Anshun climate

Name: Anshun
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Anshun is warmest in August, with average highs of 25 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 1.4 °C. June is the wettest month (301 mm) and December the driest (46 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Anshun averages 1,611 mm of rain, 70 days above 25 °C and 23 days below freezing.

China · population 765,313 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month August 25 °C
Coldest month January 1.4 °C
Driest month December 46 mm
Wettest month June 301 mm
Least cloud September 71 % cloud
Hottest on record May 33 °C
Coldest on record December -6.8 °C

What to expectAnshun through the year

Anshun has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 8.2 °C in January to 25 °C in August, a swing of 17 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 70 days a year reach 25 °C, 1 of them reach 30 °C, 23 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 301 mm against 46 mm in December — 6.5 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	8.2 °C	62 mm	83 %
February	11.2 °C	54 mm	80 %
March	15.4 °C	93 mm	79 %
April	19.7 °C	126 mm	75 %
May	22.4 °C	201 mm	77 %
June	24.1 °C	301 mm	87 %
July	25.1 °C	241 mm	82 %
August	25.1 °C	170 mm	74 %
September	22.7 °C	135 mm	71 %
October	18.1 °C	118 mm	79 %
November	14.3 °C	66 mm	74 %
December	9.4 °C	46 mm	78 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	8.2 °C	1.4 °C	4.7 °C	21.9 °C	-6.6 °C	0	11
February	11.2 °C	3.3 °C	7.1 °C	27.4 °C	-5.2 °C	0	5
March	15.4 °C	6.7 °C	10.8 °C	28.8 °C	-5.0 °C	1	0
April	19.7 °C	11.3 °C	15.1 °C	32.6 °C	1.1 °C	5	0
May	22.4 °C	14.6 °C	18.1 °C	32.7 °C	6.4 °C	8	0
June	24.1 °C	17.4 °C	20.3 °C	31.4 °C	9.4 °C	12	0
July	25.1 °C	18.6 °C	21.4 °C	30.0 °C	12.5 °C	18	0
August	25.1 °C	18.1 °C	21.2 °C	30.1 °C	12.2 °C	18	0
September	22.7 °C	15.7 °C	18.8 °C	30.1 °C	7.2 °C	7	0
October	18.1 °C	11.8 °C	14.7 °C	26.3 °C	3.7 °C	0	0
November	14.3 °C	7.4 °C	10.7 °C	25.3 °C	-3.0 °C	0	0
December	9.4 °C	2.7 °C	6.0 °C	20.2 °C	-6.8 °C	0	6

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	62 mm	14	11 h/day	83 %	84 %	17 km/h
February	54 mm	13	11 h/day	80 %	82 %	18 km/h
March	93 mm	17	12 h/day	79 %	81 %	19 km/h
April	126 mm	17	13 h/day	75 %	80 %	19 km/h
May	201 mm	19	13 h/day	77 %	80 %	19 km/h
June	301 mm	23	14 h/day	87 %	84 %	17 km/h
July	241 mm	22	14 h/day	82 %	86 %	17 km/h
August	170 mm	19	13 h/day	74 %	84 %	15 km/h
September	135 mm	15	12 h/day	71 %	81 %	16 km/h
October	118 mm	16	12 h/day	79 %	83 %	16 km/h
November	66 mm	12	11 h/day	74 %	82 %	17 km/h
December	46 mm	11	11 h/day	78 %	82 %	16 km/h

How Anshun compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Anshun	25 °C	1.4 °C	1,611 mm	70
Guiyang · China	27 °C	1.4 °C	1,454 mm	100
Liupanshui · China	24 °C	0.9 °C	1,500 mm	40
Bijie · China	26 °C	-0.1 °C	1,334 mm	72
Duyun · China	28 °C	2.1 °C	1,797 mm	120
Xingyi · China	27 °C	4.2 °C	1,474 mm	137
Zunyi · China	28 °C	1.2 °C	1,638 mm	108

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Anshun.

QuestionsCommon questions about Anshun’s climate

When is the best time to visit Anshun?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, August, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and December the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Anshun get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 25 °C. About 1 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 1.4 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 23 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Anshun?

June, averaging 301 mm over 23 days with rain. The driest month is December with 46 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,611 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Anshun rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 26.250°, 105.933° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.