Suining climate

Name: Suining
Address: CN

Suining is warmest in August, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 3.3 °C. July is the wettest month (208 mm) and January the driest (20 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Suining averages 1,058 mm of rain, 141 days above 25 °C and 5 days below freezing.

China · population 656,760 · 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 31 °C
Coldest month January 3.3 °C
Driest month January 20 mm
Wettest month July 208 mm
Least cloud August 67 % cloud
Hottest on record September 41 °C
Coldest on record December -5.2 °C

What to expectSuining through the year

Suining has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 11 °C in January to 31 °C in August, a swing of 20 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 141 days a year reach 25 °C, 66 of them reach 30 °C, 5 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in September.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 208 mm against 20 mm in January — 10 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	10.7 °C	20 mm	74 %
February	13.2 °C	23 mm	76 %
March	17.5 °C	45 mm	75 %
April	22.9 °C	73 mm	74 %
May	26.4 °C	105 mm	74 %
June	28.8 °C	164 mm	76 %
July	31.2 °C	208 mm	73 %
August	31.3 °C	158 mm	67 %
September	26.7 °C	120 mm	72 %
October	21.2 °C	78 mm	78 %
November	16.9 °C	41 mm	74 %
December	11.9 °C	24 mm	74 %

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	10.7 °C	3.3 °C	7.3 °C	19.1 °C	-4.7 °C	0	0	3
February	13.2 °C	5.2 °C	9.5 °C	23.2 °C	-2.2 °C	0	0	1
March	17.5 °C	8.9 °C	13.4 °C	31.7 °C	1.1 °C	2	0	0
April	22.9 °C	14.0 °C	18.4 °C	36.2 °C	3.7 °C	10	2	0
May	26.4 °C	18.1 °C	22.1 °C	36.3 °C	8.5 °C	20	5	0
June	28.8 °C	21.4 °C	25.0 °C	36.1 °C	13.9 °C	26	12	0
July	31.2 °C	24.0 °C	27.4 °C	39.2 °C	17.7 °C	30	21	0
August	31.3 °C	23.8 °C	27.4 °C	41.3 °C	16.1 °C	29	20	0
September	26.7 °C	19.9 °C	23.2 °C	41.4 °C	12.7 °C	19	6	0
October	21.2 °C	15.0 °C	18.1 °C	32.3 °C	7.6 °C	5	0	0
November	16.9 °C	10.0 °C	13.5 °C	25.6 °C	0.7 °C	0	0	0
December	11.9 °C	5.0 °C	8.6 °C	18.6 °C	-5.2 °C	0	0	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	20 mm	6	10 h/day	74 %	75 %	11 km/h
February	23 mm	6	11 h/day	76 %	74 %	12 km/h
March	45 mm	9	12 h/day	75 %	72 %	13 km/h
April	73 mm	10	13 h/day	74 %	72 %	14 km/h
May	105 mm	13	14 h/day	74 %	71 %	15 km/h
June	164 mm	13	14 h/day	76 %	77 %	12 km/h
July	208 mm	17	14 h/day	73 %	80 %	12 km/h
August	158 mm	15	13 h/day	67 %	76 %	12 km/h
September	120 mm	14	12 h/day	72 %	78 %	12 km/h
October	78 mm	13	11 h/day	78 %	79 %	11 km/h
November	41 mm	8	11 h/day	74 %	77 %	11 km/h
December	24 mm	6	10 h/day	74 %	76 %	11 km/h

How Suining 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
Suining	31 °C	3.3 °C	1,058 mm	141
Zitong · China	32 °C	3.8 °C	1,138 mm	142
Nanchong · China	31 °C	3.2 °C	1,242 mm	136
Bachuan · China	32 °C	4.5 °C	1,244 mm	139
Hechuan · China	32 °C	4.6 °C	1,200 mm	142
Ziyang · China	30 °C	3.6 °C	1,058 mm	141
Guang’an · China	32 °C	4.1 °C	1,392 mm	141

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Suining’s climate

When is the best time to visit Suining?

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

How hot does Suining get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 66 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 3.3 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 5 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Suining?

July, averaging 208 mm over 17 days with rain. The driest month is January with 20 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,058 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 Suining 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.