Guangyuan climate

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Guangyuan is warmest in July, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 0.9 °C. July is the wettest month (268 mm) and December the driest (19 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Guangyuan averages 1,207 mm of rain, 119 days above 25 °C and 19 days below freezing.

China · population 516,424 · 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 30 °C
Coldest month January 0.9 °C
Driest month December 19 mm
Wettest month July 268 mm
Least cloud December 66 % cloud
Hottest on record June 37 °C
Coldest on record December -6.2 °C

What to expectGuangyuan through the year

Guangyuan has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 8.9 °C in January to 30 °C in July, a swing of 21 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 119 days a year reach 25 °C, 43 of them reach 30 °C, 19 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in June.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 268 mm against 19 mm in December — 14 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	8.9 °C	21 mm	69 %
February	11.5 °C	27 mm	76 %
March	16.0 °C	45 mm	77 %
April	21.4 °C	67 mm	74 %
May	25.3 °C	97 mm	76 %
June	28.2 °C	144 mm	74 %
July	29.6 °C	268 mm	72 %
August	29.1 °C	182 mm	68 %
September	24.4 °C	192 mm	77 %
October	19.6 °C	96 mm	80 %
November	14.8 °C	48 mm	73 %
December	10.0 °C	19 mm	66 %

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	8.9 °C	0.9 °C	5.0 °C	16.8 °C	-5.9 °C	0	0	9
February	11.5 °C	3.0 °C	7.5 °C	21.6 °C	-3.4 °C	0	0	3
March	16.0 °C	6.7 °C	11.6 °C	28.0 °C	-0.9 °C	1	0	0
April	21.4 °C	12.0 °C	16.7 °C	33.0 °C	1.5 °C	6	0	0
May	25.3 °C	16.2 °C	20.7 °C	34.7 °C	7.6 °C	17	3	0
June	28.2 °C	19.9 °C	23.9 °C	37.3 °C	11.2 °C	25	9	0
July	29.6 °C	22.1 °C	25.6 °C	37.1 °C	16.1 °C	29	15	0
August	29.1 °C	21.5 °C	25.1 °C	37.1 °C	14.3 °C	27	14	0
September	24.4 °C	17.7 °C	21.0 °C	34.4 °C	10.0 °C	13	2	0
October	19.6 °C	12.7 °C	16.2 °C	30.0 °C	5.0 °C	2	0	0
November	14.8 °C	7.2 °C	11.2 °C	23.2 °C	-1.1 °C	0	0	1
December	10.0 °C	2.2 °C	6.2 °C	16.4 °C	-6.2 °C	0	0	6

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	21 mm	6	10 h/day	69 %	73 %	9.6 km/h
February	27 mm	7	11 h/day	76 %	74 %	10 km/h
March	45 mm	9	12 h/day	77 %	73 %	11 km/h
April	67 mm	10	13 h/day	74 %	73 %	12 km/h
May	97 mm	12	14 h/day	76 %	72 %	12 km/h
June	144 mm	14	14 h/day	74 %	78 %	9.8 km/h
July	268 mm	21	14 h/day	72 %	85 %	9.1 km/h
August	182 mm	18	13 h/day	68 %	83 %	9.0 km/h
September	192 mm	17	12 h/day	77 %	84 %	9.1 km/h
October	96 mm	14	11 h/day	80 %	82 %	9.3 km/h
November	48 mm	8	11 h/day	73 %	78 %	9.4 km/h
December	19 mm	5	10 h/day	66 %	74 %	9.4 km/h

How Guangyuan 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
Guangyuan	30 °C	0.9 °C	1,207 mm	119
Bazhong · China	30 °C	1.3 °C	1,416 mm	131
Hanzhong · China	28 °C	-1.1 °C	1,237 mm	100
Mianyang · China	30 °C	1.6 °C	1,000 mm	131
Luojiang · China	29 °C	2.0 °C	959 mm	123
Nanchong · China	31 °C	3.2 °C	1,242 mm	136
Deyang · China	30 °C	2.3 °C	956 mm	128

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Guangyuan’s climate

When is the best time to visit Guangyuan?

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 Guangyuan get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 43 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 0.9 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 19 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Guangyuan?

July, averaging 268 mm over 21 days with rain. The driest month is December with 19 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,207 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 Guangyuan 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: 32.442°, 105.823° (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.