Pengze climate

Name: Pengze
Address: CN

Pengze is warmest in July, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 1.6 °C. June is the wettest month (336 mm) and December the driest (44 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Pengze averages 1,644 mm of rain, 146 days above 25 °C and 18 days below freezing.

China · population 350,000 · 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 July 32 °C
Coldest month January 1.6 °C
Driest month December 44 mm
Wettest month June 336 mm
Least cloud October 49 % cloud
Hottest on record August 39 °C
Coldest on record December -9.0 °C

What to expectPengze through the year

Pengze has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 8.4 °C in January to 32 °C in July, a swing of 24 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 146 days a year reach 25 °C, 69 of them reach 30 °C, 18 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 336 mm against 44 mm in December — 7.6 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	8.4 °C	66 mm	61 %
February	11.0 °C	89 mm	64 %
March	15.3 °C	145 mm	70 %
April	21.4 °C	185 mm	70 %
May	26.0 °C	227 mm	69 %
June	28.6 °C	336 mm	77 %
July	31.9 °C	223 mm	70 %
August	31.5 °C	142 mm	61 %
September	27.8 °C	74 mm	52 %
October	22.8 °C	55 mm	49 %
November	16.8 °C	58 mm	51 %
December	10.6 °C	44 mm	50 %

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	8.4 °C	1.6 °C	5.0 °C	23.8 °C	-8.1 °C	0	0	9
February	11.0 °C	3.6 °C	7.3 °C	25.0 °C	-6.2 °C	0	0	4
March	15.3 °C	7.8 °C	11.5 °C	29.2 °C	-3.3 °C	1	0	0
April	21.4 °C	14.0 °C	17.5 °C	31.4 °C	2.9 °C	6	0	0
May	26.0 °C	19.1 °C	22.4 °C	34.1 °C	11.0 °C	20	4	0
June	28.6 °C	22.9 °C	25.6 °C	34.6 °C	16.2 °C	26	11	0
July	31.9 °C	26.4 °C	28.9 °C	38.9 °C	17.8 °C	30	24	0
August	31.5 °C	25.7 °C	28.3 °C	39.1 °C	19.1 °C	30	22	0
September	27.8 °C	21.4 °C	24.3 °C	36.1 °C	12.8 °C	24	8	0
October	22.8 °C	15.8 °C	19.1 °C	33.0 °C	7.4 °C	9	1	0
November	16.8 °C	9.7 °C	13.0 °C	30.2 °C	-1.4 °C	1	0	0
December	10.6 °C	3.6 °C	7.1 °C	21.5 °C	-9.0 °C	0	0	4

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	66 mm	9	10 h/day	61 %	77 %	16 km/h
February	89 mm	10	11 h/day	64 %	77 %	17 km/h
March	145 mm	14	12 h/day	70 %	78 %	17 km/h
April	185 mm	13	13 h/day	70 %	78 %	17 km/h
May	227 mm	13	14 h/day	69 %	78 %	16 km/h
June	336 mm	16	14 h/day	77 %	82 %	15 km/h
July	223 mm	13	14 h/day	70 %	79 %	16 km/h
August	142 mm	13	13 h/day	61 %	79 %	15 km/h
September	74 mm	8	12 h/day	52 %	78 %	16 km/h
October	55 mm	6	11 h/day	49 %	74 %	16 km/h
November	58 mm	7	11 h/day	51 %	77 %	15 km/h
December	44 mm	7	10 h/day	50 %	75 %	16 km/h

How Pengze 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
Pengze	32 °C	1.6 °C	1,644 mm	146
Jiujiang · China	32 °C	1.9 °C	1,765 mm	147
Anqing · China	32 °C	0.7 °C	1,570 mm	145
Jingdezhen · China	33 °C	2.0 °C	2,184 mm	164
Wuxue · China	32 °C	1.5 °C	1,565 mm	150
Chizhou · China	32 °C	0.3 °C	1,407 mm	144
Huangshi · China	32 °C	1.4 °C	1,513 mm	153

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Pengze’s climate

When is the best time to visit Pengze?

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 December the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Pengze get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 69 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 1.6 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 18 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Pengze?

June, averaging 336 mm over 16 days with rain. The driest month is December with 44 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,644 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 Pengze 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: 29.899°, 116.546° (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.