Xuchang climate

Name: Xuchang
Address: CN

Xuchang is warmest in July, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -3.7 °C. July is the wettest month (179 mm) and January the driest (12 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Xuchang averages 758 mm of rain, 150 days above 25 °C and 75 days below freezing.

China · population 1,265,536 · 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 -3.7 °C
Driest month January 12 mm
Wettest month July 179 mm
Least cloud December 43 % cloud
Hottest on record June 43 °C
Coldest on record January -15 °C

What to expectXuchang through the year

Xuchang has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 7.0 °C in January to 32 °C in July, a swing of 26 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 150 days a year reach 25 °C, 81 of them reach 30 °C, 75 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C, in June.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 179 mm against 12 mm in January — 15 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	7.0 °C	12 mm	47 %
February	10.5 °C	17 mm	54 %
March	15.8 °C	34 mm	59 %
April	22.4 °C	41 mm	58 %
May	27.9 °C	61 mm	62 %
June	32.0 °C	99 mm	61 %
July	32.0 °C	179 mm	63 %
August	30.3 °C	146 mm	58 %
September	26.6 °C	80 mm	57 %
October	22.1 °C	43 mm	52 %
November	14.8 °C	34 mm	47 %
December	8.8 °C	13 mm	43 %

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	7.0 °C	-3.7 °C	1.5 °C	18.7 °C	-15.2 °C	0	0	28
February	10.5 °C	-0.9 °C	4.9 °C	24.5 °C	-12.0 °C	0	0	17
March	15.8 °C	4.5 °C	10.2 °C	31.4 °C	-7.2 °C	1	0	4
April	22.4 °C	11.1 °C	16.6 °C	36.3 °C	-0.7 °C	9	2	0
May	27.9 °C	16.8 °C	22.2 °C	40.0 °C	5.9 °C	23	10	0
June	32.0 °C	21.6 °C	26.7 °C	42.6 °C	13.7 °C	28	22	0
July	32.0 °C	23.9 °C	27.8 °C	40.9 °C	16.7 °C	30	23	0
August	30.3 °C	22.6 °C	26.2 °C	39.2 °C	11.8 °C	29	18	0
September	26.6 °C	17.8 °C	22.0 °C	37.2 °C	8.9 °C	21	5	0
October	22.1 °C	11.7 °C	16.7 °C	34.6 °C	2.4 °C	8	1	0
November	14.8 °C	4.4 °C	9.5 °C	26.7 °C	-13.4 °C	0	0	3
December	8.8 °C	-1.8 °C	3.4 °C	20.5 °C	-13.5 °C	0	0	22

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	12 mm	3	10 h/day	47 %	62 %	14 km/h
February	17 mm	3	11 h/day	54 %	62 %	15 km/h
March	34 mm	5	12 h/day	59 %	61 %	17 km/h
April	41 mm	5	13 h/day	58 %	60 %	17 km/h
May	61 mm	6	14 h/day	62 %	59 %	17 km/h
June	99 mm	8	14 h/day	61 %	62 %	15 km/h
July	179 mm	13	14 h/day	63 %	76 %	14 km/h
August	146 mm	13	13 h/day	58 %	79 %	13 km/h
September	80 mm	8	12 h/day	57 %	72 %	13 km/h
October	43 mm	5	11 h/day	52 %	64 %	14 km/h
November	34 mm	5	10 h/day	47 %	65 %	14 km/h
December	13 mm	2	9.9 h/day	43 %	62 %	14 km/h

How Xuchang 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
Xuchang	32 °C	-3.7 °C	758 mm	150
Luohe · China	32 °C	-3.4 °C	854 mm	150
Zhengzhou · China	32 °C	-3.8 °C	711 mm	151
Zhumadian · China	31 °C	-2.8 °C	949 mm	143
Xinxiang · China	32 °C	-4.4 °C	564 mm	149
Jiaozuo · China	31 °C	-4.8 °C	626 mm	143
Luoyang · China	32 °C	-4.3 °C	686 mm	148

Where Xuchang ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in April	14thof 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in Asia in October	17thof 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in the world in October	18thof 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in the world in April	27thof 50	96/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Xuchang’s climate

When is the best time to visit Xuchang?

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 January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Xuchang get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 81 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 -3.7 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 75 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Xuchang?

July, averaging 179 mm over 13 days with rain. The driest month is January with 12 mm. The year as a whole averages 758 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 Xuchang 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.