Wuzhong climate

Name: Wuzhong
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Wuzhong is warmest in July, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -11 °C. August is the wettest month (54 mm) and December the driest (1.2 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Wuzhong averages 249 mm of rain, 116 days above 25 °C and 143 days below freezing.

China · population 7,202,654 · 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 31 °C
Coldest month January -11 °C
Driest month December 1 mm
Wettest month August 54 mm
Least cloud November 30 % cloud
Hottest on record July 40 °C
Coldest on record December -25 °C

What to expectWuzhong through the year

Wuzhong has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 0.7 °C in January to 31 °C in July, a swing of 30 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 116 days a year reach 25 °C, 58 of them reach 30 °C, 143 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 54 mm against 1 mm in December — 46 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	0.7 °C	2 mm	36 %
February	5.5 °C	3 mm	42 %
March	12.7 °C	8 mm	47 %
April	20.0 °C	12 mm	48 %
May	25.3 °C	20 mm	52 %
June	29.7 °C	32 mm	53 %
July	31.2 °C	52 mm	48 %
August	29.0 °C	54 mm	46 %
September	23.8 °C	42 mm	49 %
October	17.2 °C	16 mm	39 %
November	9.3 °C	6 mm	30 %
December	1.9 °C	1 mm	30 %

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	0.7 °C	-10.7 °C	-5.1 °C	16.8 °C	-23.6 °C	0	0	31
February	5.5 °C	-7.2 °C	-0.8 °C	21.0 °C	-20.3 °C	0	0	28
March	12.7 °C	-1.8 °C	5.8 °C	28.0 °C	-12.0 °C	0	0	21
April	20.0 °C	5.0 °C	13.0 °C	35.6 °C	-6.7 °C	5	1	4
May	25.3 °C	11.2 °C	18.7 °C	34.9 °C	0.1 °C	17	6	0
June	29.7 °C	16.6 °C	23.5 °C	38.6 °C	7.4 °C	26	16	0
July	31.2 °C	19.1 °C	25.3 °C	39.9 °C	11.9 °C	29	20	0
August	29.0 °C	17.5 °C	23.3 °C	38.0 °C	7.7 °C	26	13	0
September	23.8 °C	11.9 °C	17.9 °C	35.8 °C	1.3 °C	12	2	0
October	17.2 °C	4.2 °C	10.8 °C	31.2 °C	-7.6 °C	1	0	4
November	9.3 °C	-3.0 °C	2.9 °C	22.6 °C	-12.9 °C	0	0	24
December	1.9 °C	-8.6 °C	-3.6 °C	13.3 °C	-25.4 °C	0	0	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	2 mm	1	9.8 h/day	36 %	41 %	15 km/h
February	3 mm	1	11 h/day	42 %	38 %	17 km/h
March	8 mm	2	12 h/day	47 %	34 %	20 km/h
April	12 mm	2	13 h/day	48 %	32 %	21 km/h
May	20 mm	4	14 h/day	52 %	34 %	22 km/h
June	32 mm	4	15 h/day	53 %	39 %	20 km/h
July	52 mm	6	15 h/day	48 %	49 %	19 km/h
August	54 mm	7	14 h/day	46 %	56 %	18 km/h
September	42 mm	6	12 h/day	49 %	58 %	17 km/h
October	16 mm	4	11 h/day	39 %	52 %	16 km/h
November	6 mm	1	10 h/day	30 %	47 %	17 km/h
December	1 mm	0	9.6 h/day	30 %	43 %	17 km/h

How Wuzhong 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
Wuzhong	31 °C	-11 °C	249 mm	116
Yinchuan · China	30 °C	-12 °C	261 mm	105
Shizuishan · China	31 °C	-11 °C	234 mm	113
Wuhai · China	31 °C	-13 °C	174 mm	113
Guyuan · China	25 °C	-12 °C	607 mm	39
Baiyin · China	28 °C	-12 °C	325 mm	74
Pingliang · China	27 °C	-8.5 °C	715 mm	68

Where Wuzhong ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Asia in December	21st of 50	1.2 mm
Places with the best weather in Asia in September	35th of 50	95/100
The driest places in Asia in January	43rd of 50	1.6 mm

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Wuzhong’s climate

When is the best time to visit Wuzhong?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, August, September 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 Wuzhong get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 58 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 -11 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 143 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Wuzhong?

August, averaging 54 mm over 7 days with rain. The driest month is December with 1 mm. The year as a whole averages 249 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 Wuzhong 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: 37.987°, 106.201° (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.