Global warming and climate change make hot temperature become one of the main climatic factors limiting rice production in cold regions. Open hexagonal glass house was used to simulate high temperature in daytime in this study, with a tolerant high-yield variety Longdao 21 and a susceptible high-quality variety Longdao 18 as materials, to research the effect of high temperature in different growth stages on rice yield and grain quality in the cold region. The results showed that heating facilities could increase an average daily temperature by 1.2 to 2.6 ℃. High temperature during the whole growth period increased the yield of Longdao 21 and Longdao 18 by 7.4 and 4.5 t·hm
-2, respectively. Yield-increasing was mainly achieved by high biomass, more effective panicles and greater spikelet’s number per panicle. The yield of Longdao 21 increased 1.2, 3.9, 0.8 and 1.1 t·hm
-2 by high temperature at tillering stage, jointing stage, heading stage and grain-filling stage, respectively. The yield of Longdao 18 increased 1.5, 2.5 and 1.8 t·hm
-2 by high temperature at jointing stage, heading stage and grain-filling stage, respectively. The yields of Longdao 21 and Longdao 18 decreased 0.2 and 1.2·t hm
-2 by high temperature at the booting stage. High yield was mainly achieved by high biomass, more effective panicles and greater spikelet number per panicle at tillering stage, jointing stage, heading stage and grain-filling stage. The yield response of different heat-resistant varieties to high temperature was mainly affected by the seed setting rate. At the same time, it was also found that the temperature increasing had a negative effect on 1 000-grain weight. The brown rice rate and milled rice rate were increased by high temperature at tillering stage and jointing stage, while the brown rice rate and milled rice rate were increased at booting stage, heading stage and grain-filling stage. The chalky kernel and chalkiness increased by high temperature at booting stage, heading stage and grain-filling stage. The effects of high temperature on rice taste value, protein content and amylose content were small. In the future, if high temperature occurs at the early growth stages in cold regions, the harm would be relatively weak, and there would be some beneficial effects. However, if the high temperature occured at the booting stage, heading stage and grain-filling stage, it would be more harmful to the production of high-quality rice in the cold region. The research of high temperature on rice in the late growth stage and breeding high temperature resistant varieties should be further strengthened in the future.