Xiantao climate

Name: Xiantao
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Xiantao is warmest in July, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -0.2 °C. June is the wettest month (257 mm) and December the driest (32 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Xiantao averages 1,466 mm of rain, 153 days above 25 °C and 35 days below freezing.

China · population 239,406 · 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 -0.2 °C
Driest month December 32 mm
Wettest month June 257 mm
Least cloud December 51 % cloud
Hottest on record August 38 °C
Coldest on record January -12 °C

What to expectXiantao through the year

Xiantao has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 9.0 °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, 76 of them reach 30 °C, 35 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 257 mm against 32 mm in December — 8.0 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	9.0 °C	53 mm	58 %
February	11.7 °C	70 mm	64 %
March	16.1 °C	107 mm	69 %
April	22.1 °C	162 mm	69 %
May	26.6 °C	206 mm	68 %
June	29.4 °C	257 mm	73 %
July	31.5 °C	234 mm	69 %
August	31.4 °C	122 mm	60 %
September	28.0 °C	94 mm	56 %
October	23.0 °C	69 mm	54 %
November	17.0 °C	59 mm	53 %
December	11.2 °C	32 mm	51 %

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	9.0 °C	-0.2 °C	4.6 °C	24.9 °C	-12.0 °C	0	0	17
February	11.7 °C	2.5 °C	7.3 °C	26.1 °C	-9.1 °C	0	0	8
March	16.1 °C	7.1 °C	11.7 °C	30.4 °C	-4.3 °C	1	0	1
April	22.1 °C	13.1 °C	17.5 °C	33.8 °C	2.6 °C	9	1	0
May	26.6 °C	18.1 °C	22.2 °C	36.3 °C	7.1 °C	21	6	0
June	29.4 °C	22.2 °C	25.6 °C	36.0 °C	14.4 °C	27	14	0
July	31.5 °C	25.4 °C	28.2 °C	37.5 °C	18.1 °C	30	22	0
August	31.4 °C	24.6 °C	27.8 °C	38.3 °C	15.9 °C	30	22	0
September	28.0 °C	20.2 °C	23.9 °C	37.3 °C	11.4 °C	23	10	0
October	23.0 °C	14.3 °C	18.5 °C	36.4 °C	4.0 °C	11	1	0
November	17.0 °C	8.0 °C	12.4 °C	29.9 °C	-4.0 °C	1	0	1
December	11.2 °C	1.9 °C	6.6 °C	21.3 °C	-9.4 °C	0	0	9

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	53 mm	8	10 h/day	58 %	72 %	13 km/h
February	70 mm	9	11 h/day	64 %	73 %	14 km/h
March	107 mm	12	12 h/day	69 %	75 %	15 km/h
April	162 mm	12	13 h/day	69 %	75 %	15 km/h
May	206 mm	13	14 h/day	68 %	75 %	15 km/h
June	257 mm	14	14 h/day	73 %	80 %	13 km/h
July	234 mm	14	14 h/day	69 %	81 %	15 km/h
August	122 mm	13	13 h/day	60 %	79 %	14 km/h
September	94 mm	9	12 h/day	56 %	74 %	13 km/h
October	69 mm	8	11 h/day	54 %	71 %	13 km/h
November	59 mm	8	11 h/day	53 %	72 %	13 km/h
December	32 mm	6	10 h/day	51 %	70 %	13 km/h

How Xiantao 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
Xiantao	32 °C	-0.2 °C	1,466 mm	153
Jingling · China	31 °C	-0.3 °C	1,311 mm	152
Xindi · China	32 °C	1.4 °C	1,529 mm	152
Xiaogan · China	32 °C	-0.6 °C	1,348 mm	153
Wuhan · China	32 °C	0.6 °C	1,462 mm	153
Xianning · China	32 °C	1.0 °C	1,553 mm	155
Yueyang · China	32 °C	1.6 °C	1,668 mm	151

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Xiantao’s climate

When is the best time to visit Xiantao?

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 Xiantao get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 76 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -0.2 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 35 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Xiantao?

June, averaging 257 mm over 14 days with rain. The driest month is December with 32 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,466 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 Xiantao 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.