Changzhi climate

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Changzhi is warmest in July, with average highs of 28 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -8.8 °C. July is the wettest month (137 mm) and December the driest (5.8 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Changzhi averages 553 mm of rain, 88 days above 25 °C and 135 days below freezing.

China · population 1,214,940 · 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 28 °C
Coldest month January -8.8 °C
Driest month December 6 mm
Wettest month July 137 mm
Least cloud December 36 % cloud
Hottest on record June 36 °C
Coldest on record January -22 °C

What to expectChangzhi through the year

Changzhi has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 2.4 °C in January to 28 °C in July, a swing of 26 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 88 days a year reach 25 °C, 15 of them reach 30 °C, 135 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in June.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 137 mm against 6 mm in December — 24 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	2.4 °C	6 mm	41 %
February	5.7 °C	11 mm	48 %
March	11.4 °C	17 mm	52 %
April	18.1 °C	35 mm	53 %
May	23.3 °C	44 mm	56 %
June	26.9 °C	66 mm	59 %
July	27.6 °C	137 mm	63 %
August	26.0 °C	109 mm	60 %
September	22.0 °C	66 mm	59 %
October	16.7 °C	36 mm	50 %
November	9.5 °C	19 mm	41 %
December	3.4 °C	6 mm	36 %

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	2.4 °C	-8.8 °C	-3.8 °C	13.8 °C	-22.2 °C	0	0	31
February	5.7 °C	-5.8 °C	-0.6 °C	18.3 °C	-18.8 °C	0	0	28
March	11.4 °C	-1.2 °C	4.8 °C	27.6 °C	-14.7 °C	0	0	20
April	18.1 °C	5.2 °C	11.5 °C	32.4 °C	-5.6 °C	2	0	3
May	23.3 °C	10.9 °C	17.0 °C	33.4 °C	1.3 °C	11	1	0
June	26.9 °C	15.5 °C	21.1 °C	36.3 °C	6.9 °C	22	5	0
July	27.6 °C	18.3 °C	22.7 °C	34.7 °C	12.6 °C	26	6	0
August	26.0 °C	17.0 °C	21.1 °C	32.3 °C	9.2 °C	21	2	0
September	22.0 °C	12.2 °C	16.8 °C	32.7 °C	2.3 °C	6	0	0
October	16.7 °C	5.7 °C	10.8 °C	27.1 °C	-4.6 °C	0	0	2
November	9.5 °C	-1.6 °C	3.4 °C	21.4 °C	-15.3 °C	0	0	20
December	3.4 °C	-7.0 °C	-2.5 °C	13.7 °C	-22.1 °C	0	0	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	6 mm	2	10.0 h/day	41 %	51 %	13 km/h
February	11 mm	3	11 h/day	48 %	54 %	15 km/h
March	17 mm	4	12 h/day	52 %	53 %	18 km/h
April	35 mm	6	13 h/day	53 %	53 %	19 km/h
May	44 mm	6	14 h/day	56 %	55 %	18 km/h
June	66 mm	10	15 h/day	59 %	62 %	15 km/h
July	137 mm	14	14 h/day	63 %	76 %	13 km/h
August	109 mm	13	14 h/day	60 %	78 %	13 km/h
September	66 mm	8	12 h/day	59 %	72 %	13 km/h
October	36 mm	6	11 h/day	50 %	65 %	14 km/h
November	19 mm	4	10 h/day	41 %	63 %	14 km/h
December	6 mm	2	9.7 h/day	36 %	53 %	14 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	28 °C	-8.8 °C	553 mm	88
Jincheng · China	28 °C	-6.3 °C	597 mm	102
Jiaozuo · China	31 °C	-4.8 °C	626 mm	143
Anyang · China	33 °C	-5.3 °C	567 mm	153
Xinxiang · China	32 °C	-4.4 °C	564 mm	149
Jiyuan · China	32 °C	-4.7 °C	646 mm	146
Handan · China	33 °C	-5.6 °C	522 mm	153

Where Changzhi ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in May	7th of 50	95/100

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. June, July, August 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 28 °C. About 15 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -8.8 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 135 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Changzhi?

July, averaging 137 mm over 14 days with rain. The driest month is December with 6 mm. The year as a whole averages 553 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: 36.184°, 113.105° (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.