Luzhou climate

Name: Luzhou
Address: CN

Luzhou is warmest in July, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 5.5 °C. July is the wettest month (190 mm) and January the driest (27 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Luzhou averages 1,166 mm of rain, 145 days above 25 °C and 1 days below freezing.

China · population 998,900 · 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 5.5 °C
Driest month January 27 mm
Wettest month July 190 mm
Least cloud August 69 % cloud
Hottest on record August 42 °C
Coldest on record December -2.2 °C

What to expectLuzhou through the year

Luzhou has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 11 °C in January to 32 °C in July, a swing of 19 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 145 days a year reach 25 °C, 73 of them reach 30 °C, 1 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 190 mm against 27 mm in January — 7.0 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	11.2 °C	27 mm	79 %
February	13.8 °C	29 mm	79 %
March	18.3 °C	58 mm	77 %
April	23.3 °C	90 mm	75 %
May	26.6 °C	123 mm	74 %
June	28.9 °C	175 mm	79 %
July	31.7 °C	190 mm	75 %
August	31.6 °C	172 mm	69 %
September	27.3 °C	129 mm	70 %
October	21.6 °C	88 mm	79 %
November	17.3 °C	54 mm	75 %
December	12.3 °C	31 mm	78 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	11.2 °C	5.5 °C	8.3 °C	19.4 °C	-0.8 °C	0	0
February	13.8 °C	7.2 °C	10.5 °C	26.0 °C	-0.3 °C	0	0
March	18.3 °C	10.6 °C	14.5 °C	34.4 °C	2.3 °C	2	0
April	23.3 °C	15.2 °C	19.1 °C	35.1 °C	6.3 °C	12	2
May	26.6 °C	18.9 °C	22.5 °C	36.8 °C	9.0 °C	20	6
June	28.9 °C	22.0 °C	25.3 °C	37.4 °C	14.8 °C	26	12
July	31.7 °C	24.4 °C	27.8 °C	38.4 °C	18.4 °C	30	22
August	31.6 °C	24.2 °C	27.6 °C	41.5 °C	18.2 °C	29	21
September	27.3 °C	20.8 °C	23.9 °C	40.8 °C	13.4 °C	20	8
October	21.6 °C	16.3 °C	18.8 °C	32.7 °C	8.9 °C	6	1
November	17.3 °C	11.7 °C	14.4 °C	27.5 °C	4.2 °C	0	0
December	12.3 °C	7.0 °C	9.6 °C	19.6 °C	-2.2 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	27 mm	9	11 h/day	79 %	80 %	8.2 km/h
February	29 mm	8	11 h/day	79 %	78 %	8.8 km/h
March	58 mm	12	12 h/day	77 %	76 %	10.0 km/h
April	90 mm	14	13 h/day	75 %	76 %	11 km/h
May	123 mm	16	14 h/day	74 %	76 %	11 km/h
June	175 mm	17	14 h/day	79 %	80 %	9.6 km/h
July	190 mm	17	14 h/day	75 %	80 %	10 km/h
August	172 mm	16	13 h/day	69 %	78 %	10 km/h
September	129 mm	15	12 h/day	70 %	79 %	9.7 km/h
October	88 mm	17	11 h/day	79 %	82 %	8.5 km/h
November	54 mm	11	11 h/day	75 %	81 %	8.6 km/h
December	31 mm	9	10 h/day	78 %	80 %	8.5 km/h

How Luzhou 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
Luzhou	32 °C	5.5 °C	1,166 mm	145
Changyuan · China	31 °C	4.8 °C	1,162 mm	141
Yongchuan · China	32 °C	4.7 °C	1,213 mm	139
Yibin · China	31 °C	5.1 °C	1,151 mm	139
Zigong · China	31 °C	4.5 °C	1,099 mm	143
Neijiang · China	31 °C	4.1 °C	1,044 mm	140
Jijiang · China	32 °C	5.4 °C	1,130 mm	145

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Luzhou’s climate

When is the best time to visit Luzhou?

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, July is the warmest month and January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Luzhou get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 73 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 5.5 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 1 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Luzhou?

July, averaging 190 mm over 17 days with rain. The driest month is January with 27 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,166 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 Luzhou 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: 28.890°, 105.426° (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.