Xinyang climate

Name: Xinyang
Address: CN

Xinyang is warmest in July, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -2.0 °C. July is the wettest month (223 mm) and December the driest (24 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Xinyang averages 1,120 mm of rain, 144 days above 25 °C and 55 days below freezing.

China · population 1,230,042 · 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 -2.0 °C
Driest month December 24 mm
Wettest month July 223 mm
Least cloud December 47 % cloud
Hottest on record August 40 °C
Coldest on record January -14 °C

What to expectXinyang through the year

Xinyang has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 7.6 °C in January to 31 °C in July, a swing of 25 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 144 days a year reach 25 °C, 67 of them reach 30 °C, 55 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 223 mm against 24 mm in December — 9.2 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	7.6 °C	33 mm	52 %
February	10.7 °C	40 mm	59 %
March	15.6 °C	64 mm	65 %
April	21.7 °C	89 mm	64 %
May	26.3 °C	120 mm	67 %
June	29.5 °C	170 mm	68 %
July	31.2 °C	223 mm	69 %
August	30.4 °C	160 mm	63 %
September	26.7 °C	84 mm	58 %
October	22.0 °C	66 mm	54 %
November	15.5 °C	46 mm	50 %
December	9.6 °C	24 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	7.6 °C	-2.0 °C	2.7 °C	23.2 °C	-13.7 °C	0	0	24
February	10.7 °C	0.7 °C	5.7 °C	25.8 °C	-10.7 °C	0	0	13
March	15.6 °C	5.6 °C	10.6 °C	29.9 °C	-5.0 °C	1	0	2
April	21.7 °C	11.7 °C	16.6 °C	36.5 °C	0.6 °C	8	1	0
May	26.3 °C	16.8 °C	21.4 °C	35.7 °C	5.9 °C	20	6	0
June	29.5 °C	21.1 °C	25.2 °C	37.0 °C	13.8 °C	27	14	0
July	31.2 °C	24.3 °C	27.5 °C	38.1 °C	16.2 °C	30	21	0
August	30.4 °C	23.3 °C	26.6 °C	39.5 °C	14.1 °C	28	19	0
September	26.7 °C	18.6 °C	22.4 °C	35.9 °C	9.6 °C	21	6	0
October	22.0 °C	12.8 °C	17.2 °C	32.2 °C	3.5 °C	8	1	0
November	15.5 °C	6.0 °C	10.6 °C	27.7 °C	-6.7 °C	0	0	2
December	9.6 °C	0.0 °C	4.6 °C	21.2 °C	-12.9 °C	0	0	15

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	33 mm	5	10 h/day	52 %	69 %	14 km/h
February	40 mm	6	11 h/day	59 %	70 %	15 km/h
March	64 mm	8	12 h/day	65 %	70 %	16 km/h
April	89 mm	9	13 h/day	64 %	70 %	17 km/h
May	120 mm	10	14 h/day	67 %	72 %	15 km/h
June	170 mm	11	14 h/day	68 %	77 %	14 km/h
July	223 mm	15	14 h/day	69 %	81 %	15 km/h
August	160 mm	14	13 h/day	63 %	81 %	14 km/h
September	84 mm	9	12 h/day	58 %	76 %	13 km/h
October	66 mm	7	11 h/day	54 %	71 %	13 km/h
November	46 mm	6	11 h/day	50 %	71 %	14 km/h
December	24 mm	5	10 h/day	47 %	69 %	14 km/h

How Xinyang 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
Xinyang	31 °C	-2.0 °C	1,120 mm	144
Suizhou · China	31 °C	-1.5 °C	1,099 mm	145
Zhumadian · China	31 °C	-2.8 °C	949 mm	143
Zaoyang · China	31 °C	-1.7 °C	968 mm	146
Tanghe · China	31 °C	-2.7 °C	919 mm	148
Xiaogan · China	32 °C	-0.6 °C	1,348 mm	153
Luohe · China	32 °C	-3.4 °C	854 mm	150

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Xinyang’s climate

When is the best time to visit Xinyang?

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

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 67 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -2.0 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 55 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Xinyang?

July, averaging 223 mm over 15 days with rain. The driest month is December with 24 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,120 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 Xinyang 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: 32.123°, 114.066° (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.