Fenghuang climate

Name: Fenghuang
Address: CN

Fenghuang is warmest in August, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -0.08 °C. June is the wettest month (314 mm) and December the driest (66 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Fenghuang averages 1,994 mm of rain, 117 days above 25 °C and 36 days below freezing.

China · population 370,000 · 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 August 29 °C
Coldest month January -0.08 °C
Driest month December 66 mm
Wettest month June 314 mm
Least cloud September 63 % cloud
Hottest on record August 37 °C
Coldest on record January -12 °C

What to expectFenghuang through the year

Fenghuang has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 6.2 °C in January to 29 °C in August, a swing of 22 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 117 days a year reach 25 °C, 35 of them reach 30 °C, 36 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 314 mm against 66 mm in December — 4.8 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	6.2 °C	93 mm	73 %
February	8.7 °C	116 mm	78 %
March	13.1 °C	173 mm	79 %
April	19.1 °C	232 mm	77 %
May	23.4 °C	278 mm	75 %
June	26.5 °C	314 mm	80 %
July	29.2 °C	238 mm	75 %
August	29.2 °C	168 mm	66 %
September	25.6 °C	109 mm	63 %
October	19.7 °C	115 mm	66 %
November	14.2 °C	91 mm	66 %
December	8.6 °C	66 mm	65 %

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	6.2 °C	-0.1 °C	3.3 °C	21.5 °C	-11.7 °C	0	0	17
February	8.7 °C	2.2 °C	5.7 °C	25.6 °C	-9.8 °C	0	0	9
March	13.1 °C	6.1 °C	9.8 °C	28.4 °C	-3.8 °C	0	0	2
April	19.1 °C	11.7 °C	15.4 °C	30.4 °C	1.4 °C	4	0	0
May	23.4 °C	16.3 °C	19.8 °C	31.8 °C	5.6 °C	13	1	0
June	26.5 °C	20.1 °C	23.2 °C	32.7 °C	13.1 °C	22	3	0
July	29.2 °C	22.7 °C	25.7 °C	36.6 °C	15.6 °C	28	13	0
August	29.2 °C	22.2 °C	25.5 °C	37.2 °C	14.4 °C	28	13	0
September	25.6 °C	18.4 °C	21.9 °C	36.1 °C	7.6 °C	18	4	0
October	19.7 °C	13.0 °C	16.2 °C	32.7 °C	4.0 °C	4	0	0
November	14.2 °C	7.3 °C	10.8 °C	26.5 °C	-2.2 °C	0	0	1
December	8.6 °C	1.9 °C	5.4 °C	19.8 °C	-9.5 °C	0	0	9

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	93 mm	13	11 h/day	73 %	79 %	12 km/h
February	116 mm	14	11 h/day	78 %	80 %	13 km/h
March	173 mm	18	12 h/day	79 %	81 %	13 km/h
April	232 mm	19	13 h/day	77 %	81 %	13 km/h
May	278 mm	19	14 h/day	75 %	81 %	13 km/h
June	314 mm	19	14 h/day	80 %	83 %	13 km/h
July	238 mm	18	14 h/day	75 %	81 %	14 km/h
August	168 mm	16	13 h/day	66 %	78 %	13 km/h
September	109 mm	10	12 h/day	63 %	75 %	13 km/h
October	115 mm	12	12 h/day	66 %	77 %	12 km/h
November	91 mm	11	11 h/day	66 %	78 %	12 km/h
December	66 mm	10	10 h/day	65 %	76 %	11 km/h

How Fenghuang 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
Fenghuang	29 °C	-0.08 °C	1,994 mm	117
Huaihua · China	31 °C	2.3 °C	1,814 mm	145
Zhangjiajie · China	31 °C	2.1 °C	1,890 mm	140
Shaoyang · China	32 °C	2.3 °C	1,512 mm	152
Kaili · China	28 °C	1.5 °C	1,438 mm	124
Loudi · China	32 °C	1.8 °C	1,578 mm	151
Changde · China	32 °C	1.4 °C	1,497 mm	150

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Fenghuang’s climate

When is the best time to visit Fenghuang?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, June, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and December the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Fenghuang get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 35 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -0.08 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 36 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Fenghuang?

June, averaging 314 mm over 19 days with rain. The driest month is December with 66 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,994 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 Fenghuang 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: 27.936°, 109.600° (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.