Wuhan climate

Name: Wuhan
Address: CN

Wuhan is warmest in July, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 0.6 °C. June is the wettest month (266 mm) and December the driest (33 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Wuhan averages 1,462 mm of rain, 153 days above 25 °C and 27 days below freezing.

China · population 10,392,693 · 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 0.6 °C
Driest month December 33 mm
Wettest month June 266 mm
Least cloud December 50 % cloud
Hottest on record August 39 °C
Coldest on record January -9.2 °C

What to expectWuhan through the year

Wuhan has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 8.8 °C in January to 32 °C in July, a swing of 24 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 153 days a year reach 25 °C, 78 of them reach 30 °C, 27 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 266 mm against 33 mm in December — 8.1 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	8.8 °C	53 mm	57 %
February	11.5 °C	72 mm	63 %
March	16.1 °C	110 mm	69 %
April	22.1 °C	160 mm	68 %
May	26.6 °C	193 mm	68 %
June	29.5 °C	266 mm	72 %
July	32.1 °C	237 mm	69 %
August	31.9 °C	124 mm	59 %
September	28.3 °C	94 mm	54 %
October	22.9 °C	66 mm	53 %
November	16.7 °C	54 mm	52 %
December	10.9 °C	33 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	8.8 °C	0.6 °C	4.8 °C	24.6 °C	-9.2 °C	0	0	13
February	11.5 °C	3.3 °C	7.5 °C	26.4 °C	-8.2 °C	0	0	6
March	16.1 °C	7.9 °C	11.9 °C	31.1 °C	-2.8 °C	1	0	0
April	22.1 °C	13.9 °C	17.8 °C	33.6 °C	3.4 °C	8	1	0
May	26.6 °C	18.9 °C	22.6 °C	35.8 °C	8.0 °C	21	6	0
June	29.5 °C	23.0 °C	26.0 °C	35.5 °C	15.7 °C	27	14	0
July	32.1 °C	26.3 °C	28.9 °C	38.2 °C	19.2 °C	30	24	0
August	31.9 °C	25.5 °C	28.4 °C	39.3 °C	17.4 °C	30	24	0
September	28.3 °C	21.1 °C	24.4 °C	37.1 °C	12.8 °C	24	9	0
October	22.9 °C	15.2 °C	18.8 °C	35.3 °C	5.6 °C	9	1	0
November	16.7 °C	8.7 °C	12.5 °C	29.6 °C	-3.4 °C	1	0	0
December	10.9 °C	2.5 °C	6.7 °C	21.2 °C	-9.2 °C	0	0	7

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	53 mm	8	10 h/day	57 %	73 %	14 km/h
February	72 mm	9	11 h/day	63 %	74 %	15 km/h
March	110 mm	12	12 h/day	69 %	75 %	17 km/h
April	160 mm	12	13 h/day	68 %	75 %	17 km/h
May	193 mm	13	14 h/day	68 %	76 %	16 km/h
June	266 mm	14	14 h/day	72 %	80 %	15 km/h
July	237 mm	13	14 h/day	69 %	79 %	16 km/h
August	124 mm	13	13 h/day	59 %	78 %	15 km/h
September	94 mm	9	12 h/day	54 %	74 %	15 km/h
October	66 mm	7	11 h/day	53 %	72 %	14 km/h
November	54 mm	7	11 h/day	52 %	74 %	15 km/h
December	33 mm	6	10 h/day	50 %	72 %	15 km/h

How Wuhan 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
Wuhan	32 °C	0.6 °C	1,462 mm	153
Xiaogan · China	32 °C	-0.6 °C	1,348 mm	153
E’zhou · China	32 °C	1.0 °C	1,456 mm	152
Xiantao · China	32 °C	-0.2 °C	1,466 mm	153
Xianning · China	32 °C	1.0 °C	1,553 mm	155
Huangshi · China	32 °C	1.4 °C	1,513 mm	153
Daye · China	32 °C	1.2 °C	1,575 mm	152

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Wuhan’s climate

When is the best time to visit Wuhan?

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 Wuhan get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 78 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 0.6 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 27 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Wuhan?

June, averaging 266 mm over 14 days with rain. The driest month is December with 33 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,462 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 Wuhan 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: 30.583°, 114.267° (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.