Huangshan climate

Name: Huangshan
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Huangshan is warmest in July, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 1.2 °C. June is the wettest month (380 mm) and December the driest (60 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Huangshan averages 1,855 mm of rain, 145 days above 25 °C and 26 days below freezing.

China · population 460,786 · 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 32 °C
Coldest month January 1.2 °C
Driest month December 60 mm
Wettest month June 380 mm
Least cloud December 49 % cloud
Hottest on record August 40 °C
Coldest on record January -13 °C

What to expectHuangshan through the year

Huangshan has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 8.7 °C in January to 32 °C in July, a swing of 23 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 145 days a year reach 25 °C, 72 of them reach 30 °C, 26 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 380 mm against 60 mm in December — 6.3 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	8.7 °C	84 mm	61 %
February	11.3 °C	102 mm	65 %
March	15.4 °C	171 mm	72 %
April	21.4 °C	209 mm	72 %
May	25.8 °C	230 mm	71 %
June	28.2 °C	380 mm	81 %
July	32.1 °C	233 mm	72 %
August	31.9 °C	162 mm	65 %
September	28.0 °C	84 mm	57 %
October	23.1 °C	62 mm	50 %
November	17.1 °C	77 mm	52 %
December	10.9 °C	60 mm	49 %

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	8.7 °C	1.2 °C	4.8 °C	25.2 °C	-13.4 °C	0	0	12
February	11.3 °C	3.1 °C	7.1 °C	26.0 °C	-7.5 °C	0	0	6
March	15.4 °C	7.0 °C	11.1 °C	31.0 °C	-4.4 °C	1	0	1
April	21.4 °C	12.7 °C	16.8 °C	32.2 °C	2.0 °C	8	0	0
May	25.8 °C	17.6 °C	21.5 °C	35.1 °C	7.1 °C	19	4	0
June	28.2 °C	21.3 °C	24.5 °C	35.0 °C	14.8 °C	24	10	0
July	32.1 °C	24.6 °C	28.1 °C	39.7 °C	16.2 °C	30	24	0
August	31.9 °C	24.4 °C	27.7 °C	40.1 °C	17.3 °C	30	23	0
September	28.0 °C	20.3 °C	23.8 °C	36.5 °C	13.2 °C	24	9	0
October	23.1 °C	14.9 °C	18.6 °C	35.2 °C	5.0 °C	9	1	0
November	17.1 °C	8.8 °C	12.7 °C	30.8 °C	-4.2 °C	1	0	1
December	10.9 °C	2.7 °C	6.7 °C	22.6 °C	-11.6 °C	0	0	7

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	84 mm	11	10 h/day	61 %	76 %	9.4 km/h
February	102 mm	12	11 h/day	65 %	76 %	10 km/h
March	171 mm	15	12 h/day	72 %	77 %	11 km/h
April	209 mm	15	13 h/day	72 %	77 %	11 km/h
May	230 mm	15	14 h/day	71 %	78 %	10 km/h
June	380 mm	18	14 h/day	81 %	83 %	10 km/h
July	233 mm	15	14 h/day	72 %	80 %	11 km/h
August	162 mm	16	13 h/day	65 %	79 %	10 km/h
September	84 mm	10	12 h/day	57 %	77 %	10 km/h
October	62 mm	7	11 h/day	50 %	73 %	10 km/h
November	77 mm	8	11 h/day	52 %	75 %	9.5 km/h
December	60 mm	8	10 h/day	49 %	73 %	9.5 km/h

How Huangshan 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
Huangshan	32 °C	1.2 °C	1,855 mm	145
Quzhou · China	33 °C	2.1 °C	1,751 mm	157
Jingdezhen · China	33 °C	2.0 °C	2,184 mm	164
Chizhou · China	32 °C	0.3 °C	1,407 mm	144
Xuancheng · China	32 °C	-0.4 °C	1,448 mm	146
Shangrao · China	33 °C	3.1 °C	1,793 mm	171
Jinhua · China	33 °C	2.4 °C	1,687 mm	160

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Huangshan’s climate

When is the best time to visit Huangshan?

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 Huangshan get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 72 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 1.2 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 26 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Huangshan?

June, averaging 380 mm over 18 days with rain. The driest month is December with 60 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,855 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 Huangshan 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
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.