Huanggang climate

Name: Huanggang
Address: CN

Huanggang is warmest in July, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 11 °C. August is the wettest month (321 mm) and January the driest (28 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Huanggang averages 1,602 mm of rain and 214 days above 25 °C.

China · population 225,956 · 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 11 °C
Driest month January 28 mm
Wettest month August 321 mm
Least cloud October 42 % cloud
Hottest on record July 37 °C
Coldest on record January 0.8 °C
Warmest sea August 27 °C

What to expectHuanggang through the year

Huanggang has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 19 °C in January to 30 °C in July, a swing of 13 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 214 days a year reach 25 °C, 70 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 321 mm against 28 mm in January — 12 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Huanggang is warmest in August at 27 °C and coldest in February at 17 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	18.5 °C	28 mm	50 %
February	19.2 °C	43 mm	62 %
March	21.7 °C	63 mm	67 %
April	25.0 °C	106 mm	72 %
May	27.6 °C	196 mm	77 %
June	29.2 °C	293 mm	85 %
July	30.4 °C	253 mm	74 %
August	30.3 °C	321 mm	72 %
September	29.6 °C	174 mm	60 %
October	27.8 °C	44 mm	42 %
November	24.6 °C	47 mm	43 %
December	20.2 °C	36 mm	45 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	18.5 °C	10.6 °C	14.2 °C	27.4 °C	0.8 °C	0	0
February	19.2 °C	11.8 °C	15.0 °C	28.4 °C	2.7 °C	2	0
March	21.7 °C	14.4 °C	17.6 °C	30.5 °C	4.1 °C	5	0
April	25.0 °C	18.3 °C	21.3 °C	33.1 °C	9.2 °C	16	1
May	27.6 °C	22.0 °C	24.4 °C	36.8 °C	14.5 °C	27	4
June	29.2 °C	24.6 °C	26.5 °C	35.1 °C	17.5 °C	29	11
July	30.4 °C	25.4 °C	27.5 °C	36.9 °C	22.6 °C	31	18
August	30.3 °C	25.2 °C	27.4 °C	35.4 °C	21.9 °C	31	19
September	29.6 °C	23.8 °C	26.4 °C	34.6 °C	17.8 °C	30	13
October	27.8 °C	20.4 °C	23.7 °C	34.9 °C	13.2 °C	28	4
November	24.6 °C	16.8 °C	20.2 °C	31.7 °C	6.8 °C	14	0
December	20.2 °C	12.2 °C	15.8 °C	28.6 °C	1.1 °C	1	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	28 mm	4	11 h/day	50 %	73 %	14 km/h	17.2 °C
February	43 mm	7	11 h/day	62 %	76 %	14 km/h	16.5 °C
March	63 mm	9	12 h/day	67 %	78 %	14 km/h	18.5 °C
April	106 mm	12	13 h/day	72 %	80 %	15 km/h	21.4 °C
May	196 mm	18	13 h/day	77 %	84 %	15 km/h	24.3 °C
June	293 mm	22	14 h/day	85 %	88 %	16 km/h	26.3 °C
July	253 mm	20	13 h/day	74 %	88 %	15 km/h	27.0 °C
August	321 mm	22	13 h/day	72 %	88 %	14 km/h	27.2 °C
September	174 mm	14	12 h/day	60 %	82 %	14 km/h	27.2 °C
October	44 mm	5	12 h/day	42 %	72 %	16 km/h	25.4 °C
November	47 mm	4	11 h/day	43 %	71 %	15 km/h	22.3 °C
December	36 mm	4	11 h/day	45 %	70 %	14 km/h	19.3 °C

How Huanggang 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
Huanggang	30 °C	11 °C	1,602 mm	214
Chaozhou · China	31 °C	9.4 °C	1,699 mm	225
Shantou · China	30 °C	12 °C	1,507 mm	200
Jieyang · China	31 °C	10 °C	1,519 mm	234
Puning · China	31 °C	10 °C	1,568 mm	231
Meizhou · China	32 °C	8.2 °C	1,492 mm	232
Zhangzhou · China	32 °C	9.2 °C	1,477 mm	219

Where Huanggang ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Asia in October	9th of 50	97/100
Best beach destinations in the world in October	28th of 50	97/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Huanggang’s climate

When is the best time to visit Huanggang?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. March, April, November sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Huanggang get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 70 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 11 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Huanggang?

August, averaging 321 mm over 22 days with rain. The driest month is January with 28 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,602 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 Huanggang 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: 23.677°, 117.000° (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.