Xichang climate

Name: Xichang
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Xichang is warmest in July, with average highs of 26 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 2.5 °C. July is the wettest month (221 mm) and February the driest (18 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Xichang averages 1,169 mm of rain, 105 days above 25 °C and 18 days below freezing.

China · population 481,796 · 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 26 °C
Coldest month January 2.5 °C
Driest month February 18 mm
Wettest month July 221 mm
Least cloud February 35 % cloud
Hottest on record May 36 °C
Coldest on record February -12 °C

What to expectXichang through the year

Xichang has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 14 °C in January to 26 °C in July, a swing of 14 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 105 days a year reach 25 °C, 9 of them reach 30 °C, 18 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 221 mm against 18 mm in February — 12 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	13.7 °C	22 mm	37 %
February	16.4 °C	18 mm	35 %
March	20.9 °C	31 mm	43 %
April	24.1 °C	44 mm	55 %
May	25.3 °C	95 mm	66 %
June	25.1 °C	188 mm	85 %
July	25.7 °C	221 mm	87 %
August	25.7 °C	196 mm	81 %
September	23.0 °C	158 mm	78 %
October	19.4 °C	123 mm	71 %
November	16.8 °C	45 mm	52 %
December	13.6 °C	28 mm	47 %

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	13.7 °C	2.5 °C	8.3 °C	22.9 °C	-9.8 °C	0	0	8
February	16.4 °C	4.4 °C	10.7 °C	27.8 °C	-12.1 °C	0	0	4
March	20.9 °C	8.2 °C	15.0 °C	31.2 °C	-2.0 °C	6	0	1
April	24.1 °C	12.2 °C	18.4 °C	34.3 °C	2.8 °C	15	2	0
May	25.3 °C	15.7 °C	20.5 °C	36.2 °C	4.5 °C	18	5	0
June	25.1 °C	18.0 °C	21.4 °C	35.6 °C	10.4 °C	16	1	0
July	25.7 °C	18.4 °C	21.9 °C	30.9 °C	12.0 °C	20	0	0
August	25.7 °C	18.1 °C	21.8 °C	32.3 °C	12.6 °C	20	1	0
September	23.0 °C	16.3 °C	19.6 °C	31.7 °C	8.2 °C	9	0	0
October	19.4 °C	12.7 °C	16.1 °C	27.1 °C	3.8 °C	1	0	0
November	16.8 °C	8.0 °C	12.5 °C	23.1 °C	-9.8 °C	0	0	1
December	13.6 °C	3.5 °C	8.8 °C	22.4 °C	-8.2 °C	0	0	4

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	22 mm	6	11 h/day	37 %	65 %	11 km/h
February	18 mm	4	11 h/day	35 %	58 %	13 km/h
March	31 mm	7	12 h/day	43 %	54 %	14 km/h
April	44 mm	8	13 h/day	55 %	57 %	12 km/h
May	95 mm	14	14 h/day	66 %	64 %	10 km/h
June	188 mm	21	14 h/day	85 %	78 %	7.9 km/h
July	221 mm	22	14 h/day	87 %	82 %	7.2 km/h
August	196 mm	21	13 h/day	81 %	80 %	7.1 km/h
September	158 mm	19	12 h/day	78 %	81 %	7.9 km/h
October	123 mm	18	12 h/day	71 %	80 %	8.5 km/h
November	45 mm	9	11 h/day	52 %	74 %	9.7 km/h
December	28 mm	6	10 h/day	47 %	72 %	9.9 km/h

How Xichang 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
Xichang	26 °C	2.5 °C	1,169 mm	105
Panzhihua · China	31 °C	8.2 °C	1,632 mm	215
Zhaotong · China	23 °C	-2.3 °C	996 mm	35
Lijiang · China	23 °C	-0.3 °C	1,514 mm	15
Leshan · China	30 °C	3.9 °C	1,239 mm	135
Ya'an · China	28 °C	2.1 °C	1,714 mm	97
Shangri-La · China	18 °C	-8.1 °C	1,162 mm	0

Where Xichang ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in March	38th of 50	92/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Xichang’s climate

When is the best time to visit Xichang?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, June, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Xichang get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 26 °C. About 9 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 2.5 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 18 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Xichang?

July, averaging 221 mm over 22 days with rain. The driest month is February with 18 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,169 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 Xichang 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: 27.896°, 102.263° (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.