Chuzhou climate

Name: Chuzhou
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Chuzhou is warmest in July, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -1.7 °C. July is the wettest month (224 mm) and December the driest (30 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Chuzhou averages 1,177 mm of rain, 139 days above 25 °C and 53 days below freezing.

China · population 782,671 · 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 -1.7 °C
Driest month December 30 mm
Wettest month July 224 mm
Least cloud December 48 % cloud
Hottest on record August 38 °C
Coldest on record January -14 °C

What to expectChuzhou through the year

Chuzhou has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 7.4 °C in January to 31 °C in July, a swing of 25 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 139 days a year reach 25 °C, 60 of them reach 30 °C, 53 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 224 mm against 30 mm in December — 7.4 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	7.4 °C	48 mm	55 %
February	10.1 °C	50 mm	61 %
March	14.9 °C	72 mm	65 %
April	21.0 °C	81 mm	64 %
May	25.7 °C	115 mm	66 %
June	28.6 °C	197 mm	72 %
July	31.2 °C	224 mm	71 %
August	30.7 °C	171 mm	62 %
September	26.9 °C	84 mm	57 %
October	22.0 °C	53 mm	52 %
November	15.9 °C	51 mm	49 %
December	9.6 °C	30 mm	48 %

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	7.4 °C	-1.7 °C	2.8 °C	21.7 °C	-13.7 °C	0	0	22
February	10.1 °C	0.6 °C	5.3 °C	26.0 °C	-12.8 °C	0	0	13
March	14.9 °C	5.1 °C	9.9 °C	27.8 °C	-5.3 °C	1	0	2
April	21.0 °C	11.2 °C	15.9 °C	34.6 °C	-0.3 °C	6	1	0
May	25.7 °C	16.6 °C	21.0 °C	36.0 °C	7.1 °C	18	4	0
June	28.6 °C	20.8 °C	24.5 °C	37.2 °C	13.2 °C	26	11	0
July	31.2 °C	24.7 °C	27.7 °C	37.8 °C	16.4 °C	30	21	0
August	30.7 °C	24.1 °C	27.1 °C	38.0 °C	16.7 °C	29	19	0
September	26.9 °C	19.4 °C	22.9 °C	36.7 °C	10.2 °C	23	4	0
October	22.0 °C	13.3 °C	17.4 °C	32.0 °C	3.1 °C	6	0	0
November	15.9 °C	6.8 °C	11.1 °C	27.3 °C	-6.7 °C	1	0	2
December	9.6 °C	0.4 °C	4.8 °C	21.0 °C	-13.0 °C	0	0	15

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	48 mm	7	10 h/day	55 %	71 %	14 km/h
February	50 mm	7	11 h/day	61 %	71 %	15 km/h
March	72 mm	9	12 h/day	65 %	71 %	16 km/h
April	81 mm	9	13 h/day	64 %	70 %	16 km/h
May	115 mm	10	14 h/day	66 %	72 %	15 km/h
June	197 mm	11	14 h/day	72 %	78 %	15 km/h
July	224 mm	16	14 h/day	71 %	82 %	14 km/h
August	171 mm	14	13 h/day	62 %	82 %	14 km/h
September	84 mm	9	12 h/day	57 %	77 %	14 km/h
October	53 mm	6	11 h/day	52 %	72 %	14 km/h
November	51 mm	6	11 h/day	49 %	73 %	14 km/h
December	30 mm	5	10 h/day	48 %	71 %	14 km/h

How Chuzhou 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
Chuzhou	31 °C	-1.7 °C	1,177 mm	139
Nanjing · China	31 °C	-1.3 °C	1,227 mm	138
Ma’anshan · China	32 °C	-0.7 °C	1,267 mm	140
Hefei · China	32 °C	-1.1 °C	1,113 mm	146
Wuhu · China	32 °C	-0.3 °C	1,358 mm	144
Zhenjiang · China	31 °C	-1.2 °C	1,230 mm	134
Bengbu · China	31 °C	-2.3 °C	997 mm	142

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Chuzhou’s climate

When is the best time to visit Chuzhou?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, September, 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 Chuzhou get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 60 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -1.7 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 53 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Chuzhou?

July, averaging 224 mm over 16 days with rain. The driest month is December with 30 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,177 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 Chuzhou 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: 32.322°, 118.298° (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.