Chenzhou climate

Name: Chenzhou
Address: CN

Chenzhou is warmest in July, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 3.4 °C. June is the wettest month (258 mm) and December the driest (58 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Chenzhou averages 1,575 mm of rain, 171 days above 25 °C and 9 days below freezing.

China · population 822,534 · 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 33 °C
Coldest month January 3.4 °C
Driest month December 58 mm
Wettest month June 258 mm
Least cloud October 56 % cloud
Hottest on record July 41 °C
Coldest on record December -9.5 °C

What to expectChenzhou through the year

Chenzhou has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 10 °C in January to 33 °C in July, a swing of 22 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 171 days a year reach 25 °C, 94 of them reach 30 °C, 9 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 258 mm against 58 mm in December — 4.4 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	10.4 °C	63 mm	71 %
February	13.4 °C	73 mm	74 %
March	17.2 °C	155 mm	79 %
April	23.3 °C	191 mm	75 %
May	27.0 °C	242 mm	75 %
June	29.8 °C	258 mm	83 %
July	32.8 °C	126 mm	73 %
August	32.3 °C	176 mm	69 %
September	28.7 °C	88 mm	63 %
October	24.0 °C	73 mm	56 %
November	18.3 °C	72 mm	58 %
December	12.6 °C	58 mm	57 %

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	10.4 °C	3.4 °C	6.9 °C	25.4 °C	-6.2 °C	0	0	5
February	13.4 °C	5.7 °C	9.6 °C	30.2 °C	-4.5 °C	1	0	2
March	17.2 °C	9.7 °C	13.4 °C	31.1 °C	-1.5 °C	4	0	0
April	23.3 °C	15.6 °C	19.1 °C	33.9 °C	4.1 °C	14	2	0
May	27.0 °C	19.8 °C	23.2 °C	34.4 °C	11.0 °C	21	8	0
June	29.8 °C	23.4 °C	26.3 °C	35.2 °C	16.1 °C	27	17	0
July	32.8 °C	25.3 °C	28.7 °C	40.7 °C	20.0 °C	30	27	0
August	32.3 °C	24.7 °C	28.1 °C	39.9 °C	18.3 °C	30	24	0
September	28.7 °C	21.5 °C	24.9 °C	37.8 °C	13.0 °C	24	13	0
October	24.0 °C	16.4 °C	20.0 °C	35.8 °C	6.0 °C	14	3	0
November	18.3 °C	10.6 °C	14.3 °C	32.2 °C	-1.1 °C	4	0	0
December	12.6 °C	5.0 °C	8.8 °C	26.3 °C	-9.5 °C	0	0	2

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	63 mm	10	11 h/day	71 %	82 %	10 km/h
February	73 mm	11	11 h/day	74 %	82 %	11 km/h
March	155 mm	17	12 h/day	79 %	84 %	11 km/h
April	191 mm	17	13 h/day	75 %	83 %	12 km/h
May	242 mm	18	13 h/day	75 %	83 %	11 km/h
June	258 mm	18	14 h/day	83 %	83 %	12 km/h
July	126 mm	14	14 h/day	73 %	74 %	13 km/h
August	176 mm	18	13 h/day	69 %	76 %	11 km/h
September	88 mm	11	12 h/day	63 %	77 %	11 km/h
October	73 mm	8	12 h/day	56 %	75 %	11 km/h
November	72 mm	8	11 h/day	58 %	78 %	10 km/h
December	58 mm	8	11 h/day	57 %	77 %	10 km/h

How Chenzhou 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
Chenzhou	33 °C	3.4 °C	1,575 mm	171
Shaoguan · China	32 °C	6.7 °C	1,903 mm	199
Hengyang · China	33 °C	3.3 °C	1,653 mm	170
Yongzhou · China	33 °C	3.7 °C	1,523 mm	169
Ganzhou · China	33 °C	4.5 °C	1,527 mm	188
Hezhou · China	31 °C	6.1 °C	2,125 mm	195
Pingxiang · China	33 °C	2.7 °C	1,904 mm	162

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Chenzhou’s climate

When is the best time to visit Chenzhou?

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 Chenzhou get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 94 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 3.4 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 9 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Chenzhou?

June, averaging 258 mm over 18 days with rain. The driest month is December with 58 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,575 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 Chenzhou 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: 25.800°, 113.033° (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.