Bishan climate

Name: Bishan
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Bishan is warmest in August, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 4.8 °C. July is the wettest month (172 mm) and January the driest (26 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Bishan averages 1,168 mm of rain, 140 days above 25 °C and 1 days below freezing.

China · population 204,702 · 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 32 °C
Coldest month January 4.8 °C
Driest month January 26 mm
Wettest month July 172 mm
Least cloud August 67 % cloud
Hottest on record August 42 °C
Coldest on record December -2.8 °C

What to expectBishan through the year

Bishan has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 11 °C in January to 32 °C in August, a swing of 20 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 140 days a year reach 25 °C, 70 of them reach 30 °C, 1 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 172 mm against 26 mm in January — 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	10.8 °C	26 mm	78 %
February	13.4 °C	29 mm	78 %
March	17.6 °C	68 mm	76 %
April	22.6 °C	108 mm	75 %
May	25.9 °C	143 mm	74 %
June	28.5 °C	167 mm	78 %
July	31.7 °C	172 mm	73 %
August	32.0 °C	151 mm	67 %
September	27.4 °C	112 mm	69 %
October	21.4 °C	96 mm	78 %
November	17.0 °C	62 mm	74 %
December	12.0 °C	34 mm	77 %

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	10.8 °C	4.8 °C	8.0 °C	18.8 °C	-2.5 °C	0	0	1
February	13.4 °C	6.7 °C	10.2 °C	24.5 °C	-1.4 °C	0	0	0
March	17.6 °C	10.1 °C	14.0 °C	31.8 °C	2.6 °C	2	0	0
April	22.6 °C	14.8 °C	18.7 °C	34.0 °C	4.7 °C	10	1	0
May	25.9 °C	18.6 °C	22.2 °C	37.6 °C	8.6 °C	18	5	0
June	28.5 °C	21.9 °C	25.1 °C	36.3 °C	14.7 °C	25	11	0
July	31.7 °C	24.7 °C	28.1 °C	39.8 °C	18.8 °C	30	22	0
August	32.0 °C	24.6 °C	28.2 °C	42.3 °C	18.4 °C	29	22	0
September	27.4 °C	20.8 °C	23.9 °C	41.2 °C	13.4 °C	20	8	0
October	21.4 °C	15.9 °C	18.6 °C	32.8 °C	9.1 °C	6	1	0
November	17.0 °C	11.1 °C	14.1 °C	28.1 °C	2.5 °C	0	0	0
December	12.0 °C	6.3 °C	9.3 °C	19.3 °C	-2.8 °C	0	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	26 mm	7	10 h/day	78 %	77 %	9.0 km/h
February	29 mm	8	11 h/day	78 %	75 %	9.8 km/h
March	68 mm	13	12 h/day	76 %	75 %	11 km/h
April	108 mm	15	13 h/day	75 %	76 %	11 km/h
May	143 mm	16	14 h/day	74 %	77 %	11 km/h
June	167 mm	16	14 h/day	78 %	81 %	10.0 km/h
July	172 mm	15	14 h/day	73 %	78 %	11 km/h
August	151 mm	14	13 h/day	67 %	74 %	11 km/h
September	112 mm	13	12 h/day	69 %	77 %	10 km/h
October	96 mm	15	11 h/day	78 %	81 %	9.0 km/h
November	62 mm	11	11 h/day	74 %	80 %	9.3 km/h
December	34 mm	9	10 h/day	77 %	78 %	9.1 km/h

How Bishan 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
Bishan	32 °C	4.8 °C	1,168 mm	140
Chongqing · China	32 °C	4.6 °C	1,252 mm	140
Bachuan · China	32 °C	4.5 °C	1,244 mm	139
Beibei · China	32 °C	5.0 °C	1,290 mm	143
Jijiang · China	32 °C	5.4 °C	1,130 mm	145
Banan · China	32 °C	5.0 °C	1,249 mm	144
Yongchuan · China	32 °C	4.7 °C	1,213 mm	139

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Bishan’s climate

When is the best time to visit Bishan?

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

How hot does Bishan get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 70 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 4.8 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 1 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Bishan?

July, averaging 172 mm over 15 days with rain. The driest month is January with 26 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,168 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 Bishan 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
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.