Luoyang climate

Name: Luoyang
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Luoyang is warmest in June, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -4.3 °C. July is the wettest month (162 mm) and December the driest (9.6 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Luoyang averages 686 mm of rain, 148 days above 25 °C and 87 days below freezing.

China · population 1,390,581 · 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 June 32 °C
Coldest month January -4.3 °C
Driest month December 10 mm
Wettest month July 162 mm
Least cloud December 40 % cloud
Hottest on record June 42 °C
Coldest on record February -18 °C

What to expectLuoyang through the year

Luoyang has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 6.9 °C in January to 32 °C in June, a swing of 27 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 148 days a year reach 25 °C, 80 of them reach 30 °C, 87 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in June.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 162 mm against 10 mm in December — 17 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	6.9 °C	11 mm	45 %
February	10.5 °C	15 mm	52 %
March	16.5 °C	24 mm	56 %
April	23.0 °C	39 mm	56 %
May	28.1 °C	57 mm	61 %
June	32.2 °C	71 mm	59 %
July	32.1 °C	162 mm	62 %
August	30.1 °C	125 mm	57 %
September	26.1 °C	94 mm	58 %
October	21.3 °C	46 mm	52 %
November	14.4 °C	32 mm	46 %
December	8.5 °C	10 mm	40 %

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	6.9 °C	-4.3 °C	0.9 °C	17.8 °C	-16.3 °C	0	0	30
February	10.5 °C	-1.9 °C	4.2 °C	23.5 °C	-18.3 °C	0	0	20
March	16.5 °C	3.4 °C	9.9 °C	32.4 °C	-7.8 °C	2	0	6
April	23.0 °C	9.9 °C	16.4 °C	37.9 °C	-0.5 °C	11	2	0
May	28.1 °C	15.7 °C	21.8 °C	40.0 °C	4.4 °C	24	11	0
June	32.2 °C	20.8 °C	26.4 °C	41.7 °C	12.3 °C	28	22	0
July	32.1 °C	23.3 °C	27.4 °C	41.5 °C	17.4 °C	30	23	0
August	30.1 °C	22.0 °C	25.7 °C	39.0 °C	11.7 °C	28	17	0
September	26.1 °C	17.0 °C	21.4 °C	37.9 °C	7.6 °C	19	5	0
October	21.3 °C	10.7 °C	15.8 °C	33.6 °C	0.1 °C	6	0	0
November	14.4 °C	3.2 °C	8.7 °C	26.0 °C	-12.9 °C	0	0	6
December	8.5 °C	-2.6 °C	2.7 °C	20.3 °C	-16.1 °C	0	0	26

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	11 mm	3	10 h/day	45 %	57 %	12 km/h
February	15 mm	3	11 h/day	52 %	58 %	13 km/h
March	24 mm	4	12 h/day	56 %	56 %	14 km/h
April	39 mm	5	13 h/day	56 %	56 %	15 km/h
May	57 mm	6	14 h/day	61 %	57 %	15 km/h
June	71 mm	7	14 h/day	59 %	60 %	13 km/h
July	162 mm	13	14 h/day	62 %	74 %	12 km/h
August	125 mm	12	13 h/day	57 %	77 %	11 km/h
September	94 mm	9	12 h/day	58 %	72 %	11 km/h
October	46 mm	6	11 h/day	52 %	66 %	12 km/h
November	32 mm	5	10 h/day	46 %	64 %	13 km/h
December	10 mm	2	9.9 h/day	40 %	57 %	13 km/h

How Luoyang 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
Luoyang	32 °C	-4.3 °C	686 mm	148
Jiyuan · China	32 °C	-4.7 °C	646 mm	146
Changzhi · China	31 °C	-4.7 °C	611 mm	128
Jiaozuo · China	31 °C	-4.8 °C	626 mm	143
Jincheng · China	28 °C	-6.3 °C	597 mm	102
Zhengzhou · China	32 °C	-3.8 °C	711 mm	151
Sanmenxia · China	31 °C	-4.3 °C	642 mm	133

Where Luoyang ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in April	8th of 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in the world in April	13th of 50	96/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Luoyang’s climate

When is the best time to visit Luoyang?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, May, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, June is the warmest month and December the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Luoyang get?

In June, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 80 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -4.3 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 87 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Luoyang?

July, averaging 162 mm over 13 days with rain. The driest month is December with 10 mm. The year as a whole averages 686 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 Luoyang 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: 34.673°, 112.437° (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.