Jingzhou climate

Name: Jingzhou
Address: CN

Jingzhou is warmest in July, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 0.5 °C. July is the wettest month (240 mm) and December the driest (27 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Jingzhou averages 1,350 mm of rain, 148 days above 25 °C and 25 days below freezing.

China · population 1,052,282 · 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 0.5 °C
Driest month December 27 mm
Wettest month July 240 mm
Least cloud December 52 % cloud
Hottest on record May 39 °C
Coldest on record February -8.1 °C

What to expectJingzhou through the year

Jingzhou has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 8.7 °C in January to 31 °C in July, a swing of 24 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 148 days a year reach 25 °C, 74 of them reach 30 °C, 25 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 240 mm against 27 mm in December — 8.8 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	8.7 °C	44 mm	57 %
February	11.4 °C	56 mm	63 %
March	16.0 °C	85 mm	69 %
April	22.0 °C	132 mm	69 %
May	26.5 °C	178 mm	68 %
June	29.4 °C	225 mm	72 %
July	31.5 °C	240 mm	70 %
August	31.1 °C	142 mm	61 %
September	27.5 °C	91 mm	59 %
October	22.5 °C	74 mm	56 %
November	16.5 °C	57 mm	54 %
December	10.9 °C	27 mm	52 %

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	0.5 °C	4.7 °C	23.2 °C	-6.6 °C	0	0	13
February	11.4 °C	2.8 °C	7.3 °C	25.5 °C	-8.1 °C	0	0	6
March	16.0 °C	7.4 °C	11.7 °C	29.8 °C	-1.4 °C	1	0	0
April	22.0 °C	13.5 °C	17.6 °C	35.9 °C	3.7 °C	8	1	0
May	26.5 °C	18.5 °C	22.3 °C	38.6 °C	10.1 °C	21	6	0
June	29.4 °C	22.5 °C	25.8 °C	37.0 °C	15.2 °C	27	14	0
July	31.5 °C	25.5 °C	28.3 °C	38.1 °C	18.3 °C	30	22	0
August	31.1 °C	24.7 °C	27.7 °C	38.0 °C	15.8 °C	29	22	0
September	27.5 °C	20.3 °C	23.7 °C	35.9 °C	12.1 °C	22	8	0
October	22.5 °C	14.7 °C	18.4 °C	33.9 °C	6.0 °C	9	1	0
November	16.5 °C	8.5 °C	12.4 °C	28.2 °C	-2.3 °C	1	0	0
December	10.9 °C	2.8 °C	6.8 °C	21.1 °C	-5.5 °C	0	0	5

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	44 mm	8	10 h/day	57 %	74 %	14 km/h
February	56 mm	8	11 h/day	63 %	74 %	15 km/h
March	85 mm	11	12 h/day	69 %	75 %	16 km/h
April	132 mm	12	13 h/day	69 %	75 %	16 km/h
May	178 mm	13	14 h/day	68 %	75 %	16 km/h
June	225 mm	13	14 h/day	72 %	80 %	14 km/h
July	240 mm	14	14 h/day	70 %	81 %	15 km/h
August	142 mm	13	13 h/day	61 %	80 %	15 km/h
September	91 mm	9	12 h/day	59 %	75 %	14 km/h
October	74 mm	9	11 h/day	56 %	74 %	14 km/h
November	57 mm	8	11 h/day	54 %	74 %	14 km/h
December	27 mm	5	10 h/day	52 %	73 %	14 km/h

How Jingzhou 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
Jingzhou	31 °C	0.5 °C	1,350 mm	148
Jingmen · China	31 °C	-0.2 °C	1,178 mm	146
Jingling · China	31 °C	-0.3 °C	1,311 mm	152
Yichang · China	31 °C	1.0 °C	1,205 mm	141
Xiantao · China	32 °C	-0.2 °C	1,466 mm	153
Xindi · China	32 °C	1.4 °C	1,529 mm	152
Yueyang · China	32 °C	1.6 °C	1,668 mm	151

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Jingzhou’s climate

When is the best time to visit Jingzhou?

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 Jingzhou get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 74 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 0.5 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 25 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Jingzhou?

July, averaging 240 mm over 14 days with rain. The driest month is December with 27 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,350 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 Jingzhou 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.