Yibin climate

Name: Yibin
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Yibin is warmest in July, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 5.1 °C. July is the wettest month (241 mm) and January the driest (27 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Yibin averages 1,151 mm of rain, 139 days above 25 °C and 1 days below freezing.

China · population 836,340 · 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 5.1 °C
Driest month January 27 mm
Wettest month July 241 mm
Least cloud August 71 % cloud
Hottest on record August 39 °C
Coldest on record December -2.2 °C

What to expectYibin through the year

Yibin has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 10 °C in January to 31 °C in July, a swing of 19 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 139 days a year reach 25 °C, 63 of them reach 30 °C, 1 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 241 mm against 27 mm in January — 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	10.4 °C	27 mm	79 %
February	13.1 °C	29 mm	78 %
March	17.6 °C	46 mm	76 %
April	23.0 °C	70 mm	75 %
May	26.5 °C	93 mm	75 %
June	28.7 °C	157 mm	80 %
July	30.9 °C	241 mm	77 %
August	30.5 °C	227 mm	71 %
September	26.3 °C	121 mm	74 %
October	21.0 °C	71 mm	81 %
November	16.7 °C	41 mm	76 %
December	11.6 °C	28 mm	77 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	10.4 °C	5.1 °C	7.8 °C	18.7 °C	-0.8 °C	0	0
February	13.1 °C	6.9 °C	10.1 °C	24.5 °C	-1.0 °C	0	0
March	17.6 °C	10.4 °C	14.1 °C	31.5 °C	2.6 °C	2	0
April	23.0 °C	15.1 °C	19.0 °C	34.4 °C	6.2 °C	11	2
May	26.5 °C	19.0 °C	22.6 °C	36.8 °C	10.3 °C	20	6
June	28.7 °C	22.0 °C	25.1 °C	37.7 °C	16.1 °C	25	11
July	30.9 °C	24.0 °C	27.1 °C	37.0 °C	17.3 °C	30	20
August	30.5 °C	23.6 °C	26.8 °C	39.4 °C	18.5 °C	28	19
September	26.3 °C	20.4 °C	23.2 °C	39.2 °C	14.2 °C	19	5
October	21.0 °C	16.1 °C	18.4 °C	31.3 °C	9.6 °C	5	0
November	16.7 °C	11.5 °C	14.1 °C	25.9 °C	3.5 °C	0	0
December	11.6 °C	6.7 °C	9.2 °C	18.5 °C	-2.2 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	27 mm	9	11 h/day	79 %	79 %	8.6 km/h
February	29 mm	8	11 h/day	78 %	78 %	9.0 km/h
March	46 mm	10	12 h/day	76 %	75 %	10 km/h
April	70 mm	12	13 h/day	75 %	73 %	11 km/h
May	93 mm	13	14 h/day	75 %	72 %	11 km/h
June	157 mm	17	14 h/day	80 %	77 %	9.7 km/h
July	241 mm	20	14 h/day	77 %	80 %	10.0 km/h
August	227 mm	19	13 h/day	71 %	79 %	9.9 km/h
September	121 mm	15	12 h/day	74 %	80 %	9.8 km/h
October	71 mm	15	11 h/day	81 %	81 %	8.8 km/h
November	41 mm	10	11 h/day	76 %	79 %	8.8 km/h
December	28 mm	8	10 h/day	77 %	79 %	8.6 km/h

How Yibin 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
Yibin	31 °C	5.1 °C	1,151 mm	139
Zigong · China	31 °C	4.5 °C	1,099 mm	143
Luzhou · China	32 °C	5.5 °C	1,166 mm	145
Neijiang · China	31 °C	4.1 °C	1,044 mm	140
Changyuan · China	31 °C	4.8 °C	1,162 mm	141
Leshan · China	30 °C	3.9 °C	1,239 mm	135
Yongchuan · China	32 °C	4.7 °C	1,213 mm	139

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Yibin’s climate

When is the best time to visit Yibin?

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

How hot does Yibin get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 63 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 5.1 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 1 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Yibin?

July, averaging 241 mm over 20 days with rain. The driest month is January with 27 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,151 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 Yibin 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: 28.759°, 104.640° (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.