Xianyang climate

Name: Xianyang
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Xianyang is warmest in July, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -4.0 °C. July is the wettest month (157 mm) and December the driest (12 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Xianyang averages 845 mm of rain, 125 days above 25 °C and 87 days below freezing.

China · population 1,034,081 · 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 -4.0 °C
Driest month December 12 mm
Wettest month July 157 mm
Least cloud December 41 % cloud
Hottest on record July 43 °C
Coldest on record January -14 °C

What to expectXianyang through the year

Xianyang has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 6.0 °C in January to 31 °C in July, a swing of 26 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 125 days a year reach 25 °C, 65 of them reach 30 °C, 87 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 157 mm against 12 mm in December — 13 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	6.0 °C	13 mm	47 %
February	9.6 °C	19 mm	55 %
March	15.4 °C	33 mm	59 %
April	21.7 °C	45 mm	59 %
May	26.2 °C	72 mm	65 %
June	30.2 °C	96 mm	61 %
July	31.3 °C	157 mm	57 %
August	29.8 °C	136 mm	54 %
September	24.5 °C	140 mm	60 %
October	19.0 °C	82 mm	59 %
November	13.0 °C	39 mm	48 %
December	7.5 °C	12 mm	41 %

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	6.0 °C	-4.0 °C	0.7 °C	19.6 °C	-14.5 °C	0	0	30
February	9.6 °C	-1.5 °C	4.1 °C	21.7 °C	-12.6 °C	0	0	19
March	15.4 °C	3.8 °C	9.6 °C	28.7 °C	-7.4 °C	1	0	5
April	21.7 °C	9.8 °C	15.6 °C	34.2 °C	-0.3 °C	8	2	0
May	26.2 °C	14.8 °C	20.4 °C	37.1 °C	3.9 °C	19	7	0
June	30.2 °C	19.4 °C	24.7 °C	39.1 °C	10.3 °C	26	17	0
July	31.3 °C	22.1 °C	26.6 °C	42.6 °C	14.5 °C	29	20	0
August	29.8 °C	21.1 °C	25.3 °C	40.8 °C	12.5 °C	27	15	0
September	24.5 °C	16.1 °C	20.2 °C	37.5 °C	6.8 °C	13	3	0
October	19.0 °C	9.9 °C	14.3 °C	32.0 °C	-0.4 °C	2	0	0
November	13.0 °C	2.9 °C	7.9 °C	23.7 °C	-6.6 °C	0	0	7
December	7.5 °C	-2.8 °C	2.0 °C	16.9 °C	-12.7 °C	0	0	26

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	13 mm	3	10 h/day	47 %	57 %	9.1 km/h
February	19 mm	4	11 h/day	55 %	59 %	10 km/h
March	33 mm	6	12 h/day	59 %	57 %	11 km/h
April	45 mm	7	13 h/day	59 %	56 %	11 km/h
May	72 mm	8	14 h/day	65 %	56 %	11 km/h
June	96 mm	8	14 h/day	61 %	59 %	10 km/h
July	157 mm	10	14 h/day	57 %	67 %	9.6 km/h
August	136 mm	11	13 h/day	54 %	69 %	9.8 km/h
September	140 mm	12	12 h/day	60 %	73 %	9.5 km/h
October	82 mm	10	11 h/day	59 %	70 %	9.4 km/h
November	39 mm	6	10 h/day	48 %	66 %	9.4 km/h
December	12 mm	3	9.9 h/day	41 %	59 %	9.3 km/h

How Xianyang 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
Xianyang	31 °C	-4.0 °C	845 mm	125
Xi’an · China	32 °C	-4.1 °C	797 mm	128
Tongchuan · China	31 °C	-5.0 °C	608 mm	118
Weinan · China	33 °C	-3.5 °C	614 mm	144
Tongchuanshi · China	30 °C	-4.7 °C	613 mm	113
Shangluo · China	29 °C	-4.7 °C	782 mm	105
Huayin · China	32 °C	-3.0 °C	994 mm	145

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Xianyang’s climate

When is the best time to visit Xianyang?

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

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 65 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -4.0 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 87 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Xianyang?

July, averaging 157 mm over 10 days with rain. The driest month is December with 12 mm. The year as a whole averages 845 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 Xianyang 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.