Xiaogan climate

Name: Xiaogan
Address: CN

Xiaogan is warmest in July, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -0.6 °C. July is the wettest month (241 mm) and December the driest (27 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Xiaogan averages 1,348 mm of rain, 153 days above 25 °C and 39 days below freezing.

China · population 908,266 · 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 -0.6 °C
Driest month December 27 mm
Wettest month July 241 mm
Least cloud December 48 % cloud
Hottest on record August 38 °C
Coldest on record January -12 °C

What to expectXiaogan through the year

Xiaogan has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 8.9 °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, 75 of them reach 30 °C, 39 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 241 mm against 27 mm in December — 8.8 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	8.9 °C	42 mm	54 %
February	11.7 °C	57 mm	61 %
March	16.2 °C	89 mm	67 %
April	22.1 °C	139 mm	66 %
May	26.6 °C	175 mm	67 %
June	29.4 °C	237 mm	71 %
July	31.6 °C	241 mm	68 %
August	31.4 °C	135 mm	60 %
September	28.0 °C	86 mm	54 %
October	22.9 °C	68 mm	53 %
November	16.7 °C	52 mm	50 %
December	10.9 °C	27 mm	48 %

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	8.9 °C	-0.6 °C	4.3 °C	24.6 °C	-11.8 °C	0	0	18
February	11.7 °C	2.1 °C	7.0 °C	26.3 °C	-7.8 °C	0	0	8
March	16.2 °C	6.9 °C	11.5 °C	30.6 °C	-4.0 °C	1	0	1
April	22.1 °C	12.8 °C	17.4 °C	34.4 °C	1.8 °C	9	1	0
May	26.6 °C	17.9 °C	22.1 °C	36.1 °C	7.1 °C	21	6	0
June	29.4 °C	22.1 °C	25.6 °C	35.7 °C	14.6 °C	27	14	0
July	31.6 °C	25.3 °C	28.2 °C	37.1 °C	17.8 °C	30	22	0
August	31.4 °C	24.5 °C	27.8 °C	37.9 °C	16.3 °C	30	23	0
September	28.0 °C	20.1 °C	23.8 °C	36.4 °C	11.6 °C	24	9	0
October	22.9 °C	14.0 °C	18.3 °C	35.5 °C	3.3 °C	10	1	0
November	16.7 °C	7.5 °C	12.0 °C	29.4 °C	-4.7 °C	1	0	1
December	10.9 °C	1.4 °C	6.2 °C	20.7 °C	-10.2 °C	0	0	10

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	42 mm	7	10 h/day	54 %	70 %	14 km/h
February	57 mm	8	11 h/day	61 %	71 %	15 km/h
March	89 mm	10	12 h/day	67 %	73 %	16 km/h
April	139 mm	11	13 h/day	66 %	73 %	16 km/h
May	175 mm	12	14 h/day	67 %	75 %	15 km/h
June	237 mm	13	14 h/day	71 %	80 %	14 km/h
July	241 mm	14	14 h/day	68 %	81 %	15 km/h
August	135 mm	13	13 h/day	60 %	79 %	14 km/h
September	86 mm	9	12 h/day	54 %	73 %	14 km/h
October	68 mm	7	11 h/day	53 %	70 %	13 km/h
November	52 mm	7	11 h/day	50 %	71 %	14 km/h
December	27 mm	5	10 h/day	48 %	69 %	14 km/h

How Xiaogan 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
Xiaogan	32 °C	-0.6 °C	1,348 mm	153
Wuhan · China	32 °C	0.6 °C	1,462 mm	153
Xiantao · China	32 °C	-0.2 °C	1,466 mm	153
Jingling · China	31 °C	-0.3 °C	1,311 mm	152
Suizhou · China	31 °C	-1.5 °C	1,099 mm	145
E’zhou · China	32 °C	1.0 °C	1,456 mm	152
Xianning · China	32 °C	1.0 °C	1,553 mm	155

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Xiaogan’s climate

When is the best time to visit Xiaogan?

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 Xiaogan get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 75 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 -0.6 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 39 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Xiaogan?

July, averaging 241 mm over 14 days with rain. The driest month is December with 27 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,348 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 Xiaogan 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.