Laohekou climate

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Laohekou is warmest in July, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -1.6 °C. August is the wettest month (143 mm) and December the driest (16 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Laohekou averages 829 mm of rain, 147 days above 25 °C and 50 days below freezing.

China · population 253,112 · 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 -1.6 °C
Driest month December 16 mm
Wettest month August 143 mm
Least cloud December 48 % cloud
Hottest on record August 41 °C
Coldest on record December -14 °C

What to expectLaohekou through the year

Laohekou has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 8.4 °C in January to 32 °C in July, a swing of 24 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 147 days a year reach 25 °C, 76 of them reach 30 °C, 50 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 143 mm against 16 mm in December — 9.1 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	8.4 °C	17 mm	50 %
February	11.3 °C	22 mm	59 %
March	16.3 °C	44 mm	64 %
April	22.5 °C	56 mm	64 %
May	27.1 °C	84 mm	67 %
June	30.6 °C	115 mm	67 %
July	31.7 °C	141 mm	68 %
August	30.6 °C	143 mm	62 %
September	26.6 °C	84 mm	62 %
October	21.9 °C	64 mm	58 %
November	15.7 °C	42 mm	53 %
December	10.2 °C	16 mm	48 %

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	8.4 °C	-1.6 °C	3.3 °C	19.6 °C	-13.7 °C	0	0	23
February	11.3 °C	1.0 °C	6.2 °C	23.0 °C	-7.3 °C	0	0	11
March	16.3 °C	5.9 °C	11.0 °C	31.5 °C	-3.3 °C	1	0	1
April	22.5 °C	11.9 °C	17.1 °C	38.7 °C	2.1 °C	10	2	0
May	27.1 °C	17.2 °C	22.0 °C	39.0 °C	7.0 °C	22	9	0
June	30.6 °C	21.6 °C	25.9 °C	40.3 °C	13.3 °C	27	18	0
July	31.7 °C	24.3 °C	27.7 °C	40.0 °C	18.1 °C	30	22	0
August	30.6 °C	23.3 °C	26.7 °C	41.1 °C	14.9 °C	28	20	0
September	26.6 °C	18.8 °C	22.5 °C	39.7 °C	9.4 °C	21	6	0
October	21.9 °C	13.0 °C	17.3 °C	33.7 °C	3.1 °C	8	1	0
November	15.7 °C	6.4 °C	10.9 °C	27.8 °C	-6.9 °C	0	0	1
December	10.2 °C	0.4 °C	5.2 °C	21.1 °C	-13.9 °C	0	0	14

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	17 mm	4	10 h/day	50 %	69 %	11 km/h
February	22 mm	5	11 h/day	59 %	68 %	13 km/h
March	44 mm	7	12 h/day	64 %	69 %	14 km/h
April	56 mm	7	13 h/day	64 %	69 %	15 km/h
May	84 mm	8	14 h/day	67 %	68 %	15 km/h
June	115 mm	9	14 h/day	67 %	72 %	13 km/h
July	141 mm	13	14 h/day	68 %	79 %	13 km/h
August	143 mm	13	13 h/day	62 %	79 %	12 km/h
September	84 mm	9	12 h/day	62 %	75 %	12 km/h
October	64 mm	8	11 h/day	58 %	71 %	12 km/h
November	42 mm	6	11 h/day	53 %	71 %	12 km/h
December	16 mm	4	10 h/day	48 %	69 %	12 km/h

How Laohekou 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
Laohekou	32 °C	-1.6 °C	829 mm	147
Dengzhou · China	32 °C	-2.4 °C	846 mm	150
Xiangyang · China	31 °C	-1.5 °C	952 mm	148
Shiyan · China	31 °C	-1.5 °C	833 mm	136
Zaoyang · China	31 °C	-1.7 °C	968 mm	146
Nanyang · China	31 °C	-2.7 °C	896 mm	147
Tanghe · China	31 °C	-2.7 °C	919 mm	148

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Laohekou’s climate

When is the best time to visit Laohekou?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, September, 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 Laohekou get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 76 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -1.6 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 50 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Laohekou?

August, averaging 143 mm over 13 days with rain. The driest month is December with 16 mm. The year as a whole averages 829 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 Laohekou 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: 32.386°, 111.668° (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.