Xiangtan climate

Name: Xiangtan
Address: CN

Xiangtan is warmest in July, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 2.5 °C. June is the wettest month (308 mm) and December the driest (53 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Xiangtan averages 1,775 mm of rain, 164 days above 25 °C and 13 days below freezing.

China · population 959,303 · 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 33 °C
Coldest month January 2.5 °C
Driest month December 53 mm
Wettest month June 308 mm
Least cloud October 54 % cloud
Hottest on record August 42 °C
Coldest on record December -8.0 °C

What to expectXiangtan through the year

Xiangtan has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 9.8 °C in January to 33 °C in July, a swing of 23 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 164 days a year reach 25 °C, 89 of them reach 30 °C, 13 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 308 mm against 53 mm in December — 5.8 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	9.8 °C	79 mm	68 %
February	12.4 °C	95 mm	72 %
March	16.6 °C	190 mm	75 %
April	22.6 °C	245 mm	73 %
May	26.7 °C	272 mm	72 %
June	29.6 °C	308 mm	78 %
July	33.0 °C	168 mm	71 %
August	32.6 °C	131 mm	64 %
September	28.9 °C	85 mm	57 %
October	24.0 °C	66 mm	54 %
November	17.9 °C	81 mm	56 %
December	12.2 °C	53 mm	55 %

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	9.8 °C	2.5 °C	6.3 °C	26.9 °C	-7.3 °C	0	0	7
February	12.4 °C	4.9 °C	8.8 °C	29.1 °C	-4.3 °C	1	0	2
March	16.6 °C	8.9 °C	12.8 °C	31.2 °C	-2.1 °C	2	0	0
April	22.6 °C	14.7 °C	18.5 °C	33.4 °C	4.0 °C	11	1	0
May	26.7 °C	19.3 °C	22.8 °C	34.5 °C	9.3 °C	21	7	0
June	29.6 °C	23.1 °C	26.1 °C	35.8 °C	15.5 °C	27	15	0
July	33.0 °C	26.2 °C	29.4 °C	40.4 °C	19.2 °C	30	26	0
August	32.6 °C	25.5 °C	28.8 °C	42.3 °C	18.3 °C	30	25	0
September	28.9 °C	21.4 °C	24.9 °C	39.0 °C	12.6 °C	25	12	0
October	24.0 °C	16.0 °C	19.8 °C	36.0 °C	5.4 °C	14	2	0
November	17.9 °C	9.9 °C	13.8 °C	32.1 °C	-1.1 °C	3	0	0
December	12.2 °C	4.3 °C	8.2 °C	23.9 °C	-8.0 °C	0	0	3

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	79 mm	11	11 h/day	68 %	76 %	14 km/h
February	95 mm	12	11 h/day	72 %	77 %	14 km/h
March	190 mm	17	12 h/day	75 %	80 %	15 km/h
April	245 mm	17	13 h/day	73 %	80 %	15 km/h
May	272 mm	17	14 h/day	72 %	80 %	14 km/h
June	308 mm	18	14 h/day	78 %	82 %	14 km/h
July	168 mm	13	14 h/day	71 %	75 %	16 km/h
August	131 mm	14	13 h/day	64 %	76 %	14 km/h
September	85 mm	9	12 h/day	57 %	75 %	14 km/h
October	66 mm	8	12 h/day	54 %	72 %	14 km/h
November	81 mm	9	11 h/day	56 %	75 %	14 km/h
December	53 mm	8	10 h/day	55 %	73 %	14 km/h

How Xiangtan 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
Xiangtan	33 °C	2.5 °C	1,775 mm	164
Zhuzhou · China	33 °C	2.8 °C	1,852 mm	167
Changsha · China	33 °C	2.2 °C	1,730 mm	161
Guankou · China	33 °C	2.6 °C	1,923 mm	164
Loudi · China	32 °C	1.8 °C	1,578 mm	151
Heshan · China	32 °C	1.7 °C	1,679 mm	148
Pingxiang · China	33 °C	2.7 °C	1,904 mm	162

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Xiangtan’s climate

When is the best time to visit Xiangtan?

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 Xiangtan get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 89 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 2.5 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 13 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Xiangtan?

June, averaging 308 mm over 18 days with rain. The driest month is December with 53 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,775 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 Xiangtan 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: 27.850°, 112.900° (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.