Xianning climate

Name: Xianning
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Xianning is warmest in July, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 1.0 °C. June is the wettest month (267 mm) and December the driest (42 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Xianning averages 1,553 mm of rain, 155 days above 25 °C and 26 days below freezing.

China · population 512,517 · 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 1.0 °C
Driest month December 42 mm
Wettest month June 267 mm
Least cloud December 52 % cloud
Hottest on record August 41 °C
Coldest on record January -11 °C

What to expectXianning through the year

Xianning has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 9.2 °C in January to 32 °C in July, a swing of 24 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 155 days a year reach 25 °C, 80 of them reach 30 °C, 26 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 267 mm against 42 mm in December — 6.3 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	9.2 °C	67 mm	62 %
February	11.9 °C	84 mm	66 %
March	16.4 °C	132 mm	71 %
April	22.3 °C	177 mm	71 %
May	26.5 °C	200 mm	70 %
June	29.3 °C	267 mm	76 %
July	32.4 °C	224 mm	71 %
August	31.9 °C	136 mm	63 %
September	28.3 °C	91 mm	56 %
October	23.2 °C	68 mm	54 %
November	17.2 °C	65 mm	54 %
December	11.4 °C	42 mm	52 %

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	9.2 °C	1.0 °C	5.2 °C	25.6 °C	-10.7 °C	0	0	12
February	11.9 °C	3.4 °C	7.8 °C	27.3 °C	-6.5 °C	0	0	5
March	16.4 °C	7.8 °C	12.1 °C	31.9 °C	-4.1 °C	2	0	1
April	22.3 °C	13.7 °C	17.9 °C	33.6 °C	1.2 °C	9	1	0
May	26.5 °C	18.4 °C	22.4 °C	37.2 °C	9.2 °C	21	6	0
June	29.3 °C	22.4 °C	25.7 °C	35.7 °C	14.7 °C	27	13	0
July	32.4 °C	25.7 °C	28.8 °C	39.5 °C	18.8 °C	30	24	0
August	31.9 °C	25.0 °C	28.2 °C	40.5 °C	18.3 °C	30	23	0
September	28.3 °C	20.7 °C	24.3 °C	37.6 °C	11.7 °C	25	10	0
October	23.2 °C	14.9 °C	18.9 °C	36.2 °C	5.7 °C	10	2	0
November	17.2 °C	8.6 °C	12.8 °C	30.7 °C	-3.2 °C	1	0	1
December	11.4 °C	2.7 °C	7.1 °C	23.2 °C	-7.8 °C	0	0	7

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	67 mm	10	10 h/day	62 %	76 %	11 km/h
February	84 mm	10	11 h/day	66 %	76 %	11 km/h
March	132 mm	14	12 h/day	71 %	77 %	12 km/h
April	177 mm	14	13 h/day	71 %	77 %	13 km/h
May	200 mm	14	14 h/day	70 %	78 %	12 km/h
June	267 mm	16	14 h/day	76 %	82 %	11 km/h
July	224 mm	15	14 h/day	71 %	79 %	12 km/h
August	136 mm	15	13 h/day	63 %	79 %	12 km/h
September	91 mm	9	12 h/day	56 %	76 %	11 km/h
October	68 mm	8	11 h/day	54 %	74 %	11 km/h
November	65 mm	8	11 h/day	54 %	76 %	11 km/h
December	42 mm	7	10 h/day	52 %	74 %	11 km/h

How Xianning 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
Xianning	32 °C	1.0 °C	1,553 mm	155
Daye · China	32 °C	1.2 °C	1,575 mm	152
E’zhou · China	32 °C	1.0 °C	1,456 mm	152
Wuhan · China	32 °C	0.6 °C	1,462 mm	153
Xindi · China	32 °C	1.4 °C	1,529 mm	152
Huangshi · China	32 °C	1.4 °C	1,513 mm	153
Xiantao · China	32 °C	-0.2 °C	1,466 mm	153

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Xianning’s climate

When is the best time to visit Xianning?

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 Xianning get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 80 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 1.0 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 26 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Xianning?

June, averaging 267 mm over 16 days with rain. The driest month is December with 42 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,553 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 Xianning 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.