Bazhong climate

Name: Bazhong
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Bazhong is warmest in July, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 1.3 °C. July is the wettest month (271 mm) and January the driest (29 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Bazhong averages 1,416 mm of rain, 131 days above 25 °C and 23 days below freezing.

China · population 2,712,894 · 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 July 30 °C
Coldest month January 1.3 °C
Driest month January 29 mm
Wettest month July 271 mm
Least cloud August 64 % cloud
Hottest on record August 37 °C
Coldest on record December -5.3 °C

What to expectBazhong through the year

Bazhong has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 9.8 °C in January to 30 °C in July, a swing of 21 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 131 days a year reach 25 °C, 56 of them reach 30 °C, 23 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 271 mm against 29 mm in January — 9.3 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	9.8 °C	29 mm	74 %
February	12.2 °C	35 mm	78 %
March	16.5 °C	59 mm	78 %
April	21.8 °C	91 mm	74 %
May	25.4 °C	142 mm	76 %
June	28.4 °C	189 mm	74 %
July	30.5 °C	271 mm	70 %
August	30.3 °C	191 mm	64 %
September	25.8 °C	190 mm	72 %
October	20.7 °C	117 mm	78 %
November	16.0 °C	70 mm	74 %
December	11.0 °C	33 mm	73 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	9.8 °C	1.3 °C	5.9 °C	19.4 °C	-4.8 °C	0	0	11
February	12.2 °C	3.4 °C	8.3 °C	22.2 °C	-3.4 °C	0	0	4
March	16.5 °C	7.4 °C	12.3 °C	29.1 °C	-1.0 °C	1	0	0
April	21.8 °C	12.6 °C	17.3 °C	33.3 °C	0.9 °C	7	1	0
May	25.4 °C	16.8 °C	21.2 °C	33.8 °C	7.7 °C	18	3	0
June	28.4 °C	20.5 °C	24.5 °C	35.6 °C	13.3 °C	26	9	0
July	30.5 °C	23.3 °C	26.7 °C	36.0 °C	16.9 °C	30	20	0
August	30.3 °C	23.0 °C	26.5 °C	36.5 °C	14.7 °C	29	19	0
September	25.8 °C	19.0 °C	22.3 °C	36.3 °C	10.0 °C	17	4	0
October	20.7 °C	13.7 °C	17.3 °C	30.3 °C	4.0 °C	3	0	0
November	16.0 °C	8.2 °C	12.4 °C	25.0 °C	-1.7 °C	0	0	0
December	11.0 °C	2.9 °C	7.3 °C	18.7 °C	-5.3 °C	0	0	7

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	29 mm	8	10 h/day	74 %	74 %	9.7 km/h
February	35 mm	8	11 h/day	78 %	73 %	11 km/h
March	59 mm	11	12 h/day	78 %	72 %	12 km/h
April	91 mm	11	13 h/day	74 %	73 %	12 km/h
May	142 mm	14	14 h/day	76 %	74 %	12 km/h
June	189 mm	13	14 h/day	74 %	78 %	10 km/h
July	271 mm	19	14 h/day	70 %	82 %	10.0 km/h
August	191 mm	15	13 h/day	64 %	79 %	10 km/h
September	190 mm	15	12 h/day	72 %	79 %	10 km/h
October	117 mm	13	11 h/day	78 %	79 %	9.5 km/h
November	70 mm	9	11 h/day	74 %	77 %	9.6 km/h
December	33 mm	8	10 h/day	73 %	75 %	9.4 km/h

How Bazhong 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
Bazhong	30 °C	1.3 °C	1,416 mm	131
Dazhou · China	32 °C	2.9 °C	1,483 mm	137
Guangyuan · China	30 °C	0.9 °C	1,207 mm	120
Nanchong · China	31 °C	3.2 °C	1,242 mm	136
Hanzhong · China	28 °C	-1.1 °C	1,237 mm	100
Guang’an · China	32 °C	4.1 °C	1,392 mm	141
Hanfeng · China	32 °C	4.2 °C	1,388 mm	146

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Bazhong’s climate

When is the best time to visit Bazhong?

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

How hot does Bazhong get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 56 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 1.3 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 23 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Bazhong?

July, averaging 271 mm over 19 days with rain. The driest month is January with 29 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,416 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 Bazhong 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: 31.869°, 106.744° (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.