Liupanshui climate
Liupanshui is warmest in July, with average highs of 24 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 0.9 °C. June is the wettest month (269 mm) and February the driest (40 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Liupanshui averages 1,500 mm of rain, 40 days above 25 °C and 25 days below freezing.
China · population 1,320,825 · 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 24 °C
- Coldest month January 0.9 °C
- Driest month February 40 mm
- Wettest month June 269 mm
- Least cloud February 70 % cloud
- Hottest on record June 31 °C
- Coldest on record January -13 °C
What to expectLiupanshui through the year
Liupanshui has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 9.1 °C in January to 24 °C in July, a swing of 15 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 40 days a year reach 25 °C, 0 of them reach 30 °C, 25 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 31 °C, in June.
Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 269 mm against 40 mm in February — 6.7 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.1 °C | 46 mm | 76 % |
| February | 12.1 °C | 40 mm | 70 % |
| March | 16.1 °C | 66 mm | 71 % |
| April | 19.5 °C | 102 mm | 72 % |
| May | 21.3 °C | 169 mm | 77 % |
| June | 22.7 °C | 269 mm | 89 % |
| July | 23.9 °C | 236 mm | 86 % |
| August | 23.7 °C | 184 mm | 79 % |
| September | 21.0 °C | 153 mm | 78 % |
| October | 16.8 °C | 137 mm | 83 % |
| November | 13.9 °C | 57 mm | 74 % |
| December | 9.6 °C | 41 mm | 76 % |
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 | 9.1 °C | 0.9 °C | 4.5 °C | 21.9 °C | -12.7 °C | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| February | 12.1 °C | 2.5 °C | 6.9 °C | 27.2 °C | -5.9 °C | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| March | 16.1 °C | 5.7 °C | 10.5 °C | 28.1 °C | -4.3 °C | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| April | 19.5 °C | 9.9 °C | 14.2 °C | 29.7 °C | -0.3 °C | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| May | 21.3 °C | 13.1 °C | 16.8 °C | 30.5 °C | 4.6 °C | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 22.7 °C | 15.9 °C | 18.9 °C | 31.0 °C | 7.5 °C | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| July | 23.9 °C | 17.0 °C | 20.0 °C | 28.8 °C | 10.0 °C | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 23.7 °C | 16.4 °C | 19.6 °C | 28.4 °C | 9.9 °C | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| September | 21.0 °C | 14.2 °C | 17.3 °C | 28.5 °C | 5.2 °C | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| October | 16.8 °C | 10.7 °C | 13.5 °C | 25.8 °C | 1.3 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| November | 13.9 °C | 6.3 °C | 9.8 °C | 23.8 °C | -5.0 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| December | 9.6 °C | 2.1 °C | 5.5 °C | 20.3 °C | -9.9 °C | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46 mm | 12 | 11 h/day | 76 % | 83 % | 12 km/h |
| February | 40 mm | 11 | 11 h/day | 70 % | 79 % | 14 km/h |
| March | 66 mm | 15 | 12 h/day | 71 % | 78 % | 14 km/h |
| April | 102 mm | 17 | 13 h/day | 72 % | 78 % | 14 km/h |
| May | 169 mm | 20 | 13 h/day | 77 % | 80 % | 13 km/h |
| June | 269 mm | 23 | 14 h/day | 89 % | 85 % | 11 km/h |
| July | 236 mm | 23 | 14 h/day | 86 % | 86 % | 12 km/h |
| August | 184 mm | 21 | 13 h/day | 79 % | 85 % | 11 km/h |
| September | 153 mm | 18 | 12 h/day | 78 % | 84 % | 12 km/h |
| October | 137 mm | 20 | 12 h/day | 83 % | 86 % | 11 km/h |
| November | 57 mm | 13 | 11 h/day | 74 % | 84 % | 12 km/h |
| December | 41 mm | 12 | 10 h/day | 76 % | 85 % | 11 km/h |
How Liupanshui 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liupanshui | 24 °C | 0.9 °C | 1,500 mm | 40 |
| Bijie · China | 26 °C | -0.1 °C | 1,334 mm | 72 |
| Anshun · China | 25 °C | 1.4 °C | 1,611 mm | 70 |
| Zhaotong · China | 23 °C | -2.3 °C | 996 mm | 35 |
| Qujing · China | 23 °C | 2.7 °C | 1,276 mm | 40 |
| Xingyi · China | 27 °C | 4.2 °C | 1,474 mm | 137 |
| Guiyang · China | 27 °C | 1.4 °C | 1,454 mm | 100 |
Where Liupanshui ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| The coolest places in Asia in August | 32ndof 50 | 24 °C |
| The coolest places in Asia in July | 33rdof 50 | 24 °C |
| The coolest places in Asia in June | 42ndof 50 | 23 °C |
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QuestionsCommon questions about Liupanshui’s climate
When is the best time to visit Liupanshui?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, July, August sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Liupanshui get?
In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 24 °C. About 0 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 31 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 0.9 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 25 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Liupanshui?
June, averaging 269 mm over 23 days with rain. The driest month is February with 40 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,500 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 Liupanshui 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
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.