Shaoyang climate

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Shaoyang is warmest in July, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 2.3 °C. June is the wettest month (267 mm) and December the driest (43 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Shaoyang averages 1,512 mm of rain, 152 days above 25 °C and 15 days below freezing.

China · population 753,194 · 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 2.3 °C
Driest month December 43 mm
Wettest month June 267 mm
Least cloud December 57 % cloud
Hottest on record August 40 °C
Coldest on record December -11 °C

What to expectShaoyang through the year

Shaoyang has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 9.0 °C in January to 32 °C in July, a swing of 22 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 152 days a year reach 25 °C, 75 of them reach 30 °C, 15 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 267 mm against 43 mm in December — 6.2 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	9.0 °C	59 mm	69 %
February	11.6 °C	74 mm	74 %
March	15.7 °C	133 mm	77 %
April	21.8 °C	170 mm	74 %
May	25.9 °C	228 mm	73 %
June	28.8 °C	267 mm	80 %
July	31.8 °C	183 mm	73 %
August	31.5 °C	143 mm	67 %
September	27.9 °C	75 mm	60 %
October	22.9 °C	70 mm	58 %
November	17.1 °C	67 mm	57 %
December	11.4 °C	43 mm	57 %

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	9.0 °C	2.3 °C	5.7 °C	25.0 °C	-7.6 °C	0	0	8
February	11.6 °C	4.5 °C	8.1 °C	28.4 °C	-4.6 °C	0	0	3
March	15.7 °C	8.4 °C	12.0 °C	30.7 °C	-1.5 °C	2	0	0
April	21.8 °C	14.1 °C	17.8 °C	33.0 °C	3.8 °C	10	1	0
May	25.9 °C	18.7 °C	22.1 °C	34.1 °C	9.4 °C	19	4	0
June	28.8 °C	22.3 °C	25.3 °C	35.0 °C	15.1 °C	26	13	0
July	31.8 °C	24.7 °C	28.0 °C	38.8 °C	17.9 °C	30	24	0
August	31.5 °C	24.1 °C	27.5 °C	39.6 °C	17.7 °C	30	22	0
September	27.9 °C	20.5 °C	24.0 °C	37.5 °C	10.9 °C	23	10	0
October	22.9 °C	15.2 °C	18.8 °C	34.5 °C	4.9 °C	11	1	0
November	17.1 °C	9.6 °C	13.2 °C	31.0 °C	-1.7 °C	2	0	0
December	11.4 °C	4.1 °C	7.7 °C	23.0 °C	-11.5 °C	0	0	3

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	59 mm	11	11 h/day	69 %	76 %	11 km/h
February	74 mm	12	11 h/day	74 %	78 %	12 km/h
March	133 mm	16	12 h/day	77 %	80 %	12 km/h
April	170 mm	17	13 h/day	74 %	80 %	13 km/h
May	228 mm	18	13 h/day	73 %	81 %	12 km/h
June	267 mm	19	14 h/day	80 %	84 %	12 km/h
July	183 mm	14	14 h/day	73 %	78 %	13 km/h
August	143 mm	16	13 h/day	67 %	78 %	12 km/h
September	75 mm	10	12 h/day	60 %	76 %	12 km/h
October	70 mm	8	12 h/day	58 %	73 %	12 km/h
November	67 mm	9	11 h/day	57 %	74 %	11 km/h
December	43 mm	8	10 h/day	57 %	72 %	11 km/h

How Shaoyang 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
Shaoyang	32 °C	2.3 °C	1,512 mm	152
Loudi · China	32 °C	1.8 °C	1,578 mm	151
Yongzhou · China	33 °C	3.7 °C	1,523 mm	169
Hengyang · China	33 °C	3.3 °C	1,653 mm	170
Huaihua · China	31 °C	2.3 °C	1,814 mm	145
Xiangtan · China	33 °C	2.5 °C	1,775 mm	164
Heshan · China	32 °C	1.7 °C	1,679 mm	148

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Shaoyang’s climate

When is the best time to visit Shaoyang?

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 Shaoyang get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 75 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 2.3 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 15 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Shaoyang?

June, averaging 267 mm over 19 days with rain. The driest month is December with 43 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,512 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 Shaoyang 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
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.