Changzhi climate

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Changzhi is warmest in July, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -4.7 °C. July is the wettest month (128 mm) and December the driest (8.4 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Changzhi averages 611 mm of rain, 128 days above 25 °C and 90 days below freezing.

China · population 699,514 · 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 31 °C
Coldest month January -4.7 °C
Driest month December 8 mm
Wettest month July 128 mm
Least cloud December 39 % cloud
Hottest on record June 40 °C
Coldest on record December -19 °C

What to expectChangzhi through the year

Changzhi has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 5.1 °C in January to 31 °C in July, a swing of 26 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 128 days a year reach 25 °C, 55 of them reach 30 °C, 90 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in June.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 128 mm against 8 mm in December — 15 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	5.1 °C	10 mm	45 %
February	8.7 °C	14 mm	52 %
March	14.8 °C	22 mm	56 %
April	21.3 °C	39 mm	56 %
May	26.1 °C	46 mm	60 %
June	30.2 °C	67 mm	59 %
July	30.5 °C	128 mm	63 %
August	28.9 °C	109 mm	60 %
September	24.7 °C	86 mm	60 %
October	19.5 °C	51 mm	54 %
November	12.4 °C	30 mm	45 %
December	6.2 °C	8 mm	39 %

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	5.1 °C	-4.7 °C	-0.1 °C	17.1 °C	-16.0 °C	0	0	30
February	8.7 °C	-1.6 °C	3.4 °C	21.6 °C	-15.0 °C	0	0	19
March	14.8 °C	3.6 °C	9.2 °C	30.4 °C	-6.6 °C	1	0	5
April	21.3 °C	10.0 °C	15.6 °C	35.9 °C	-1.7 °C	7	1	0
May	26.1 °C	15.2 °C	20.6 °C	36.7 °C	4.9 °C	20	6	0
June	30.2 °C	19.9 °C	25.0 °C	40.2 °C	12.5 °C	27	17	0
July	30.5 °C	22.2 °C	26.2 °C	40.0 °C	15.7 °C	29	18	0
August	28.9 °C	21.0 °C	24.7 °C	36.8 °C	13.3 °C	27	12	0
September	24.7 °C	16.4 °C	20.4 °C	37.2 °C	6.3 °C	15	2	0
October	19.5 °C	10.2 °C	14.6 °C	30.3 °C	-1.3 °C	3	0	0
November	12.4 °C	2.8 °C	7.4 °C	24.2 °C	-13.2 °C	0	0	8
December	6.2 °C	-3.1 °C	1.2 °C	16.7 °C	-18.8 °C	0	0	28

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	10 mm	3	10 h/day	45 %	53 %	12 km/h
February	14 mm	3	11 h/day	52 %	56 %	14 km/h
March	22 mm	4	12 h/day	56 %	55 %	15 km/h
April	39 mm	6	13 h/day	56 %	56 %	15 km/h
May	46 mm	6	14 h/day	60 %	58 %	15 km/h
June	67 mm	7	15 h/day	59 %	62 %	13 km/h
July	128 mm	13	14 h/day	63 %	77 %	12 km/h
August	109 mm	11	13 h/day	60 %	79 %	11 km/h
September	86 mm	9	12 h/day	60 %	74 %	12 km/h
October	51 mm	6	11 h/day	54 %	68 %	12 km/h
November	30 mm	5	10 h/day	45 %	64 %	13 km/h
December	8 mm	2	9.8 h/day	39 %	56 %	13 km/h

How Changzhi 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
Changzhi	31 °C	-4.7 °C	611 mm	128
Sanmenxia · China	31 °C	-4.3 °C	642 mm	133
Yuncheng · China	32 °C	-4.0 °C	499 mm	142
Jiyuan · China	32 °C	-4.7 °C	646 mm	146
Luoyang · China	32 °C	-4.3 °C	686 mm	148
Linfen · China	31 °C	-5.9 °C	633 mm	131
Jincheng · China	28 °C	-6.3 °C	597 mm	102

Where Changzhi ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in April	17th of 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in the world in April	35th of 50	96/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Changzhi’s climate

When is the best time to visit Changzhi?

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 December the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Changzhi get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 55 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 -4.7 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 90 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Changzhi?

July, averaging 128 mm over 13 days with rain. The driest month is December with 8 mm. The year as a whole averages 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 Changzhi 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: 35.209°, 111.739° (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.