Lu’an climate

Name: Lu’an
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Lu’an is warmest in July, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -1.7 °C. July is the wettest month (182 mm) and December the driest (31 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Lu’an averages 1,085 mm of rain, 145 days above 25 °C and 54 days below freezing.

China · population 1,644,344 · 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 -1.7 °C
Driest month December 31 mm
Wettest month July 182 mm
Least cloud December 48 % cloud
Hottest on record August 39 °C
Coldest on record February -18 °C

What to expectLu’an through the year

Lu’an has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 7.9 °C in January to 32 °C in July, a swing of 25 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 145 days a year reach 25 °C, 68 of them reach 30 °C, 54 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 182 mm against 31 mm in December — 5.9 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	7.9 °C	48 mm	55 %
February	10.7 °C	50 mm	61 %
March	15.6 °C	74 mm	66 %
April	21.7 °C	83 mm	64 %
May	26.3 °C	110 mm	67 %
June	29.0 °C	178 mm	71 %
July	31.6 °C	182 mm	70 %
August	30.9 °C	151 mm	64 %
September	27.2 °C	76 mm	58 %
October	22.3 °C	55 mm	53 %
November	16.1 °C	49 mm	49 %
December	10.1 °C	31 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	7.9 °C	-1.7 °C	3.1 °C	24.5 °C	-15.8 °C	0	0	22
February	10.7 °C	0.7 °C	5.7 °C	26.1 °C	-17.7 °C	0	0	12
March	15.6 °C	5.3 °C	10.4 °C	31.7 °C	-4.8 °C	1	0	2
April	21.7 °C	11.3 °C	16.5 °C	35.9 °C	-0.7 °C	8	1	0
May	26.3 °C	16.6 °C	21.4 °C	37.4 °C	6.7 °C	20	6	0
June	29.0 °C	20.8 °C	24.8 °C	38.1 °C	13.3 °C	26	13	0
July	31.6 °C	24.3 °C	27.8 °C	38.6 °C	16.0 °C	30	22	0
August	30.9 °C	23.6 °C	27.0 °C	38.9 °C	15.7 °C	29	20	0
September	27.2 °C	19.0 °C	22.9 °C	38.2 °C	10.1 °C	23	6	0
October	22.3 °C	12.9 °C	17.4 °C	33.7 °C	3.6 °C	7	1	0
November	16.1 °C	6.3 °C	11.1 °C	28.7 °C	-6.5 °C	1	0	2
December	10.1 °C	0.2 °C	5.0 °C	22.4 °C	-11.9 °C	0	0	15

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	48 mm	7	10 h/day	55 %	71 %	12 km/h
February	50 mm	8	11 h/day	61 %	71 %	14 km/h
March	74 mm	9	12 h/day	66 %	70 %	15 km/h
April	83 mm	9	13 h/day	64 %	70 %	15 km/h
May	110 mm	10	14 h/day	67 %	72 %	14 km/h
June	178 mm	12	14 h/day	71 %	77 %	13 km/h
July	182 mm	15	14 h/day	70 %	80 %	12 km/h
August	151 mm	15	13 h/day	64 %	81 %	12 km/h
September	76 mm	8	12 h/day	58 %	76 %	12 km/h
October	55 mm	7	11 h/day	53 %	71 %	12 km/h
November	49 mm	7	11 h/day	49 %	72 %	13 km/h
December	31 mm	5	10 h/day	48 %	70 %	13 km/h

How Lu’an 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
Lu’an	32 °C	-1.7 °C	1,085 mm	145
Hefei · China	32 °C	-1.1 °C	1,113 mm	146
Huainan · China	31 °C	-1.9 °C	982 mm	142
Anqing · China	32 °C	0.7 °C	1,570 mm	145
Fuyang · China	32 °C	-2.5 °C	986 mm	148
Chizhou · China	32 °C	0.3 °C	1,407 mm	144
Bengbu · China	31 °C	-2.3 °C	997 mm	142

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Lu’an.

QuestionsCommon questions about Lu’an’s climate

When is the best time to visit Lu’an?

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 Lu’an get?

In July, 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 39 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -1.7 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 54 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Lu’an?

July, averaging 182 mm over 15 days with rain. The driest month is December with 31 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,085 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 Lu’an 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: 31.736°, 116.517° (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.