Xuanhua climate
Xuanhua is warmest in July, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -14 °C. July is the wettest month (93 mm) and January the driest (2.3 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Xuanhua averages 421 mm of rain, 110 days above 25 °C and 159 days below freezing.
China · population 373,422 · 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 30 °C
- Coldest month January -14 °C
- Driest month January 2 mm
- Wettest month July 93 mm
- Least cloud December 25 % cloud
- Hottest on record July 42 °C
- Coldest on record January -27 °C
What to expectXuanhua through the year
Xuanhua has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -1.9 °C in January to 30 °C in July, a swing of 32 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 110 days a year reach 25 °C, 44 of them reach 30 °C, 159 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in July.
Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 93 mm against 2 mm in January — 40 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.9 °C | 2 mm | 27 % |
| February | 2.8 °C | 5 mm | 34 % |
| March | 10.1 °C | 13 mm | 39 % |
| April | 18.0 °C | 26 mm | 43 % |
| May | 24.6 °C | 40 mm | 48 % |
| June | 28.8 °C | 64 mm | 55 % |
| July | 30.0 °C | 93 mm | 55 % |
| August | 28.6 °C | 75 mm | 51 % |
| September | 23.8 °C | 58 mm | 45 % |
| October | 16.1 °C | 30 mm | 34 % |
| November | 6.4 °C | 12 mm | 28 % |
| December | -0.6 °C | 3 mm | 25 % |
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 | -1.9 °C | -13.7 °C | -8.1 °C | 9.3 °C | -27.0 °C | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| February | 2.8 °C | -9.5 °C | -3.7 °C | 16.9 °C | -20.5 °C | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| March | 10.1 °C | -3.2 °C | 2.9 °C | 27.7 °C | -20.2 °C | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| April | 18.0 °C | 2.7 °C | 10.2 °C | 36.1 °C | -6.6 °C | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| May | 24.6 °C | 9.8 °C | 17.3 °C | 37.4 °C | -2.3 °C | 15 | 4 | 0 |
| June | 28.8 °C | 15.6 °C | 22.1 °C | 39.9 °C | 5.4 °C | 25 | 12 | 0 |
| July | 30.0 °C | 18.7 °C | 24.2 °C | 41.8 °C | 10.2 °C | 28 | 16 | 0 |
| August | 28.6 °C | 17.3 °C | 22.7 °C | 37.2 °C | 8.4 °C | 27 | 10 | 0 |
| September | 23.8 °C | 11.5 °C | 17.4 °C | 35.6 °C | 1.5 °C | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| October | 16.1 °C | 3.4 °C | 9.4 °C | 29.2 °C | -7.7 °C | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| November | 6.4 °C | -4.5 °C | 0.3 °C | 20.2 °C | -21.4 °C | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| December | -0.6 °C | -11.0 °C | -6.2 °C | 10.2 °C | -23.5 °C | 0 | 0 | 31 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2 mm | 1 | 9.6 h/day | 27 % | 44 % | 16 km/h |
| February | 5 mm | 1 | 11 h/day | 34 % | 40 % | 16 km/h |
| March | 13 mm | 3 | 12 h/day | 39 % | 38 % | 18 km/h |
| April | 26 mm | 4 | 13 h/day | 43 % | 40 % | 19 km/h |
| May | 40 mm | 6 | 14 h/day | 48 % | 42 % | 18 km/h |
| June | 64 mm | 10 | 15 h/day | 55 % | 52 % | 15 km/h |
| July | 93 mm | 12 | 15 h/day | 55 % | 64 % | 13 km/h |
| August | 75 mm | 10 | 14 h/day | 51 % | 65 % | 12 km/h |
| September | 58 mm | 8 | 12 h/day | 45 % | 58 % | 13 km/h |
| October | 30 mm | 5 | 11 h/day | 34 % | 54 % | 15 km/h |
| November | 12 mm | 2 | 9.9 h/day | 28 % | 49 % | 15 km/h |
| December | 3 mm | 1 | 9.3 h/day | 25 % | 43 % | 16 km/h |
How Xuanhua 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xuanhua | 30 °C | -14 °C | 421 mm | 110 |
| Zhangjiakou · China | 29 °C | -16 °C | 420 mm | 100 |
| Mentougou · China | 31 °C | -8.4 °C | 683 mm | 134 |
| Beijing · China | 32 °C | -8.3 °C | 545 mm | 141 |
| Tongzhou · China | 32 °C | -8.2 °C | 580 mm | 142 |
| Datong · China | 28 °C | -16 °C | 442 mm | 86 |
| Ulanqab · China | 26 °C | -19 °C | 408 mm | 56 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Xuanhua.
QuestionsCommon questions about Xuanhua’s climate
When is the best time to visit Xuanhua?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, August, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Xuanhua get?
In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 44 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average -14 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 159 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Xuanhua?
July, averaging 93 mm over 12 days with rain. The driest month is January with 2 mm. The year as a whole averages 421 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 Xuanhua 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
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.