time of the maximum point was corresponding to that of temperature and precipitation. The correlation coefficients between NDVI and temperature of the four seasons were all higher than that between NDVI and precipitation of the same season (except summer). Correlation coefficient between spring NDVI and winter temperature (-0.592), summer NDVI and spring precipitation (0.640) were all significantly correlated, which implied that spring vegetation cover and previous winter temperature changed consistently in the past 13 years. Summer vegetation cover was coincided with spring precipitation, and NDVI had a lag of 0~3 months behind precipitation.[Conclusion] The average annual and seasonal NDVI in Baoji area showed an increasing trend over all from 2001 to 2013. The vegetation cover change of Baoji area in August was consistent with the change of precipitation, meanwhile precipitation affected vegetation cover stronger than air temperature did in August.