Lushui climate

Name: Lushui
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Lushui is warmest in August, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 9.5 °C. July is the wettest month (453 mm) and December the driest (33 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Lushui averages 2,590 mm of rain, 253 days above 25 °C and 0 days below freezing.

China · population 197,000 · 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 30 °C
Coldest month January 9.5 °C
Driest month December 33 mm
Wettest month July 453 mm
Least cloud December 33 % cloud
Hottest on record June 37 °C
Coldest on record January -4.4 °C

What to expectLushui through the year

Lushui has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 22 °C in January to 30 °C in August, a swing of 11 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 253 days a year reach 25 °C, 86 of them reach 30 °C, 0 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in June.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 453 mm against 33 mm in December — 14 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	21.8 °C	71 mm	35 %
February	23.2 °C	118 mm	43 %
March	25.8 °C	200 mm	50 %
April	28.0 °C	224 mm	60 %
May	29.4 °C	265 mm	74 %
June	29.9 °C	381 mm	91 %
July	29.4 °C	453 mm	95 %
August	30.1 °C	321 mm	91 %
September	29.2 °C	271 mm	86 %
October	27.6 °C	191 mm	70 %
November	25.0 °C	62 mm	47 %
December	22.9 °C	33 mm	33 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	21.8 °C	9.5 °C	15.4 °C	27.8 °C	-4.4 °C	3	0
February	23.2 °C	10.4 °C	16.7 °C	30.5 °C	0.5 °C	8	0
March	25.8 °C	13.1 °C	19.5 °C	32.9 °C	6.0 °C	20	2
April	28.0 °C	16.0 °C	22.0 °C	35.3 °C	9.8 °C	27	6
May	29.4 °C	19.3 °C	24.1 °C	34.9 °C	12.4 °C	29	14
June	29.9 °C	22.3 °C	25.6 °C	36.7 °C	17.0 °C	30	16
July	29.4 °C	22.8 °C	25.6 °C	34.8 °C	18.4 °C	30	14
August	30.1 °C	22.7 °C	25.9 °C	34.8 °C	19.4 °C	31	19
September	29.2 °C	21.4 °C	24.8 °C	34.6 °C	15.6 °C	28	12
October	27.6 °C	18.4 °C	22.8 °C	33.8 °C	8.4 °C	27	3
November	25.0 °C	13.6 °C	19.3 °C	30.1 °C	7.2 °C	17	0
December	22.9 °C	10.7 °C	16.6 °C	26.9 °C	1.6 °C	4	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	71 mm	8	11 h/day	35 %	69 %	8.0 km/h
February	118 mm	11	11 h/day	43 %	72 %	8.9 km/h
March	200 mm	17	12 h/day	50 %	73 %	9.4 km/h
April	224 mm	19	13 h/day	60 %	77 %	8.7 km/h
May	265 mm	21	13 h/day	74 %	81 %	7.1 km/h
June	381 mm	25	14 h/day	91 %	87 %	6.2 km/h
July	453 mm	29	14 h/day	95 %	90 %	5.6 km/h
August	321 mm	27	13 h/day	91 %	88 %	5.5 km/h
September	271 mm	24	12 h/day	86 %	88 %	5.4 km/h
October	191 mm	17	12 h/day	70 %	83 %	5.7 km/h
November	62 mm	7	11 h/day	47 %	75 %	6.6 km/h
December	33 mm	5	11 h/day	33 %	69 %	7.1 km/h

How Lushui 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
Lushui	30 °C	9.5 °C	2,590 mm	253
Baoshan · China	24 °C	4.3 °C	1,432 mm	57
Dali · China	24 °C	4.6 °C	1,249 mm	47
Longling County · China	25 °C	5.8 °C	2,139 mm	71
Lijiang · China	23 °C	-0.3 °C	1,514 mm	15
Mu-se · Myanmar	30 °C	9.8 °C	1,731 mm	230
Shangri-La · China	18 °C	-8.1 °C	1,162 mm	0

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Lushui’s climate

When is the best time to visit Lushui?

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

How hot does Lushui get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 86 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 9.5 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 0 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Lushui?

July, averaging 453 mm over 29 days with rain. The driest month is December with 33 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,590 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 Lushui 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: 25.823°, 98.859° (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.