Changde climate

Name: Changde
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Changde is warmest in July, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 1.4 °C. June is the wettest month (244 mm) and December the driest (40 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Changde averages 1,497 mm of rain, 150 days above 25 °C and 18 days below freezing.

China · population 1,457,419 · 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 32 °C
Coldest month January 1.4 °C
Driest month December 40 mm
Wettest month June 244 mm
Least cloud December 56 % cloud
Hottest on record July 40 °C
Coldest on record January -9.1 °C

What to expectChangde through the year

Changde has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 9.0 °C in January to 32 °C in July, a swing of 23 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 150 days a year reach 25 °C, 77 of them reach 30 °C, 18 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 244 mm against 40 mm in December — 6.0 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	9.0 °C	68 mm	64 %
February	11.6 °C	80 mm	68 %
March	16.0 °C	131 mm	72 %
April	21.9 °C	150 mm	72 %
May	26.3 °C	184 mm	71 %
June	29.2 °C	244 mm	76 %
July	32.0 °C	224 mm	72 %
August	31.5 °C	144 mm	64 %
September	27.8 °C	84 mm	60 %
October	22.6 °C	76 mm	59 %
November	16.9 °C	71 mm	58 %
December	11.3 °C	40 mm	56 %

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	9.0 °C	1.4 °C	5.4 °C	25.1 °C	-9.1 °C	0	0	10
February	11.6 °C	3.7 °C	7.8 °C	28.1 °C	-6.7 °C	0	0	4
March	16.0 °C	7.9 °C	12.0 °C	31.6 °C	-2.1 °C	2	0	0
April	21.9 °C	13.8 °C	17.8 °C	34.6 °C	3.5 °C	9	1	0
May	26.3 °C	18.5 °C	22.3 °C	38.8 °C	8.2 °C	20	6	0
June	29.2 °C	22.5 °C	25.7 °C	36.1 °C	14.9 °C	26	14	0
July	32.0 °C	25.4 °C	28.5 °C	39.6 °C	17.9 °C	30	23	0
August	31.5 °C	24.8 °C	27.9 °C	39.0 °C	15.2 °C	29	22	0
September	27.8 °C	20.7 °C	24.0 °C	37.5 °C	13.1 °C	23	9	0
October	22.6 °C	15.0 °C	18.7 °C	34.9 °C	6.2 °C	10	1	0
November	16.9 °C	9.0 °C	12.9 °C	30.2 °C	-1.7 °C	1	0	0
December	11.3 °C	3.5 °C	7.5 °C	22.8 °C	-8.1 °C	0	0	4

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	68 mm	10	10 h/day	64 %	74 %	14 km/h
February	80 mm	11	11 h/day	68 %	75 %	14 km/h
March	131 mm	15	12 h/day	72 %	77 %	15 km/h
April	150 mm	15	13 h/day	72 %	77 %	15 km/h
May	184 mm	15	14 h/day	71 %	78 %	15 km/h
June	244 mm	16	14 h/day	76 %	81 %	13 km/h
July	224 mm	15	14 h/day	72 %	80 %	14 km/h
August	144 mm	14	13 h/day	64 %	79 %	14 km/h
September	84 mm	9	12 h/day	60 %	76 %	15 km/h
October	76 mm	9	11 h/day	59 %	74 %	14 km/h
November	71 mm	9	11 h/day	58 %	75 %	14 km/h
December	40 mm	7	10 h/day	56 %	73 %	14 km/h

How Changde 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
Changde	32 °C	1.4 °C	1,497 mm	150
Heshan · China	32 °C	1.7 °C	1,679 mm	148
Zhangjiajie · China	31 °C	2.1 °C	1,890 mm	140
Yueyang · China	32 °C	1.6 °C	1,668 mm	151
Loudi · China	32 °C	1.8 °C	1,578 mm	151
Jingzhou · China	31 °C	0.5 °C	1,350 mm	148
Changsha · China	33 °C	2.2 °C	1,730 mm	161

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Changde’s climate

When is the best time to visit Changde?

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, July is the warmest month and December the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Changde get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 77 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 1.4 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 18 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Changde?

June, averaging 244 mm over 16 days with rain. The driest month is December with 40 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,497 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 Changde 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.