Lizhi climate
Lizhi is warmest in August, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 3.9 °C. June is the wettest month (196 mm) and January the driest (35 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Lizhi averages 1,357 mm of rain, 137 days above 25 °C and 3 days below freezing.
China · population 156,753 · 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 August 32 °C
- Coldest month January 3.9 °C
- Driest month January 35 mm
- Wettest month June 196 mm
- Least cloud August 65 % cloud
- Hottest on record September 41 °C
- Coldest on record December -3.5 °C
What to expectLizhi through the year
Lizhi has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 10 °C in January to 32 °C in August, a swing of 20 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 137 days a year reach 25 °C, 68 of them reach 30 °C, 3 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in September.
Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 196 mm against 35 mm in January — 5.6 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.4 °C | 35 mm | 77 % |
| February | 12.9 °C | 42 mm | 77 % |
| March | 17.1 °C | 86 mm | 76 % |
| April | 22.0 °C | 133 mm | 75 % |
| May | 25.4 °C | 183 mm | 74 % |
| June | 28.3 °C | 196 mm | 78 % |
| July | 31.6 °C | 167 mm | 72 % |
| August | 31.8 °C | 146 mm | 65 % |
| September | 27.3 °C | 126 mm | 66 % |
| October | 21.4 °C | 120 mm | 74 % |
| November | 16.8 °C | 81 mm | 72 % |
| December | 11.7 °C | 43 mm | 75 % |
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 | 10.4 °C | 3.9 °C | 7.5 °C | 19.1 °C | -2.9 °C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| February | 12.9 °C | 5.8 °C | 9.6 °C | 26.0 °C | -2.6 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| March | 17.1 °C | 9.2 °C | 13.4 °C | 31.1 °C | 0.8 °C | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| April | 22.0 °C | 14.0 °C | 18.1 °C | 33.4 °C | 5.2 °C | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| May | 25.4 °C | 17.9 °C | 21.7 °C | 35.5 °C | 8.7 °C | 17 | 4 | 0 |
| June | 28.3 °C | 21.4 °C | 24.8 °C | 35.9 °C | 14.2 °C | 25 | 10 | 0 |
| July | 31.6 °C | 23.9 °C | 27.7 °C | 38.4 °C | 16.6 °C | 30 | 22 | 0 |
| August | 31.8 °C | 23.8 °C | 27.7 °C | 41.0 °C | 16.5 °C | 29 | 22 | 0 |
| September | 27.3 °C | 20.0 °C | 23.6 °C | 41.3 °C | 12.4 °C | 20 | 9 | 0 |
| October | 21.4 °C | 15.3 °C | 18.4 °C | 33.0 °C | 6.8 °C | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| November | 16.8 °C | 10.3 °C | 13.7 °C | 26.9 °C | 1.3 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| December | 11.7 °C | 5.6 °C | 8.9 °C | 19.8 °C | -3.5 °C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35 mm | 8 | 10 h/day | 77 % | 77 % | 7.0 km/h |
| February | 42 mm | 9 | 11 h/day | 77 % | 76 % | 7.5 km/h |
| March | 86 mm | 14 | 12 h/day | 76 % | 76 % | 8.0 km/h |
| April | 133 mm | 16 | 13 h/day | 75 % | 78 % | 8.2 km/h |
| May | 183 mm | 18 | 14 h/day | 74 % | 80 % | 8.0 km/h |
| June | 196 mm | 17 | 14 h/day | 78 % | 82 % | 7.4 km/h |
| July | 167 mm | 15 | 14 h/day | 72 % | 80 % | 7.8 km/h |
| August | 146 mm | 14 | 13 h/day | 65 % | 76 % | 8.0 km/h |
| September | 126 mm | 13 | 12 h/day | 66 % | 78 % | 7.8 km/h |
| October | 120 mm | 15 | 11 h/day | 74 % | 81 % | 6.7 km/h |
| November | 81 mm | 12 | 11 h/day | 72 % | 80 % | 7.0 km/h |
| December | 43 mm | 10 | 10 h/day | 75 % | 78 % | 6.8 km/h |
How Lizhi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lizhi | 32 °C | 3.9 °C | 1,357 mm | 137 |
| Fuling · China | 32 °C | 4.4 °C | 1,357 mm | 142 |
| Fengcheng · China | 32 °C | 4.7 °C | 1,320 mm | 140 |
| Nanchuan · China | 31 °C | 2.8 °C | 1,424 mm | 126 |
| Guixi · China | 31 °C | 4.0 °C | 1,525 mm | 131 |
| Chongqing · China | 32 °C | 4.6 °C | 1,252 mm | 140 |
| Banan · China | 32 °C | 5.0 °C | 1,249 mm | 144 |
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QuestionsCommon questions about Lizhi’s climate
When is the best time to visit Lizhi?
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, August is the warmest month and January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Lizhi get?
In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 68 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 3.9 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 3 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Lizhi?
June, averaging 196 mm over 17 days with rain. The driest month is January with 35 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,357 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 Lizhi 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
- 29.703°, 107.395° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
- 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.